2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

The winning margin was an impressive 6.51 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 1500 metres was won by more than six seconds at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Abeba Aregawi	Axumawit Embaye	Nicole Sifuentes

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		3:55.17	Karlsruhe, Germany	1 February 2014
Championship record		3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
World Leading		3:55.17	Karlsruhe, Germany	1 February 2014
African record		3:55.17	Karlsruhe, Germany	1 February 2014
Asian record		3:59.79	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record		3:57.91	Stockholm, Sweden	6 February 2014
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
7 March 2014	19:35	Heats
8 March 2014	19:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			4:08.74	Q
2	2			4:09.46	Q
3	2			4:09.49	q, PB
4	2			4:09.76	q, SB
5	2			4:10.91	q, SB
6	1			4:10.95	Q
7	1			4:11.27	Q, PB
	1			4:11.43	Doping
9	1			4:11.83
10	1			4:11.93
11	3			4:12.63	Q
12	1			4:13.34
13	3			4:13.78	Q
14	2			4:14.31
15	2			4:15.64
16	3			4:16.02
17	3			4:17.14
18	3			4:18.92
19	1			4:19.64	NR
	3			4:24.52	Doping

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:00.61
			4:07.12	PB
			4:07.61	NR
4			4:07.62	SB
5			4:07.84	PB
6			4:08.24
7			4:13.89
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Notes and References

1. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-1500-W-h----.RS4.pdf?v=-541860914 Heats results
2. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-1500-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1656567585 Final results
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