2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:09.05	Q
2	1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	4:09.47	Q
3	1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:09.52	Q
4	1	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	4:09.58	Q
5	1	Hilary Stellingwerff	Canada	4:09.60	Q
6	1	Abby Westley	United Kingdom	4:09.67	Q
7	1	Sarah Jamieson	Australia	4:10.02	q
8	2	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	4:10.03	Q
9	2	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:10.53	Q
10	2	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:10.61	Q
11	1	Natalya Panteleyeva	Russia	4:10.69	q
12	3	Treniere Clement	United States	4:10.85	Q
13	2	Erin Donohue	United States	4:10.89	Q
14	3	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	4:10.96	Q
15	1	Tetyana Holovchenko	Ukraine	4:10.98	q
16	1	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	4:21.50	Q
16	3	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:11.04	Q
18	3	Lisa Corrigan	Australia	4:11.11	Q
19	3	Nataliya Tobias	Ukraine	4:11.22	q
20	2	Dolores Checa	Spain	4:11.24	q
20	3	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4:11.24	q
22	3	Bouchra Chaabi	Morocco	4:11.51
23	3	Carmen Douma-Hussar	Canada	4:12.10
24	3	Qing Liu	China	4:12.71
25	2	Nahida Touhami	Algeria	4:14.38
26	2	Cristina Vasiloiu	Romania	4:15.43
27	2	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	4:18.59
28	1	Christin Wurth-Thomas	United States	4:20.21
29	3	Mestawot Tadesse	Ethiopia	4:20.46
30	2	Ragnhild Kvarberg	Norway	4:21.22
31	1	Mika Yoshikawa	Japan	4:21.64
32	2	Siham Hilali	Morocco	4:22.12
33	1	Aishath Reesha	Maldives	5:45.25
34	3	Wanumbi Kapia	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5:45.99
-	2	Yuliya Fomenko	Russia	DSQ	*
-	3	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	DSQ	*

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.

Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	4:03.84	Q
2	2	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:03.97	Q
3	2	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	4:04.19	Q, SB
4	2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:05.25	Q
5	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:05.80	q
6	2	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	4:06.99	q, SB
7	2	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4:08.02	NR
8	2	Treniere Clement	United States	4:08.32
9	2	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:08.39
10	2	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:08.60	SB
11	2	Lisa Corrigan	Australia	4:08.79
12	1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	4:14.86	Q
13	1	Natalya Panteleyeva	Russia	4:15.22	Q
14	1	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	4:15.36	Q
15	1	Nataliya Tobias	Ukraine	4:15.43	Q
16	1	Hilary Stellingwerff	Canada	4:15.99
17	1	Sarah Jamieson	Australia	4:16.20
18	1	Abby Westley	United Kingdom	4:16.21
19	1	Erin Donohue	United States	4:16.41
20	1	Tetyana Holovchenko	Ukraine	4:17.97
21	1	Dolores Checa	Spain	4:20.44
22	1	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	4:21.50
-	1	Yuliya Fomenko	Russia	DSQ	*
-	2	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	DSQ	*

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.