2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Kalkidan Gezahegne	Natalia Rodríguez	Gelete Burka

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
Championship record		3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
World Leading		4:03.44	Stuttgart, Germany	6 February 2010
African record		3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
Asian record		3:59.79	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record		3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record		3:59.98	Boston, United States	1 February 2003
Oceanian Record		4:11.08	Boston, United States	7 February 2009
South American record		4:14.05	Budapest, Hungary	12 February 1992

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	16:30	Heats
March 14, 2010	16:45	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			4:08.91	Q
2	2			4:09.19	Q
3	2			4:09.23	Q
4	2			4:10.12	q, PB
5	1			4:12.08	Q
	1			4:12.50	Doping
6	1			4:12.91	Q, PB
7	2			4:12.91	q
8	1			4:13.97	q
9	1			4:14.62
10	2			4:15.33
11	1			4:15.63	q
12	2			4:16.26
13	2			4:16.40
14	2			4:16.46
15	1			4:17.04
16	1			4:22.94
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:08.14
			4:08.30
			4:08.39
4			4:09.24
5			4:09.57	PB
6			4:09.59	PB
			4:09.81	Doping
7			4:10.38
8			4:10.72	PB
9			4:12.76

References

• Heats Results
• Final Result