Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 28 and 29 August. ^{[1] [2]}

The winning margin was 1.93 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the women's 1500 metres at these games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Süreyya Ayhan   Turkey	Maria Cristina Grosu   Romania	Sabine Fischer   Switzerland

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:13.79	Q [3]
2	1	Nataliya Sydorenko	Ukraine	4:14.76	Q [3]
3	1	Renata Hoppová	Czech Republic	4:14.95	Q
4	1	Jenelle Deatherage	United States	4:14.96	q
5	2	Maria Cristina Grosu	Romania	4:15.18	Q
6	2	Ljiljana Ćulibrk	Croatia	4:15.29	Q
7	1	Malindi Elmore	Canada	4:15.37	q
8	2	Sabine Fischer	Switzerland	4:15.49	Q
9	2	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	4:15.87	q
10	2	Nédia Semedo	Portugal	4:16.24
11	1	Mariah Lynch	Ireland	4:16.43
12	3	Elena Buhaianu-Iagăr	Romania	4:17.45	Q
13	1	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	4:17.53
14	3	Olga Roseyeva	Russia	4:17.68	Q
15	1	René Kalmer	South Africa	4:17.70
16	3	Mary Jayne Harrelson	United States	4:17.76	Q
17	3	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	4:18.19
18	2	Tok Ko-Sun Ok	North Korea	4:18.34
19	3	Kelly Caffell	Great Britain	4:18.36
20	3	Lisbeth Pedersen	Norway	4:18.50
21	2	Anjolie Wisse	Netherlands	4:19.12
22	3	Li Jingnan	China	4:19.13	[3]
23	3	Andrea Grove	Canada	4:19.19
24	2	Lan Lixin	China	4:19.93	[3]
25	1	Emily Morris	Australia	4:23.28	[4]
26	2	Kate McIlroy	Ireland	4:25.95
27	2	Sara Palmas	Italy	4:27.38
28	3	Khadija Touati	Algeria	4:27.43
29	3	Fiona Crombie	New Zealand	4:32.48
30	3	Victoria Moradeyo	Nigeria	4:38.47
31	3	Jouma Kekana	South Africa	4:39.65
32	2	Maysa Hussein Matrood	Iraq	4:40.56
33	1	Evelyn Rojas	Costa Rica	4:41.12
34	3	Amal Al-Matary	Jordan	4:48.55
35	2	P. N. Somaratne	Sri Lanka	4:53.90
36	1	Karla Silva	Peru	4:56.19

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:06.91
	Maria Cristina Grosu	Romania	4:08.84
	Sabine Fischer	Switzerland	4:08.93
4	Mary Jayne Harrelson	United States	4:11.68
5	Nataliya Sydorenko	Ukraine	4:12.38
6	Olga Roseyeva	Russia	4:12.53
7	Ljiljana Ćulibrk	Croatia	4:12.58
8	Elena Buhaianu-Iagăr	Romania	4:12.75
9	Jenelle Deatherage	United States	4:13.89
10	Malindi Elmore	Canada	4:14.66
11	Renata Hoppová	Czech Republic	4:18.29
12	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	4:33.81

References

1. Results (archived)
2. Full results at Tilastopaja
3. Chinese Stars Li and Lan Eliminated from Women's 1500m Final
4. "Australian 2001 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-03.