2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's 1500 metres
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Medalists

The original medalists were the following.
Gold
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
Silver
Yuliya Fomenko 
Bronze
Gelete Burka 

After the disqualification of the Russian women, the medalists were the following.
Gold
Gelete Burka 
Silver
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...

 
Bronze
Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...

 

Heats

Heat Pos Name Country Mark Q
1 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...

 
4:07.43 Q
1 2 Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
4:07.85 Q
1 3 Gelete Burka  4:08.24 Q
1 4 Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...

 
4:08.44 SB q
1 5 Susan Scott  4:10.39
1 6 Christin Wurth-Thomas
Christin Wurth-Thomas
Christin Wurth-Thomas is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Wurth-Thomas competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 
4:10.56 PB
1 7 Nataliya Tobias
Nataliya Tobias
Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....

 
4:11.71
1 8 Mari Järvenpää  4:13.24 NR
1 9 Elena Antoci  4:13.93
1 10 Esther Desviat  4:33.71
2 1 Yuliya Fomenko  4:05.94 Q
2 2 Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest...

 
4:06.68 Q
2 3 Sonja Roman
Sonja Roman
Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....

 
4:08.12 SB Q
2 4 Bouchra Ghézielle
Bouchra Ghezielle
Bouchra Ghézielle, née Ben Thami is a Moroccan-French track and field athlete, now competing for France. She competes mainly on the 1500 m distance but also on 800 m and 3000 m distances....

 
4:08.83 q
2 5 Siham Hilali
Siham Hilali
Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min...

 
4:10.09 PB q
2 6 Jemma Simpson
Jemma Simpson
Jemma Louise Simpson is a Cornish and British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is the current British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships...

 
4:11.17 PB
2 7 Jenelle Deatherage  4:14.27 SB
2 8 Kajsa Haglund  4:14.82 PB
2 9 Hilary Stellingwerff  4:18.26
2 10 Sandra Teixeira  4:23.14

Final

Pos Name Country Mark
Gelete Burka  3:59.75 AR
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...

 
3:59.79 AR
Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova
Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...

 
4:04.19 NR
4 Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest...

 
4:07.61
5 Siham Hilali
Siham Hilali
Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min...

 
4:15.54
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
DQ
Yuliya Fomenko  DQ
Bouchra Ghézielle
Bouchra Ghezielle
Bouchra Ghézielle, née Ben Thami is a Moroccan-French track and field athlete, now competing for France. She competes mainly on the 1500 m distance but also on 800 m and 3000 m distances....

 
DQ
Sonja Roman
Sonja Roman
Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....

 
DNF

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
200m Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
30.95
400m Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
1:03.26
600m Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 
1:35.66
800m Yuliya Fomenko  2:07.89
1000m Yuliya Fomenko  2:39.90
1200m Yuliya Fomenko  3:11.53
1400m Yuliya Fomenko 3:42.27
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