Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's 1500 metres
|games = 2000 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Stadium Australia
|date = 27 September 2000 (heats)
29 September 2000 (semi-finals)
30 September 2000 (final)
|competitors = 42
|nations = 28
|win_value = 4:05.10
|longnames = yes
|gold = Nouria Mérah-Benida
|goldNOC = ALG
|silver = Violeta Szekely
|silverNOC = ROM
|bronze = Gabriela Szabo
|bronzeNOC = ROM
|prev = 1996
|next = 2004
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{AthleticsAt2000SummerOlympics}}
The Women's 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, Thursday 28 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-1500-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-1500-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Women's 1500 metres |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
The winning margin was 0.05 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's Olympic 1500 metres has been won by less than 0.1 seconds.
The top six runners in each of the initial three heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the semi-final. The top five runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.
The last lap was the battleground for this final. Going into this lap, Portugal's Carla Sacramento held the lead, with Poland's Lidia Chojecka on the outside and America's Suzy Favor-Hamilton edging ahead on the inside. Over the next 200 metres, Favor-Hamilton edged ahead of Sacramento while a pack of six formed behind, led by Algeria's Nouria Mérah-Benida. Favor-Hamilton held the lead around the turn as Mérah-Benida moved to her shoulder. As the final straightaway neared, Favor-Hamilton looked at her feet expecting her usual final acceleration. It was not there, as first Mérah-Benida went by, followed by the other Polish runner, Anna Jakubczak, and then Chojecka and Romania's Violeta Szekely. After a small gap, Ethiopia's Kutre Dulecha went by Favor-Hamilton, who then crashed to the track untouched. Years later, Favor-Hamilton admitted that the fall was deliberate, as she realised that she was not going to win.{{cite web|last=Hegarty |first=Stephanie |title=Should athletes prepare for defeat? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18902643 |publisher=BBC News |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012}} As a result, she finished in last place.
At the head of the straightaway, Mérah-Benida opened up a clear lead over the two Polish runners. Moving out to lane 3, Szekely ran around Jakubczak and Chojecka, with Dulecha following in her wake. With speed, suddenly Mérah-Benida's lead started to shrink. The Algerian runner was tiring fast, but she managed to hold off Szekely's furious charge, crossing the line 0.05 seconds ahead. All the way down the straightaway, Dulecha looked like she would hold on for the bronze – but from last place with 200 metres to go, Gabriela Szabo came sprinting down the outside to take the medal, meaning that there were two Romanians on the podium. Only 0.23 seconds separated the first four runners – but none of them were directly battling the others, each taking a different pace and path to the tight finish.
Records
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| World Record | 3:50.46 | China | 11 September 1993 |
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| Olympic Record | 3:53.96 | Romania | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
Medals
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| style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold: Image:Med 1.png | style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver: Image:Med 2.png | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze: Image:Med 3.png |
| Nouria Mérah-Benida, {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}}
| Violeta Szekely, {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | Gabriela Szabo, {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Qualifying heats
=Round 1=
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| colspan=9 | Heat 1 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 |
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| colspan=2 | Place
!rowspan=2 | Athlete !rowspan=2 | Nation !rowspan=2 | Lane !rowspan=2 | Time !rowspan=2 | Qual. !rowspan=2 | Record |
| Heat
! Overall |
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| 1 | 1 | align="left" | Suzy Favor Hamilton | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 15 | 4:08.08 | Q | |
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| 2 | 2 | align="left" | Anna Jakubczak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:08.13 | Q | |
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| 3 | 3 | align="left" | Gabriela Szabo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 14 | 4:08.33 | Q | |
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| 4 | 4 | align="left" | Süreyya Ayhan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:08.37 | Q | |
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| 5 | 5 | align="left" | Carla Sacramento | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 12 | 4:08.41 | Q | |
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| 6 | 6 | align="left" | Helen Pattinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 4:08:80 | Q | |
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| 7 | 7 | align="left" | Margaret Crowley | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 13 | 4:08.85 | q | |
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| 8 | 8 | align="left" | Anita Weyermann | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:09.28 | q | |
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| 9 | 9 | align="left" | Lyudmila Rogachova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:09.81 | q | |
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| 10 | 12 | align="left" | Mardrea Hyman | align="left" | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:10.21 | q | |
| 11
| 33 | align="left" | Abebech Negussie | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:15.52 | | |
| 12
| 35 | align="left" | Julia Sakara | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:21.94 | | |
| 13
| 36 | align="left" | Tetyana Kryvobok | align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}} | 11 | 4:22.11 | | |
| 14
| 40 | align="left" | Shazia Hidayat | align="left" | {{flagIOC|PAK|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 5:07.17 | | |
| |
| align="left" | Leah Pells | align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}} | 10 | DNF | | |
