The women's
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...
was held at the
Nagai Stadium on 29, 31 August and 2 September.
Medalists
Note. The silver medal was originally won by
Yelena Soboleva of
Russia but she was eventually stripped off after being banned for manipulating drug samples..
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the
semifinals.
Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.
Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the
final.
Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.
Final
Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally participated in the final (with Soboleva finishing in second place), but were later retrospectively disqualified due to doping offences.
References
;General
1500 metres results from IAAFResults for 1500-metres from World Athletics
;Specific
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships
2007 in women's athletics