1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

1997 IAAF World
Indoor Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
60 m hurdlesmenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Heptathlonmen

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Doping disqualification

The silver medal had originally been won by Mary Slaney of the United States, but she was later found guilty of a doping offense and stripped of it.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Yekaterina Podkopayeva
 Russia 		Patricia Djaté-Taillard
 France 		Lidia Chojecka
 Poland

Results

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Patricia Djaté-Taillard  France 4:09.00 Q
2 Mary Slaney  United States DQ (4:10.27) Q for final, but later DQ for doping[1]
2 2 Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 4:11.02 Q, PB
3 2 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 4:11.02 Q, SB
4 1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva  Russia 4:11.23 Q
5 1 Suzy Hamilton  United States 4:11.47 Q
6 1 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 4:11.51 Q
7 1 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:11.57 Q, PB
8 1 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 4:11.60 q, AR
9 2 Margarita Marusova  Russia 4:11.73 q
10 2 Mayte Zúñiga  Spain 4:12.15 q
11 1 Sylvia Kühnemund  Germany 4:12.22 q
12 1 Frédérique Quentin  France 4:15.32
13 1 Shirley Griffiths  Great Britain 4:15.45
14 2 Jackline Maranga  Kenya 4:15.57
15 2 Gwen Griffiths  South Africa 4:20.52
16 2 Niusha Mancilla  Bolivia 4:28.70 SB
2 Małgorzata Rydz  Poland DNF
1 Sinéad Delahunty  Ireland DNS
1 Gabriela Szabo  Romania DNS
2 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland DNS

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yekaterina Podkopayeva  Russia 4:05.19 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patricia Djaté-Taillard  France 4:06.16 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:06.25 NR
4 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 4:06.33 NR
5 Sylvia Kühnemund  Germany 4:06.56 PB
6 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 4:07.04 PB
7 Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 4:09.72 PB
8 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 4:09.76 AR
9 Suzy Hamilton  United States 4:10.82
10 Mayte Zúñiga  Spain 4:11.56
11 Margarita Marusova  Russia 4:14.43
(2) Mary Slaney  United States DQ (4:05.22) Doping[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results (archived)