2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:07.97	Q
2	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:08.79	Q
3	1	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4:08.84	Q
4	1	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	4:08.89	Q
5	1	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	4:09.17	Q
6	1	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:09.86	Q
7	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:10.77	Q
8	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:10.82	Q
9	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:11.17	Q
10	2	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:11.34	Q
11	2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4:11.35	Q
12	2	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	4:12.29	Q
13	2	Lan Lixin	China	4:12.92	q, SB
14	2	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4:13.02	q
15	2	Helen Pattinson	Great Britain	4:13.06	q
16	1	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	4:13.07	q
17	3	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:13.19	Q
18	3	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4:13.60	Q
19	3	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:13.61	Q
20	3	Sarah Schwald	United States	4:13.69	Q
21	3	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:13.72	Q
22	3	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:13.90	Q
23	3	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4:14.34	q
24	1	Nouria Merah-Benida	Algeria	4:15.06	q
25	3	Li Jingnan	China	4:15.30
26	3	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:15.31
27	1	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	4:16.24
28	3	Heidi Jensen	Denmark	4:17.35
29	2	Rene Kalmer	South Africa	4:17.97
30	1	Elena Iagăr	Romania	4:24.72
31	3	Hanane Baala	France	4:29.47
32	1	Lamberte Nyabamikazi	Burundi	4:31.11	NR
33	1	Elisa Vagnini	San Marino	4:40.01
34	2	Evelyn Guerra	Panama	4:44.69
35	3	Sonia Lopes	Cape Verde	5:13.80
36	3	Fatouma Ali	Niger	5:31.57
	1	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	DNF
	2	Regina Jacobs	United States	DNF
	2	Rosa Saul	Angola	DNS

Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:07.40	Q
2	2	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:07.47	Q
3	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:08.37	Q
4	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:08.49	Q, SB
5	2	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:08.49	Q
6	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4:08.58	Q
7	2	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4:09.66
8	1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:10.30	Q
9	1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:10.36	Q
10	2	Lan Lixin	China	4:11.09	SB
11	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:11.23	Q
12	1	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:11.43	Q
13	1	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:11.44	Q
14	1	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	4:11.46	Q
15	1	Sarah Schwald	United States	4:11.74
16	2	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4:13.95
17	1	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	4:15.70
18	1	Helen Pattinson	Great Britain	4:16.39
19	2	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4:29.57
	1	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	DNF
	1	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	DNF
	2	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	DNF
	1	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	DNS
	1	Nouria Merah-Benida	Algeria	DNS