2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

## Medals

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| - | - | - |
| Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) | Olga Yegorova (Russia) | Bouchra Ghézielle (France) |

## Results

All times shown are in seconds.

* AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
* DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

### Heats

August 12, 2005

**Heat 1**

* Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:10.58 Q
* Tatyana Tomashova 4:10.74 Q
* Anna Jakubczak 4:11.28 Q
* Olga Yegorova 4:11.64 Q
* Natalia Rodríguez 4:11.82 Q
* Hind Déhiba 4:12.23
* Alesia Turava 4:14.21
* Eleonora Berlanda 4:14.54
* Konstadina Efedaki 4:15.00
* Nelya Neporadna 4:15.46
* Nancy Jebet Lagat 4:16.13
* Treniere Clement 4:16.51
* Mestawot Tadesse 4:20.20
* Nahida Touhami DNS

**Heat 2**

* Yuliya Fomenko 4:07.26 Q
* Gelete Burka 4:07.35 Q
* Yelena Soboleva 4:07.69 Q
* Bouchra Ghézielle 4:07.87 Q
* Carmen Douma-Hussar 4:08.73 Q
* Irina Krakoviak 4:09.11 q
* Helen Clitheroe 4:09.13 q
* Wioletta Frankiewicz 4:09.90
* Daniela Yordanova 4:11.64 (SB)
* Corina Dumbravean 4:12.35
* Maria Martins 4:14.12
* Nuria Fernández 4:14.45
* Johanna Lehtinen 4:15.44
* Trine Pilskog 4:18.63
* Sonia Lopes 4:51.29

### Final

August 14, 2005

* Tatyana Tomashova 4:00.35 (SB)
* Olga Yegorova 4:01.46
* Bouchra Ghézielle 4:02.45
* Yelena Soboleva 4:02.48
* Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:02.49
* Natalia Rodríguez 4:03.06 (SB)
* Anna Jakubczak 4:03.38 (SB)
* Gelete Burka 4:04.77 (PB)
* Carmen Douma-Hussar 4:05.08
* Helen Clitheroe 4:05.19 (SB)
* Irina Krakoviak 4:08.18
* Yuliya Fomenko DSQ
