The women's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 21–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

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, 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 Beijing.

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 final.

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Nancy Langat 4:03.02 Q, SB 2 3 Nataliya Tobias 4:03.19 Q, SB 3 3 Lisa Dobriskey 4:03.22 Q, PB 4 3 Shannon Rowbury 4:03.89 q 5 3 Anna Alminova 4:04.66 q 6 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:05.14 Q 7 1 Natalia Rodríguez 4:05.30 Q 8 1 Siham Hilali 4:05.36 Q, SB 9 1 Anna Mishchenko 4:05.61 q, PB 10 1 Sarah Jamieson 4:06.64 11 1 Stephanie Twell 4:06.68 12 1 Anna Jakubczak 4:07.33 13 3 Sylwia Ejdys 4:08.37 14 3 René Kalmer 4:08.41 15 3 Sonja Roman 4:08.52 16 3 Liu Qing 4:09.27 17 1 Christin Wurth-Thomas 4:09.70 18 1 Irene Jelagat 4:09.92 19 3 Meskerem Assefa 4:10.04 20 2 Iryna Lishchynska 4:13.60 Q 21 2 Iris Fuentes-Pila 4:14.10 Q 22 2 Btissam Lakhouad 4:14.34 Q 23 2 Susan Scott 4:14.66 24 1 Konstadína Efedáki 4:15.02 25 2 Viola Kibiwot 4:15.62 26 2 Gelete Burka 4:15.77 27 2 Agnes Samaria 4:15.80 28 2 Erin Donohue 4:16.05 29 2 Lisa Corrigan 4:16.32 30 1 Nahida Touhami 4:18.99 31 2 Lidia Chojecka 4:19.57 32 3 Bouchra Chaabi 4:19.89 33 2 Domingas Togna 5:05.76 NR

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Nancy Langat 4:00.03 PB Iryna Lishchynska 4:01.63 Nataliya Tobias 4:01.78 PB 4 Lisa Dobriskey 4:02.10 PB 5 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:02.71 6 Natalia Rodríguez 4:03.19 SB 7 Shannon Rowbury 4:03.58 8 Iris Fuentes-Pila 4:04.86 9 Anna Mishchenko 4:05.13 PB 10 Siham Hilali 4:05.57 11 Anna Alminova 4:06.99 12 Btissam Lakhouad 4:07.25

Splits Intermediate Athlete Country Mark 400m Anna Alminova 1:05.90 800m Anna Alminova 2:13.70 1200m Maryam Yusuf Jamal 3:16.41

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