The women's 1500 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 12:22 (heats), and on 6 March at 19:50 (final) local time. The event was won by Belgium's Elise Vanderelst in a time of 4:18.44 minutes.
In the final Spain's Águeda Marqués and Great Britain's Holly Archer were initially disqualified for jostling. Archer had her disqualification overturned on appeal and won the silver medal.[1]
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Elise Vanderelst | Holly Archer | Hanna Klein |
| Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | ||
| European record | 3:57.91 | Stockholm, Sweden | 6 February 2014 | ||
| Championship record | 4:02.39 | Belgrade, Serbia | 4 March 2017 | ||
| World Leading | 3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | ||
| European Leading | 3:59.58 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | ||
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4:09.35 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4:09.77 | Q, | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4:09.92 | Q, | |||
| 4 | 3 | 4:09.94 | Q, | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4:10.49 | q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4:10.70 | q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4:11.27 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 4:11.48 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 4:12.08 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 4:12.11 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 4:12.39 | Q | |||
| 12 | 1 | 4:12.79 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 4:12.95 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 4:13.53 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 4:14.94 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 4:17.21 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 4:17.52 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 4:18.00 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 4:18.24 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 4:18.45 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 4:19.60 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 4:20.50 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:18.44 | |||||
| 4:19.91 | |||||
| 4:20.07 | |||||
| 4 | 4:20.39 | ||||
| 5 | 4:20.45 | ||||
| 6 | 4:21.81 | ||||
| 7 | 4:22.98 | ||||
| 8 | 4:24.26 | ||||