| Event: | Women's 1500 metres |
The Women's 1500 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 October till Friday 8 October 2010.
The top four runners in each of the initial two heats plus the next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.
| World Record | 3:50.46 | Yunxia Qu | CHN | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 | |
| Games Record | 4:05.27 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1998 |
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 4:08.76 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4:09.34 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9 | 4:09.80 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | 4:10.35 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4:12.11 | q | ||
| 6 | 8 | 4:12.12 | q, NR | ||
| 7 | 3 | 4:12.30 | q, PB | ||
| 8 | 4 | 4:13.01 | q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 4:13.15 | |||
| 10 | 7 | 4:48.59 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4:13.62 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4:13.63 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 4:13.90 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | 4:13.91 | Q | ||
| 5 | 11 | 4:15.22 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 4:18.07 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4:22.05 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 4:33.23 | NR | ||
| 9 | 1 | 4:36.60 | PB | ||
| 10 | 7 | 4:37.27 | |||
| – | 10 | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4:05.26 | GR | |||
| 8 | 4:05.97 | ||||
| 1 | 4:06.15 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 4:06.83 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 4:08.16 | |||
| 6 | 11 | 4:08.20 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 4:08.79 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 4:08.89 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 4:09.51 | NR | ||
| 10 | 7 | 4:10.85 | |||
| 11 | 10 | 4:12.87 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 4:14.95 |