2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres event The Women's 1500 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7. Doping Anna Alminova won the event and was awarded the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2014 after the IAAF in 2014 handed her a doping ban caused by abnormalities in her biological passport profile.http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=2778537f-15d0-45ad-8fc1-82ed94a8bd75.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20154 Doping sanctions - News 154 Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 26 June 2014 30 July 2014 iaaf.org IAAF 1 August 2014 All her results from 16 February 2009 onwards were annulled.http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/07/31/three-cheers/ Three Cheers July 31, 2014 Broadsheet 1 August 2014 Natalia Rodríguez (gold), Sonja Roman (silver) and Roísín McGettigan (bronze) received their medals by mail. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNatalia RodríguezSonja RomanRoísín McGettigan Results Heats First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Yevgeniya Zolotova 4:11.31 Q 99 DQ 2 Anna Alminova 4:11.44 Q, Doping 02 2 2 Natalia Rodríguez 4:11.73 Q 03 3 1 Sonja Roman 4:11.75 Q 04 4 2 Marije te Raa 4:11.80 Q, PB 05 5 2 Natalya Yevdokimova 4:11.97 q 06 6 1 Lidia Chojecka 4:12.09 Q 07 7 2 Marina Munćan 4:12.23 q, NR 08 8 2 Roísín McGettigan 4:12.25 q 09 9 1 Sigrid Vanden Bempt 4:12.36 NR 10 1 Esther Desviat 4:12.94 11 1 Susan Scott Great Britain 4:13.40 12 2 Hannah England Great Britain 4:14.75 13 1 Ulrika Johansson 4:17.65 14 1 Sandra Teixeira 4:18.53 15 1 Yeliz Kurt 4:23.73 PB 16 2 Marcela Lustigová 4:39.63 Final thumb|right|300px|The 1500 metres final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 DQ Anna Alminova 4:07.76 Doping Natalia Rodríguez 4:08.72 Sonja Roman 4:11.42 Roísín McGettigan 4:11.58 4 Yevgeniya Zolotova 4:11.72 5 Natalya Yevdokimova 4:12.33 6 Lidia Chojecka 4:15.90 7 Marina Munćan 4:20.01 8 Marije te Raa 4:30.93 References Results Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Women's events at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships