The women's 1500 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 16–18 August in İzmir, Turkey.
The winning margin was 0.04 seconds which as of 2024 is the narrowest winning margin in the women's 1500 metres at these games.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Olesya Syreva | Tetyana Holovchenko | Liu Qing |
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4:12.38 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4:13.50 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4:14.05 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 4:15.64 | q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4:15.64 | q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4:17.25 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4:17.35 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 4:18.21 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 4:20.12 | q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 4:22.04 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 4:23.47 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 4:25.36 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 4:26.17 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 4:26.36 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 4:27.12 | NJR | |||
| 16 | 3 | 4:28.17 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 4:30.70 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | 4:33.59 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 4:38.30 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 5:10.61 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 5:14.71 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 5:33.26 | ||||
| 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:12.69 | |||||
| 4:12.73 | |||||
| 4:12.76 | |||||
| 4:13.06 | |||||
| 4:13.28 | |||||
| 4:14.32 | |||||
| 4:16.78 | |||||
| 4:17.57 | |||||
| 4:18.71 | |||||
| 10 | 4:18.81 | ||||
| 11 | 4:22.78 | ||||
| 12 | 4:25.61 |