2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. Four of the fifteen participants were later found out to be doping, including the original bronze medallist, Aslı Çakır Alptekin.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco | Hind Déhiba France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :

| World record | Elena Soboleva (RUS) | 3:58.28 | Moscow, Russia | 18 February 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship record | Gelete Burka (ETH) | 3:59.75 | Valencia, Spain | 9 March 2008 |
| World Leading | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | 4:00.13 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 12 February 2012 |
| African record | Gelete Burka (ETH) | 3:59.75 | Valencia, Spain | 9 March 2008 |
| Asian record | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 3:59.79 | Valencia, Spain | 9 March 2008 |
| European record | Elena Soboleva (RUS) | 3:58.28 | Moscow, Russia | 18 February 2006 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Regina Jacobs (USA) | 3:59.98 | Boston, United States | 1 February 2003 |
| Oceanian Record | Sarah Jamieson (AUS) | 4:11.08 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
| South American record | Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 4:14.05 | Budapest, Hungary | 12 February 1992 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| - | - |
| 4:14.00 or 4:31.00 (Mile) | 4:03.50 or 4:22.00 (Mile) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| March 9, 2012 | 18:30 | Heats |
| March 10, 2012 | 18:00 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest qualified (q). 15 athletes from 12 countries participated.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 4:08.56 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hind Dehiba | France | 4:08.78 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tizita Bogale | Ethiopia | 4:08.91 | Q |
| DQ | 2 | Elena Arzhakova | Russia | 4:09.15 | q, SB, Doping |
| DQ | 2 | Aslı Çakır Alptekin | Turkey | 4:09.30 | q, NR, Doping |
| 4 | 2 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 4:09.50 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 4:11.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Brenda Martinez | United States | 4:11.30 | |
| 7 | 1 | Isabel Macías | Spain | 4:11.53 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Natallia Kareiva | Belarus | 4:11.64 | Q, Doping |
| 8 | 1 | Siham Hilali | Morocco | 4:11.69 | |
| DQ | 1 | Anzhelika Shevchenko | Ukraine | 4:12.78 | Doping |
| 9 | 1 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 4:13.45 | |
| 10 | 1 | Sara Vaughn | United States | 4:17.46 | |
| 11 | 1 | Ioana Doaga | Romania | 4:17.50 | |

### Final

9 athletes from 8 countries participated.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 4:05.78 | |
| | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 4:07.78 | |
| DQ | Aslı Çakır Alptekin | Turkey | 4:08.74 | NR, Doping |
| DQ | Natallia Kareiva | Belarus | 4:10.12 | Doping |
| | Hind Déhiba | France | 4:10.30 | |
| 4 | Tizita Bogale | Ethiopia | 4:10.98 | |
| DQ | Elena Arzhakova | Russia | 4:13.04 | Doping |
| 5 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 4:14.57 | |
| 6 | Isabel Macías | Spain | 4:22.40 | |
