2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	15 July (heats) 16 July (final)
Win Value:	4:07.18
Gold:	Sophie O'Sullivan
Goldnoc:	IRL
Silvernoc:	IRL
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		3:56.05	Monaco, Montecarlo	17 July 2015
Championship U23 record		4:04.77	Tallinn, Estonia	12 July 2015

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2			4:16.20	Q
2	2			4:16.50	Q
3	3			4:16.58	Q
4	3			4:17.02	Q
5	2			4:17.27	Q
6	2			4:18.02	Q
7	2			4:18.06
8	1			4:18.25	Q
9	3			4:18.30	Q
10	1			4:18.81	Q
11	1			4:18.99	Q
12	1			4:19.25	Q
13	1			4:19.74
14	2			4:20.70
15	1			4:21.41
16	3			4:21.82	Q
17	1			4:22.14
18	3			4:22.86
19	3			4:23.18
20	2			4:23.18
21	2			4:24.10
22	1			4:25.29
23	1			4:25.97
24	2			4:28.10
25	3			4:28.77
26	3			4:29.67
27	1			4:31.46
28	3			4:33.75
29	2			4:36.51
30	3			4:38.90	qR

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
			4:07.18
			4:07.36
			4:08.37
4			4:10.71
5			4:10.74
6			4:11.67
7			4:11.88
8			4:12.15
9			4:14.72
10			4:15.03
11			4:15.04
12			4:16.83
13			4:16.89

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 15 July 2023 . 1500m Women Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728214316/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHW1500M-------------RND1--------.pdf . 28 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 1500m Women Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716180151/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.