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1,500 metres, Women

Date	24 – 28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	45 from 27 countries

The 2003 World Championship had been won by Tatyana Tomashova (RUS). Britain’s Kelly Holmes had won a bronze in this event in 1994, but had not done much since then. However, earlier in Athina she had won a surprising gold medal in the 800. The final was run at a quick pace, led out by Russia’s Nataliya Yevdokimova. Holmes bided her time, running in the pack thru the final curve. She pulled into the lead at the start of the final straight, and nobody could catch her as she completed the 800/1,500 double. Tomashova closed quickly to get the silver medal. In third place Maria Cioncan (ROM) surprised with a PR of 3:58.39 to get the bronze medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	4:05.58 (2 h2)	4:04.77 (2 h2)	3:57.90 (1)	Gold
2	2949	Tatyana Tomashova	RUS	4:06.06 (1 h1)	4:06.80 (3 h1)	3:58.12 (2)	Silver
3	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	4:06.68 (1 h3)	4:06.69 (1 h1)	3:58.39 (3)	Bronze
4	2960	Nataliya Yevdokimova	RUS	4:05.55 (1 h2)	4:04.66 (1 h2)	3:59.05 (4)
5	1292	Daniela Yordanova	BUL	4:05.87 (3 h2)	4:04.94 (5 h2)	3:59.10 (5)
6	2686	Lidia Chojecka	POL	4:06.13 (6 h2)	4:04.83 (3 h2)	3:59.27 (6)
7	2671	Anna Jakubczak	POL	4:06.37 (4 h1)	4:06.77 (2 h1)	4:00.15 (7)
8	3142	Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	4:06.42 (5 h1)	4:07.10 (4 h1)	4:00.67 (8)
9	1310	Carmen Douma-Hussar	CAN	4:06.90 (2 h3)	4:05.09 (6 h2)	4:02.31 (9)
10	1623	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4:07.19 (7 h3)	4:04.91 (4 h2)	4:03.01 (10)
11	2957	Olga Yegorova	RUS	4:07.14 (6 h3)	4:05.57 (7 h2)	4:05.65 (11)
12	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	4:05.98 (5 h2)	4:07.39 (5 h1)	4:12.90 (12)
6 h1 r2/3	3202	Nataliya Tobias	UKR	4:06.06 (2 h1)	4:07.55 (6 h1)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2349	Nancy Langat	KEN	4:06.94 (4 h3)	4:07.57 (7 h1)	–
8 h1 r2/3	1662	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4:06.95 (5 h3)	4:07.63 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1025	Nahida Touhami	ALG	4:06.41 (8 h2)	4:07.21 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r2/3	1579	Nuría Fernández	ESP	4:06.29 (3 h1)	4:07.68 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	3351	Carrie Tollefson	USA	4:06.46 (6 h1)	4:08.55 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	1583	Iris Fuentes-Pila	ESP	4:06.32 (7 h2)	4:07.69 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	2743	Carla Sacramento	POR	4:07.73 (8 h1)	4:10.85 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	1842	Hayley Tullett	GBR	4:07.27 (7 h1)	4:08.92 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	2672	Wioletta Janowska	POL	4:06.91 (3 h3)	4:11.41 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	1974	Konstantina Efentaki	GRE	4:06.73 (9 h2)	4:09.37 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r2/3	1757	Maria Martins	FRA	4:05.95 (4 h2)	4:12.76 (12 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/3	1727	Hind Déhiba	FRA	4:07.96 (8 h3)	–	–
9 h1 r1/3	1305	Courtney Babcock	CAN	4:08.18 (9 h1)	–	–
9 h3 r1/3	3187	Nelia Neporadna	UKR	4:08.60 (9 h3)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	1736	Latifa Essarokh	FRA	4:09.08 (10 h1)	–	–
10 h2 r1/3	1312	Malindi Elmore	CAN	4:09.81 (10 h2)	–	–
10 h3 r1/3	2623	Trine Pilskog	NOR	4:08.61 (10 h3)	–	–
11 h1 r1/3	2787	Elena Iagăr	ROU	4:11.48 (11 h1)	–	–
11 h2 r1/3	1165	Jasminka Guber	BIH	4:17.75 (11 h2)	–	–
11 h3 r1/3	1069	Sarah Jamieson	AUS	4:09.25 (11 h3)	–	–
12 h1 r1/3	1673	Mestawat Tadesse	ETH	4:11.78 (12 h1)	–	–
12 h2 r1/3	1669	Meskerem Legesse	ETH	4:18.03 (12 h2)	–	–
12 h3 r1/3	2094	Judit Varga	HUN	4:09.36 (12 h3)	–	–
13 h1 r1/3	1030	Silvia Felipo	AND	4:44.40 (13 h1)	–	–
13 h2 r1/3	2782	Alina Cucerzan	ROU	4:18.07 (13 h2)	–	–
13 h3 r1/3	1830	Jo Pavey	GBR	4:12.50 (13 h3)	–	–
14 h1 r1/3	2049	Sloan Siegrist	GUM	4:44.53 (14 h1)	–	–
14 h2 r1/3	3218	Elena Guerra	URU	4:35.31 (14 h2)	–	–
14 h3 r1/3	2369	Tatyana Borisova	KGZ	4:13.36 (14 h3)	–	–
15 h2 r1/3	2588	Kanchi Maya Koju	NEP	4:38.17 (15 h2)	–	–
15 h3 r1/3	2647	Sumaira Zahoor	PAK	4:49.33 (15 h3)	–	–
AC h2 r1/3	3182	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	– (DNF h2)	–	–
DNS	2476	Bouchra Ghézielle	MAR	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	1032	Rosa Saul	ANG	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	1020	Nouria Mérah-Benida	ALG	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One (24 August 2004 — 20:30-20:51)

