2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
# 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Hasna Benhassi Morocco | Violeta Beclea-Szekely Romania | Natalya Gorelova Russia |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | Romania | 4:10.77 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:10.82 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:11.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 4:11.28 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 4:11.54 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 4:11.69 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | 4:12.33 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:12.92 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 4:13.15 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Georgie Clarke | Australia | 4:13.21 | AR |
| 11 | 1 | Lan Lixin | China | 4:14.64 | AR |
| 12 | 1 | Brigitte Mühlbacher | Austria | 4:15.37 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Andrea Šuldesová | Czech Republic | 4:15.57 | |
| 14 | 1 | Heidi Jensen | Denmark | 4:16.31 | |
| 15 | 1 | Fatma Lanouar | Tunisia | 4:16.42 | NR |
| 16 | 2 | Maria Cioncan | Romania | 4:17.47 | |
| 17 | 2 | Collette Liss | United States | 4:19.23 | |
| 18 | 1 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 4:19.45 | |
| 19 | 2 | Li Jingnan | China | 4:22.34 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 4:10.83 |
| | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | Romania | 4:11.17 |
| | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 4:11.74 |
| 4 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:11.76 |
| 5 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | 4:12.79 |
| 6 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 4:13.67 |
| 7 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:15.37 |
| 8 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 4:15.76 |
| 9 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:19.40 |
