# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 1.13 seconds.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROM) |
| Silver | Violeta Szekely Romania (ROM) |
| Bronze | Natalya Gorelova Russia (RUS) |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:07.97 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:08.79 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | 4:08.84 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Suzy Favor-Hamilton | United States | 4:08.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Yuliya Kosenkova | Russia | 4:09.17 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:09.86 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 4:10.77 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:10.82 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Leah Pells | Canada | 4:11.17 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 4:11.34 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Kathleen Friedrich | Germany | 4:11.35 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | 4:12.29 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Lan Lixin | China | 4:12.92 | q, SB |
| 14 | 2 | Abebech Negussie | Ethiopia | 4:13.02 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Helen Pattinson | Great Britain | 4:13.06 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 4:13.07 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:13.19 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Hayley Tullett | Great Britain | 4:13.60 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Olga Nelyubova | Russia | 4:13.61 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Sarah Schwald | United States | 4:13.69 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Alesya Turova | Belarus | 4:13.72 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:13.90 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Sabina Fischer | Switzerland | 4:14.34 | q |
| 24 | 1 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Algeria | 4:15.06 | q |
| 25 | 3 | Li Jingnan | China | 4:15.30 | |
| 26 | 3 | Georgie Clarke | Australia | 4:15.31 | |
| 27 | 1 | Irina Krakoviak | Lithuania | 4:16.24 | |
| 28 | 3 | Heidi Jensen | Denmark | 4:17.35 | |
| 29 | 2 | Rene Kalmer | South Africa | 4:17.97 | |
| 30 | 1 | Elena Iagăr | Romania | 4:24.72 | |
| 31 | 3 | Hanane Baala | France | 4:29.47 | |
| 32 | 1 | Lamberte Nyabamikazi | Burundi | 4:31.11 | NR |
| 33 | 1 | Elisa Vagnini | San Marino | 4:40.01 | |
| 34 | 2 | Evelyn Guerra | Panama | 4:44.69 | |
| 35 | 3 | Sonia Lopes | Cape Verde | 5:13.80 | |
| 36 | 3 | Fatouma Ali | Niger | 5:31.57 | |
| | 1 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | DNF | |
| | 2 | Regina Jacobs | United States | DNF | |
| | 2 | Rosa Saul | Angola | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 4:07.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 4:07.47 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:08.37 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Leah Pells | Canada | 4:08.49 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:08.49 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | 4:08.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Sabina Fischer | Switzerland | 4:09.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:10.30 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:10.36 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Lan Lixin | China | 4:11.09 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:11.23 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Alesya Turova | Belarus | 4:11.43 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:11.44 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Yuliya Kosenkova | Russia | 4:11.46 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Sarah Schwald | United States | 4:11.74 | |
| 16 | 2 | Hayley Tullett | Great Britain | 4:13.95 | |
| 17 | 1 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 4:15.70 | |
| 18 | 1 | Helen Pattinson | Great Britain | 4:16.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | Abebech Negussie | Ethiopia | 4:29.57 | |
| | 1 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | DNF | |
| | 1 | Kathleen Friedrich | Germany | DNF | |
| | 2 | Suzy Favor-Hamilton | United States | DNF | |
| | 1 | Olga Nelyubova | Russia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Algeria | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 4:00.57 | SB |
| | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:01.70 | |
| | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 4:02.40 | |
| 4 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:03.96 | |
| 5 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:06.70 | |
| 6 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:07.10 | |
| 7 | Alesya Turova | Belarus | 4:07.25 | SB |
| 8 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:08.17 | |
| 9 | Yuliya Kosenkova | Russia | 4:08.84 | |
| 10 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | 4:12.48 | |
| 11 | Leah Pells | Canada | 4:15.34 | |
| 12 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:17.86 | |