2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.

Medalists

Gold	Olesya Chumakova Russia
Silver	Lisa Dobriskey United Kingdom
Bronze	Ingvill Måkestad Norway

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:11.75
	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:12.95
	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:13.58
4	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:13.64
5	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.15
6	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.22
7	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.32
8	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:15.47
9	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.55
10	Julie Coulaud	France	4:18.09
11	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:22.93
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ†	Doping

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė ranked initially 2nd (4:12.16), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Heats

17 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:15.31	Q
2	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.37	Q
3	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:15.43	Q
4	Julie Coulaud	France	4:15.68	q
5	Iryna Vashchuk	Ukraine	4:15.98
6	Nastassia Staravoitava	Belarus	4:16.01
7	Katarzyna Czubska	Poland	4:18.13
8	Ragnhild Kvarberg	Norway	4:19.19
9	Joanna Podolska	Poland	4:19.65
10	Daniela Cîmpanu	Romania	4:23.45
11	Daniela Kuleska	North Macedonia	4:24.90
12	Kajsa Haglund	Sweden	4:28.05
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ	Q†

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė initially reached the final (4:14.90), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:13.79	Q
2	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:14.10	Q
3	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:15.11	Q
4	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.28	Q
5	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.43	q
6	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.88	q
7	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:15.95	q
8	Monika Augustin-Vogel	Switzerland	4:16.28
9	Angela Rinicella	Italy	4:16.67
10	Irina Latve	Latvia	4:19.09
11	Corine van Beek	Netherlands	4:21.10
12	Mieke Geens	Belgium	4:27.68

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (1)
• Belgium (1)
• France (1)
• Italy (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• North Macedonia (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (2)
• Serbia and Montenegro (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Ukraine (1)
• United Kingdom (3)