Top five in each heat and next nine fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	12	Tatyana Tomashova	RUS	4:06.06	Q
2	5	Nataliya Tobias	UKR	4:06.06	Q
3	3	Nuría Fernández	ESP	4:06.29	Q
4	6	Anna Jakubczak	POL	4:06.37	Q
5	2	Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	4:06.42	Q
6	4	Carrie Tollefson	USA	4:06.46	q
7	8	Hayley Tullett	GBR	4:07.27	q
8	10	Carla Sacramento	POR	4:07.73	q
9	11	Courtney Babcock	CAN	4:08.18
10	1	Latifa Essarokh	FRA	4:09.08
11	7	Elena Iagăr	ROU	4:11.48
12	15	Mestawat Tadesse	ETH	4:11.78
13	9	Silvia Felipo	AND	4:44.40
14	13	Sloan Siegrist	GUM	4:44.53
DNS	16	Bouchra Ghézielle	MAR	–
DNS	14	Nouria Mérah-Benida	ALG	–

Splits

400 m	1:07.84	Tatyana Tomashova
800 m	2:15.78	Tatyana Tomashova
1,200 m	3:19.96	Tatyana Tomashova

Heat Two (20:38)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Nataliya Yevdokimova	RUS	4:05.55	Q
2	4	Kelly Holmes	GBR	4:05.58	Q
3	10	Daniela Yordanova	BUL	4:05.87	Q
4	1	Maria Martins	FRA	4:05.95	Q
5	12	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	4:05.98	Q
6	9	Lidia Chojecka	POL	4:06.13	q
7	3	Iris Fuentes-Pila	ESP	4:06.32	q
8	11	Nahida Touhami	ALG	4:06.41	q
9	14	Konstantina Efentaki	GRE	4:06.73	q
10	16	Malindi Elmore	CAN	4:09.81
11	13	Jasminka Guber	BIH	4:17.75
12	15	Meskerem Legesse	ETH	4:18.03
13	8	Alina Cucerzan	ROU	4:18.07
14	2	Elena Guerra	URU	4:35.31
15	6	Kanchi Maya Koju	NEP	4:38.17
DNF	7	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	–

