1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

None The women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. Doping disqualification The silver medal had originally been won by Mary Slaney of the United States, but she was later found guilty of a doping offense and stripped of it. IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf IAAF Mark Butler DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 47–48 27 September 2015 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeYekaterina PodkopayevaPatricia Djaté-TaillardLidia Chojecka Results Heats First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Patricia Djaté-Taillard 4:09.00 Q 2 Mary Slaney DQ (4:10.27) Q for final, but later DQ for doping 2 2 Malin Ewerlöf 4:11.02 Q, PB 3 2 Catalina Gheorghiu 4:11.02 Q, SB 4 1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva 4:11.23 Q 5 1 Suzy Hamilton 4:11.47 Q 6 1 Carla Sacramento 4:11.51 Q 7 1 Lidia Chojecka 4:11.57 Q, PB 8 1 Kutre Dulecha 4:11.60 q, AR 9 2 Margarita Marusova 4:11.73 q 10 2 Mayte Zúñiga 4:12.15 q 11 1 Sylvia Kühnemund 4:12.22 q 12 1 Frédérique Quentin 4:15.32 13 1 Shirley Griffiths 4:15.45 14 2 Jackline Maranga 4:15.57 15 2 Gwen Griffiths 4:20.52 16 2 Niusha Mancilla 4:28.70 SB 18 2 Małgorzata Rydz 9:99.98 DNF 19 1 Sinéad Delahunty 9:99.99 DNS 19 1 Gabriela Szabo 9:99.99 DNS 19 2 Sonia O'Sullivan 9:99.99 DNS Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yekaterina Podkopayeva 4:05.19 PB Patricia Djaté-Taillard 4:06.16 NR Lidia Chojecka 4:06.25 NR 04 4 Carla Sacramento 4:06.33 NR 05 5 Sylvia Kühnemund 4:06.56 PB 06 6 Catalina Gheorghiu 4:07.04 PB 07 7 Malin Ewerlöf 4:09.72 PB 08 8 Kutre Dulecha 4:09.76 AR 09 9 Suzy Hamilton 4:10.82 10 Mayte Zúñiga 4:11.56 11 Margarita Marusova 4:14.43 (2) 12 Mary Slaney DQ (4:05.22) Doping References 1500 Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships