Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1,500m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 18:40.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Evangelina Thomas Argentina | Rocío Huillca Perú | Jenifer Silva Brazil |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Yunxia Qu | China | 3:50.46 | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Kaila McKnight | Australia | 4:13.97 | Newcastle, Australia | 6 February 2010 |
| South American record | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 4:05.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 31 August 1991 |
| South American U23 record | Yessica Quispe | Perú | 4:13.53 | Lima, Peru | 16 October 2004 |

## Results

Results were published.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Evangelina Thomas | Argentina | 4:38.07 | |
| | Rocío Huillca | Perú | 4:40.39 | |
| | Jenifer Silva | Brazil | 4:40.90 | |
| 4 | Charo Inga | Perú | 4:46.20 | |
| 5 | Dina Cid | Chile | 4:47.90 | |
| 6 | Geisiane de Lima | Brazil | 4:48.82 | |
| 7 | Wendy Guavita | Colombia | 5:02.43 | |
| 8 | Vanessa Philbert | Netherlands Antilles | 5:08.57 | $^†$ |

$^†:$ Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

Intermediate times:

| 400m | 1:16.13 | Geisiane de Lima (BRA) |
| - | - | - |
| 800m | 2:37.09 | Jenifer Silva (BRA) |
| 1200m | 3:49.44 | Jenifer Silva (BRA) |
