The women's 1500 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 19 July.
| Gold | Sultan Haydar | |
| Silver | Kristina Khalayeva | |
| Bronze | Yelena Fesenko |
19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 4:14.12 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 4:14.78 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 4:15.86 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:15.90 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 4:16.06 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:16.15 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:17.23 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:17.41 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:17.55 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:21.22 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 4:25.99 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 4:26.62 |
17 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 4:13.66 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 4:13.98 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 4:14.10 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 4:14.21 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.03 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 4:16.62 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 4:19.73 | q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:20.31 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 4:21.03 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 4:24.06 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 4:24.68 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 4:24.80 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 4:17.07 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 4:17.46 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 4:17.95 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 4:19.87 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 4:19.96 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:20.76 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 4:21.76 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 4:24.08 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:24.28 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 4:25.72 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:27.63 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:28.57 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:30.41 |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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