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| colspan=9 | Heat 2 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 |
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| colspan=2 | Place
!rowspan=2 | Athlete !rowspan=2 | Nation !rowspan=2 | Lane !rowspan=2 | Time !rowspan=2 | Qual. !rowspan=2 | Record |
| Heat
! Overall |
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| 1 | 11 | align="left" | Violeta Szekely | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 11 | 4:10.18 | Q | |
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| 2 | 14 | align="left" | Lidia Chojecka | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 10 | 4:10.34 | Q | |
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| 3 | 15 | align="left" | Kelly Holmes | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:10.38 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 4 | 17 | align="left" | Veerle Dejaeghere | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:10.68 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | 18 | align="left" | Sabine Fischer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 13 | 4:10.78 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 6 | 19 | align="left" | Seloua Ouaziz | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4:10:82 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 7 | 20 | align="left" | Marla Runyan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:10.83 | q | |
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| 8 | 24 | align="left" | Georgie Clarke | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:11.74 | q | |
| 9
| 28 | align="left" | Toni Hodgkinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:12.59 | | |
| 10
| 31 | align="left" | Naomi Mugo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 4:13.18 | | |
| 11
| 32 | align="left" | Hareg Sidelil | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:14.05 | | |
| 12
| 37 | align="left" | Natalia Rodriguez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:22.82 | | |
| 13
| 38 | align="left" | Daniela Kuleska | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MKD|2000 Summer}} | 14 | 4:33.50 | | |
| |
| align="left" | Svetlana Masterkova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 12 | DNF | | |
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| colspan=9 | Heat 3 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 |
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| colspan=2 | Place
!rowspan=2 | Athlete !rowspan=2 | Nation !rowspan=2 | Lane !rowspan=2 | Time !rowspan=2 | Qual. !rowspan=2 | Record |
| Heat
! Overall |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 1 | 10 | align="left" | Kutre Dulecha | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:09.88 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 2 | 13 | align="left" | Nouria Mérah-Benida | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:10.24 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 3 | 16 | align="left" | Hayley Tullett | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:10.58 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 4 | 21 | align="left" | Elena Iagăr | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4:11.35 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | 22 | align="left" | Nuria Fernandez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 13 | 4:11.46 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 6 | 23 | align="left" | Irina Krakoviak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:11:57 | Q | |
| 7
| 25 | align="left" | Sinead Delahunty | align="left" | {{flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer}} | 14 | 4:11.75 | | |
| 8
| 26 | align="left" | Fatma Lanouar | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUN|2000 Summer}} | 11 | 4:11.87 | | |
| 9
| 27 | align="left" | Shayne Culpepper | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 12 | 4:12.52 | | |
| 10
| 29 | align="left" | Natalya Gorelova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:12.84 | | |
| 11
| 30 | align="left" | Sarah Jamieson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:12.90 | | |
| 12
| 34 | align="left" | Helena Javornik | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SLO|2000 Summer}} | 10 | 4:18.18 | | |
| 13
| 39 | align="left" | Silvia Felipo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AND|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:45.32 | | |
| |
| align="left" | Hasna Benhassi | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 7 | DNS | | |
Overall Results Round 1
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!colspan=9 | Round 1 |
| Place
!Athlete !Nation !Heat !Lane !Place !Time !Qual. !Record |
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| 1 | align="left" | Suzy Favor Hamilton | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4:08.08 | Q | |
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| 2 | align="left" | Anna Jakubczak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:08.13 | Q | |
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| 3 | align="left" | Gabriela Szabo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4:08.33 | Q | |
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| 4 | align="left" | Süreyya Ayhan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4:08.37 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | align="left" | Carla Sacramento | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4:08.41 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 6 | align="left" | Helen Pattinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4:08.80 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 7 | align="left" | Margaret Crowley | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4:08.85 | q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 8 | align="left" | Anita Weyermann | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4:09.28 | q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 9 | align="left" | Lyudmila Rogachova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4:09.81 | q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 10 | align="left" | Kutre Dulecha | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4:09.88 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 11 | align="left" | Violeta Szekely | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4:10.18 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 12 | align="left" | Mardrea Hyman | align="left" | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4:10.21 | q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 13 | align="left" | Nouria Mérah-Benida | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 2 |4:10.24 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 14 | align="left" | Lidia Chojecka | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4:10.34 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 15 | align="left" | Kelly Holmes | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4:10.38 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 16 | align="left" | Hayley Tullett | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4:10.58 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 17 | align="left" | Veerle Dejaeghere | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4:10.68 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 18 | align="left" | Sabine Fischer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4:10.78 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 19 | align="left" | Seloua Ouaziz | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4:10.82 | | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 20 | align="left" | Marla Runyan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4:10.83 | q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 21 | align="left" | Elena Iagăr | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4:11.35 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 22 | align="left" | Nuria Fernandez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4:11.46 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 23 | align="left" | Irina Krakoviak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4:11.57 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 24 | align="left" | Georgie Clarke | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4:11.74 | q | |
| 25
| align="left" | Sinead Delahunty | align="left" | {{flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4:11.75 | | |
| 26
| align="left" | Fatma Lanouar | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUN|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4:11.87 | | |
| 27
| align="left" | Shayne Culpepper | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4:12.62 | | |
| 28
| align="left" | Toni Hodgkinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4:12.59 | | |
| 29
| align="left" | Natalya Gorelova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4:12.84 | | |
| 30
| align="left" | Sarah Jamieson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4:12.90 | | |
| 31
| align="left" | Naomi Mugo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4:13.18 | | |
| 32
| align="left" | Hareg Sidelil | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4:14.05 | | |
| 33
| align="left" | Abebech Negussie | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4:15.52 | | |
| 34
| align="left" | Helena Javornik | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SLO|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4:18:18 | | |
| 35
| align="left" | Julia Sakara | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4:21.94 | | |
| 36
| align="left" | Tetyana Kryvobok | align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4:22.11 | | |
| 37
| align="left" | Natalia Rodriguez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4:22.82 | | |
| 38
| align="left" | Daniela Kuleska | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MKD|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4:33.50 | | |
| 39
| align="left" | Silvia Felipo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AND|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4:45.32 | | |
| 40
| align="left" | Shazia Hidayat | align="left" | {{flagIOC|PAK|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 8 | 14 | 5:07.17 | | |
| | align="left" | Svetlana Masterkova
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 12 | | DNF | | |
| | align="left" | Leah Pells
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 10 | | DNF | | |
| | align="left" | Hasna Benhassi
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 7 | | DNS | | |
=Semi-finals=
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| colspan=9 | Heat 1 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 |
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| colspan=2 | Place
!rowspan=2 | Athlete !rowspan=2 | Nation !rowspan=2 | Lane !rowspan=2 | Time !rowspan=2 | Qual. !rowspan=2 | Record |
| Heat
! Overall |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 1 | 1 | align="left" | Nouria Mérah-Benida | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:05.24 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 2 | 2 | align="left" | Suzy Favor Hamilton | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:05.25 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 3 | 3 | align="left" | Hayley Tullett | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:05.34 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 4 | 4 | align="left" | Kelly Holmes | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 10 | 4:05.35 | Q | SB |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | 5 | align="left" | Lidia Chojecka | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 12 | 4:05.78 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 6 | 6 | align="left" | Marla Runyan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:06:14 | q | SB |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 7 | 8 | align="left" | Sabine Fischer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:06.67 | q | |
| 8
| 15 | align="left" | Margaret Crowley | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:09.16 | | |
| 9
| 16 | align="left" | Lyudmila Rogachova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:09.18 | | |
| 10
| 19 | align="left" | Nuria Fernandez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:10.92 | | |
| 11
| 22 | align="left" | Irina Krakoviak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4:14.57 | | |
| 12
| 23 | align="left" | Elena Iagăr | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:21.94 | | |
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| colspan=9 | Heat 2 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 |
|---|
| colspan=2 | Place
!rowspan=2 | Athlete !rowspan=2 | Nation !rowspan=2 | Lane !rowspan=2 | Time !rowspan=2 | Qual. !rowspan=2 | Record |
| Heat
