The women's

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run 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 Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

at the

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took place from 21–23 August at the

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. The qualifying standards were 4:07.00 (A standard) and 4:08.00 (B standard). The event was hit hard by the Russian doping scandal on 31 July 2008, as all three Russian entrants, Yuliya Fomenko, Tatyana Tomashova and

Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 min ...

, were suspended from competition.IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes
''IAAF.org''. 31 July 2008. These athletes were three of the favourites in

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the

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Final

Splits

References

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