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.
Medalists Gold Olesya Chumakova Silver Lisa Dobriskey Bronze Ingvill Måkestad
Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olesya Chumakova 4:11.75 Lisa Dobriskey 4:12.95 Ingvill Måkestad 4:13.58 4 Johanna Nilsson 4:13.64 5 Christina Carruzzo 4:15.15 6 Yelena Soboleva 4:15.22 7 Marina Munćan 4:15.32 8 Natalie Lewis 4:15.47 9 Irene Alfonso 4:15.55 10 Julie Coulaud 4:18.09 11 Louise Whittaker 4:22.93 Rasa Drazdauskaitė DQ† Doping †: Rasa Drazdauskaitė ranked initially 2nd (4:12.16), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
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 4:15.31 Q 2 Yelena Soboleva 4:15.37 Q 3 Lisa Dobriskey 4:15.43 Q 4 Julie Coulaud 4:15.68 q 5 Iryna Vashchuk 4:15.98 6 Nastassia Staravoitava 4:16.01 7 Katarzyna Czubska 4:18.13 8 Ragnhild Kvarberg 4:19.19 9 Joanna Podolska 4:19.65 10 Daniela Cîmpanu 4:23.45 11 Daniela Kuleska 4:24.90 12 Kajsa Haglund 4:28.05 Rasa Drazdauskaitė DQ Q† †: Rasa Drazdauskaitė initially reached the final (4:14.90), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olesya Chumakova 4:13.79 Q 2 Natalie Lewis 4:14.10 Q 3 Ingvill Måkestad 4:15.11 Q 4 Marina Munćan 4:15.28 Q 5 Irene Alfonso 4:15.43 q 6 Christina Carruzzo 4:15.88 q 7 Johanna Nilsson 4:15.95 q 8 Monika Augustin-Vogel 4:16.28 9 Angela Rinicella 4:16.67 10 Irina Latve 4:19.09 11 Corine van Beek 4:21.10 12 Mieke Geens 4:27.68
Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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