Splits

400 m	1:05.12	Nataliya Yevdokimova
800 m	2:13.91	Nataliya Yevdokimova
1,200 m	3:20.16	Nataliya Yevdokimova

Heat Three (20:46)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Maria Cioncan	ROU	4:06.68	Q
2	13	Carmen Douma-Hussar	CAN	4:06.90	Q
3	3	Wioletta Janowska	POL	4:06.91	Q
4	1	Nancy Langat	KEN	4:06.94	Q
5	15	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4:06.95	Q
6	16	Olga Yegorova	RUS	4:07.14	q
7	11	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4:07.19	q
8	7	Hind Déhiba	FRA	4:07.96
9	9	Nelia Neporadna	UKR	4:08.60
10	8	Trine Pilskog	NOR	4:08.61
11	10	Sarah Jamieson	AUS	4:09.25
12	12	Judit Varga	HUN	4:09.36
13	5	Jo Pavey	GBR	4:12.50
14	6	Tatyana Borisova	KGZ	4:13.36
15	2	Sumaira Zahoor	PAK	4:49.33
DNS	14	Rosa Saul	ANG	–

Splits

400 m	1:06.71	Hind Déhiba
800 m	2:15.96	Carmen Douma-Hussar
1,200 m	3:21.51	Carmen Douma-Hussar

Semi-Finals (26 August 2004 — 20:30-20:46)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Maria Cioncan	ROU	4:06.69	Q
2	3	Anna Jakubczak	POL	4:06.77	Q
3	6	Tatyana Tomashova	RUS	4:06.80	Q
4	7	Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	4:07.10	Q
5	12	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	4:07.39	Q
6	8	Nataliya Tobias	UKR	4:07.55
7	1	Nancy Langat	KEN	4:07.57
8	4	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4:07.63
9	10	Nuría Fernández	ESP	4:07.68
10	2	Iris Fuentes-Pila	ESP	4:07.69
11	9	Hayley Tullett	GBR	4:08.92
12	11	Konstantina Efentaki	GRE	4:09.37

Splits

400 m	1:08.87	Konstantina Efentaki
800 m	2:16.28	Konstantina Efentaki
1,200 m	3:21.67	Konstantina Efentaki

Heat Two (20:41)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Nataliya Yevdokimova	RUS	4:04.66	Q
2	11	Kelly Holmes	GBR	4:04.77	Q
3	5	Lidia Chojecka	POL	4:04.83	Q
4	10	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4:04.91	Q
5	12	Daniela Yordanova	BUL	4:04.94	Q
6	2	Carmen Douma-Hussar	CAN	4:05.09	q
7	9	Olga Yegorova	RUS	4:05.57	q
8	3	Nahida Touhami	ALG	4:07.21
9	8	Carrie Tollefson	USA	4:08.55
10	4	Carla Sacramento	POR	4:10.85
11	7	Wioletta Janowska	POL	4:11.41
12	6	Maria Martins	FRA	4:12.76

Splits

400 m	1:03.58	Nataliya Yevdokimova
800 m	2:11.14	Nataliya Yevdokimova
1,200 m	3:18.19	Nataliya Yevdokimova

Final (28 August 2004 — 20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	3:57.90
2	12	Tatyana Tomashova	RUS	3:58.12
3	6	Maria Cioncan	ROU	3:58.39
4	4	Nataliya Yevdokimova	RUS	3:59.05
5	2	Daniela Yordanova	BUL	3:59.10
6	7	Lidia Chojecka	POL	3:59.27
7	3	Anna Jakubczak	POL	4:00.15
8	11	Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	4:00.67
9	10	Carmen Douma-Hussar	CAN	4:02.31
10	5	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4:03.01
11	9	Olga Yegorova	RUS	4:05.65
12	8	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	4:12.90

Splits

400 m	1:03.59	Nataliya Yevdokimova
800 m	2:08.64	Nataliya Yevdokimova
1,200 m	3:12.82	Nataliya Yevdokimova