! Overall |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 1 | 7 | align="left" | Violeta Szekely | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4:06.60 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 2 | 9 | align="left" | Kutre Dulecha | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:06.78 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 3 | 10 | align="left" | Anna Jakubczak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 11 | 4:07.03 | Q | SB |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 4 | 11 | align="left" | Gabriela Szabo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 12 | 4:07.38 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | 12 | align="left" | Carla Sacramento | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 4:07.65 | Q | |
| 6
| 13 | align="left" | Veerle Dejaeghere | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:07:87 | | |
| 7
| 14 | align="left" | Seloua Ouaziz | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:09.11 | | |
| 8
| 17 | align="left" | Süreyya Ayhan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer}} | 10 | 4:09.42 | | |
| 9
| 18 | align="left" | Helen Pattinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:09.60 | | |
| 10
| 20 | align="left" | Georgie Clarke | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:10.99 | | |
| 11
| 21 | align="left" | Mardrea Hyman | align="left" | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:14.20 | | |
| 12
| 24 | align="left" | Anita Weyermann | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:30.80 | | |
Overall Results Semi-finals
| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=9 | Round 1 |
| Place
!Athlete !Nation !Heat !Lane !Place !Time !Qual. !Record |
|---|
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 1 | align="left" | Nouria Mérah-Benida | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4:05.24 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 2 | align="left" | Suzy Favor Hamilton | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4:05.25 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 3 | align="left" | Hayley Tullett | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4:05.34 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 4 | align="left" | Kelly Holmes | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4:05.35 | Q | SB |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 5 | align="left" | Lidia Chojecka | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4:05.78 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 6 | align="left" | Marla Runyan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4:16.14 | q | SB |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 7 | align="left" | Violeta Szekely | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4:06.60 | Q | |
| bgcolor = "bbf3bb"
| 8 | align="left" | Sabine Fischer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4:06.67 | q | |
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| 9 | align="left" | Kutre Dulecha | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4:06.78 | Q | |
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| 10 | align="left" | Anna Jakubczak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4:07.03 | Q | SB |
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| 11 | align="left" | Gabriela Szabo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4:07.38 | Q | |
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| 12 | align="left" | Carla Sacramento | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4:07.65 | Q | |
| 13
| align="left" | Veerle Dejaeghere | align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4:07.87 | | |
| 14
| align="left" | Seloua Ouaziz | align="left" | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4:09.11 | | |
| 15
| align="left" | Margaret Crowley | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4:09.16 | | |
| 16
| align="left" | Lyudmila Rogachova | align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4:09.18 | | |
| 17
| align="left" | Süreyya Ayhan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4:09.42 | | |
| 18
| align="left" | Helen Pattinson | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4:09.60 | | |
| 19
| align="left" | Nuria Fernandez | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4:10.92 | | |
| 20
| align="left" | Georgie Clarke | align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4:10.99 | | |
| 21
| align="left" | Mardrea Hyman | align="left" | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4:14.20 | | |
| 22
| align="left" | Irina Krakoviak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4:14.57 | | |
| 23
| align="left" | Elena Iagăr | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4:14.75 | | |
| 24
| align="left" | Anita Weyermann | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4:30.80 | | |
Final
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| colspan=9 | Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 |
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| colspan=1 | Place
!rowspan=1 | Athlete !rowspan=1 | Nation !rowspan=1 | Lane !rowspan=1 | Time !rowspan=1 | Record |
| {{gold01}}
| align="left" | Nouria Mérah-Benida | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4:05.10 | |
| {{silver02}}
| align="left" | Violeta Szekely | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4:05.15 | |
| {{bronze03}}
| align="left" | Gabriela Szabo | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROM|2000 Summer}} | 11 | 4:05.27 | |
| 4
| align="left" | Kutre Dulecha | align="left" | {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4:05.33 | |
| 5
| align="left" | Lidia Chojecka | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4:06.42 | |
| 6
| align="left" | Anna Jakubczak | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} | 9 | 4:06.49 | SB |
| 7
| align="left" | Kelly Holmes | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 12 | 4:08.02 | |
| 8
| align="left" | Marla Runyan | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 10 | 4:08.30 | |
| 9
| align="left" | Sabine Fischer | align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 4:08.84 | |
| 10
| align="left" | Carla Sacramento | align="left" | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4:11.15 | |
| 11
| align="left" | Hayley Tullett | align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4:22.29 | |
| 12
| align="left" | Suzy Favor Hamilton | align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4:23.05 | |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326074432/http://olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report2000.htm Official Report]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics]
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