2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Olesya Chumakova   Russia
Silver	Lisa Dobriskey   United Kingdom
Bronze	Ingvill Måkestad   Norway

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:11.75
	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:12.95
	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:13.58
4	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:13.64
5	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.15
6	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.22
7	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.32
8	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:15.47
9	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.55
10	Julie Coulaud	France	4:18.09
11	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:22.93
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ†	Doping

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė ranked initially 2nd (4:12.16), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules. ^[5]

Heats

17 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:15.31	Q
2	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.37	Q
3	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:15.43	Q
4	Julie Coulaud	France	4:15.68	q
5	Iryna Vashchuk	Ukraine	4:15.98
6	Nastassia Staravoitava	Belarus	4:16.01
7	Katarzyna Czubska	Poland	4:18.13
8	Ragnhild Kvarberg	Norway	4:19.19
9	Joanna Podolska	Poland	4:19.65
10	Daniela Cîmpanu	Romania	4:23.45
11	Daniela Kuleska	North Macedonia	4:24.90
12	Kajsa Haglund	Sweden	4:28.05
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ	Q†

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė initially reached the final (4:14.90), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules. ^[5]

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:13.79	Q
2	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:14.10	Q
3	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:15.11	Q
4	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.28	Q
5	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.43	q
6	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.88	q
7	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:15.95	q
8	Monika Augustin-Vogel	Switzerland	4:16.28
9	Angela Rinicella	Italy	4:16.67
10	Irina Latve	Latvia	4:19.09
11	Corine van Beek	Netherlands	4:21.10
12	Mieke Geens	Belgium	4:27.68

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   France (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   North Macedonia (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (2)
•   Poland (2)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Serbia and Montenegro (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (3)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 17/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 17 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
5. Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed 2003-2008 (Following both International and National level doping controls), IAAF , retrieved 5 November 2014