2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

The winning margin was an impressive 6.51 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 1500 metres was won by more than six seconds at these championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAbeba AregawiAxumawit EmbayeNicole Sifuentes

Records Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record3:55.17Karlsruhe, Germany1 February 2014Championship record3:59.75 Valencia, Spain9 March 2008World Leading3:55.17Karlsruhe, Germany1 February 2014African record3:55.17Karlsruhe, Germany1 February 2014Asian record3:59.79Valencia, Spain9 March 2008European record3:57.91Stockholm, Sweden6 February 2014North and Central American and Caribbean record3:59.98Boston, United States1 February 2003Oceanian Record4:11.08Boston, United States7 February 2009South American record4:14.05Budapest, Hungary12 February 1992

Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 4:14.00 or 4:31.00 (Mile) 4:03.50

Schedule Date Time Round7 March 2014 19:35 Heats8 March 2014 19:00 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Abeba Aregawi 4:08.74 Q 2 2 Axumawit Embaye 4:09.46 Q 3 2 Nicole Sifuentes 4:09.49 q, PB 4 2 Siham Hilali 4:09.76 q, SB 5 2 Svetlana Karamasheva 4:10.91 q, SB 6 1 Rababe Arafi 4:10.95 Q 7 1 Heather Kampf 4:11.27 Q, PB 1 Yelena Korobkina 4:11.43 Doping 9 1 Gudaf Tsegay 4:11.83 10 1 Jemma Simpson 4:11.93 11 3 Treniere Moser 4:12.63 Q 12 1 Danuta Urbanik 4:13.34 13 3 Luiza Gega 4:13.78 Q 14 2 Katarzyna Broniatowska 4:14.31 15 2 Claire Tarplee 4:15.64 16 3 Mimi Belete 4:16.02 17 3 Isabel Macías 4:17.14 18 3 Maruša Mišmaš 4:18.92 19 1 Eliane Saholinirina 4:19.64 NR 3 Gamze Bulut 4:24.52 Doping

Final Final results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abeba Aregawi 4:00.61 Axumawit Embaye 4:07.12 PB Nicole Sifuentes 4:07.61 NR 4 Siham Hilali 4:07.62 SB 5 Treniere Moser 4:07.84 PB 6 Luiza Gega 4:08.24 7 Svetlana Karamasheva 4:13.89 Rababe Arafi R163.3(b)Infringement of the inside border Heather Kampf R163.3(b)

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