1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Doping disqualification

The silver medal had originally been won by Mary Slaney of the United States, but she was later found guilty of a doping offense and stripped of it.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia	Patricia Djaté-Taillard France	Lidia Chojecka Poland

Results

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	4:09.00	Q
	2	Mary Slaney	United States	DQ (4:10.27)	Q for final, but later DQ for doping
2	2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:11.02	Q, PB
3	2	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:11.02	Q, SB
4	1	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:11.23	Q
5	1	Suzy Hamilton	United States	4:11.47	Q
6	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:11.51	Q
7	1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:11.57	Q, PB
8	1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:11.60	q, AR
9	2	Margarita Marusova	Russia	4:11.73	q
10	2	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:12.15	q
11	1	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:12.22	q
12	1	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:15.32
13	1	Shirley Griffiths	Great Britain	4:15.45
14	2	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	4:15.57
15	2	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	4:20.52
16	2	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	4:28.70	SB
	2	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	DNF
	1	Sinéad Delahunty	Ireland	DNS
	1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	DNS
	2	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:05.19	PB
	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	4:06.16	NR
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:06.25	NR
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:06.33	NR
5	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:06.56	PB
6	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:07.04	PB
7	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:09.72	PB
8	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:09.76	AR
9	Suzy Hamilton	United States	4:10.82
10	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:11.56
11	Margarita Marusova	Russia	4:14.43
(2)	Mary Slaney	United States	DQ (4:05.22)	Doping