1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 12 March. [1]

The 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 10 March to 12 March 1995. Almost 600 athletes from 131 nations participated in 27 events.

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Doping disqualifications

Lyubov Kremlyova of Russia, who originally finished third, and Violeta Beclea (ROU), who originally finished fourth, were both disquaified for doping.

Lyubov Kremlyova is a Russian former middle- and long-distance runner who competed internationally both for the Soviet Union and Russia. She had her greatest success indoors, winning medals at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She was stripped of a second World Indoor medal in 1995 after a positive test for steroids.

The bronze medal was awarded to Maite Zúñiga of Spain. [2]

María Teresa "Maite" Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Regina Jacobs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:12.61
Carla Sacramento Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:13.02
Maite Zúñiga Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:16.63
Kristen Seabury Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:16.77
Yvonne van der Kolk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:17.00
Paula Schnurr Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:19.26
Lynn Gibson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:20.85
Carmen Arrúa Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:31.15
Lilian López Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 5:05.10 NR
Marina Bastos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
(3) Lyubov Kremlyova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DQ
(4:13.19)
Doping [2]
(4) Violeta Beclea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania DQ
(4:16.32)
Doping [2]

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References

  1. Results (archived)
  2. 1 2 3 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