2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nuria Fernández Spain (ESP) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Hind Dehiba France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Natalia Rodríguez Spain (ESP) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Qu Yunxia (CHN) | 3:50.46 | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 |
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| European record | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | 3:52.47 | Zürich, Switzerland | 13 August 1980 |
| Championship record | Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) | 3:56.91 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13 August 2006 |
| World Leading | Anna Alminova (RUS) | 3:57.65 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Anna Alminova (RUS) | 3:57.65 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 30 July 2010 | 20:00 | Round 1 |
| 1 August 2010 | 21:15 | Final |

## Results

### Round 1

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DQ | Anna Alminova | Russia (RUS) | 4:04.14 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | Fanjanteino Félix | France (FRA) | 4:04.75 | Q |
| 2 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 4:04.95 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Oksana Zbrozhek | Russia (RUS) | 4:05.18 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Mishchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:05.59 | q |
| 5 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:05.63 | q |
| 6 | Sylwia Ejdys | Poland (POL) | 4:05.76 | q |
| 7 | Hannah England | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:06.03 | q |
| DQ | Natallia Kareiva | Belarus (BLR) | 4:06.89 | Doping |
| 9 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey (TUR) | 4:12.04 | |
| | Sultan Haydar | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DQ | Aslı Çakır | Turkey (TUR) | 4:05.53 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | Lisa Dobriskey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:06.00 | Q |
| 2 | Nuria Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 4:06.03 | Q |
| 3 | Hind Dehiba | France (FRA) | 4:06.17 | Q |
| 4 | Renata Pliś | Poland (POL) | 4:07.20 | |
| 5 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | Norway (NOR) | 4:07.49 | |
| DQ | Natalya Yevdokimova | Russia (RUS) | 4:08.08 | Doping |
| 6 | Charlotte Schönbeck | Sweden (SWE) | 4:09.42 | PB |
| 7 | Lindsey de Grande | Belgium (BEL) | 4:10.24 | PB |
| 8 | Susan Kuijken | Netherlands (NED) | 4:11.03 | |
| 9 | Marina Munćan | Serbia (SRB) | 4:19.32 | |
| | Liliana Barbulescu | Romania (ROM) | DNF | |

**Summary**

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DQ | 1 | Anna Alminova | Russia (RUS) | 4:04.14 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 1 | Fanjanteino Félix | France (FRA) | 4:04.75 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 4:04.95 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Oksana Zbrozhek | Russia (RUS) | 4:05.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Aslı Çakır | Turkey (TUR) | 4:05.53 | Q, Doping |
| 4 | 1 | Anna Mishchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:05.59 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:05.63 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Sylwia Ejdys | Poland (POL) | 4:05.76 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Lisa Dobriskey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:06.00 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Hannah England | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:06.03 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Nuria Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 4:06.03 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Hind Dehiba | France (FRA) | 4:06.17 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Natallia Kareiva | Belarus (BLR) | 4:06.89 | Doping |
| 11 | 2 | Renata Pliś | Poland (POL) | 4:07.20 | |
| 12 | 2 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | Norway (NOR) | 4:07.49 | |
| DQ | 2 | Natalya Yevdokimova | Russia (RUS) | 4:08.08 | Doping |
| 13 | 2 | Charlotte Schönbeck | Sweden (SWE) | 4:09.42 | PB |
| 14 | 2 | Lindsey de Grande | Belgium (BEL) | 4:10.24 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Susan Kuijken | Netherlands (NED) | 4:11.03 | |
| 16 | 1 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey (TUR) | 4:12.04 | |
| 17 | 2 | Marina Munćan | Serbia (SRB) | 4:19.32 | |
| | 2 | Liliana Barbulescu | Romania (ROM) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Sultan Haydar | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nuria Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 4:00.20 | PB |
| | Hind Dehiba | France (FRA) | 4:01.17 | |
| | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 4:01.30 | SB |
| 4 | Lisa Dobriskey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:01.54 | |
| DQ | Aslı Çakır | Turkey (TUR) | 4:02.17 | PB, Doping |
| DQ | Anna Alminova | Russia (RUS) | 4:02.24 | Doping |
| 5 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:02.70 | PB |
| 6 | Fanjanteino Félix | France (FRA) | 4:04.16 | |
| 7 | Oksana Zbrozhek | Russia (RUS) | 4:04.91 | SB |
| 8 | Hannah England | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:05.07 | |
| 9 | Anna Mishchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:07.22 | |
| 10 | Sylwia Ejdys | Poland (POL) | 4:24.82 | |
