title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
  
  The women's 1500 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) | Olga Yegorova (Russia) | Bouchra Ghézielle (France) |
  
  ## Results
  
  All times shown are in seconds.
  
  * AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
  * DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place
  
  ### Heats
  
  August 12, 2005
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  * Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:10.58 Q
  * Tatyana Tomashova 4:10.74 Q
  * Anna Jakubczak 4:11.28 Q
  * Olga Yegorova 4:11.64 Q
  * Natalia Rodríguez 4:11.82 Q
  * Hind Déhiba 4:12.23
  * Alesia Turava 4:14.21
  * Eleonora Berlanda 4:14.54
  * Konstadina Efedaki 4:15.00
  * Nelya Neporadna 4:15.46
  * Nancy Jebet Lagat 4:16.13
  * Treniere Clement 4:16.51
  * Mestawot Tadesse 4:20.20
  * Nahida Touhami DNS
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  * Yuliya Fomenko 4:07.26 Q
  * Gelete Burka 4:07.35 Q
  * Yelena Soboleva 4:07.69 Q
  * Bouchra Ghézielle 4:07.87 Q
  * Carmen Douma-Hussar 4:08.73 Q
  * Irina Krakoviak 4:09.11 q
  * Helen Clitheroe 4:09.13 q
  * Wioletta Frankiewicz 4:09.90
  * Daniela Yordanova 4:11.64 (SB)
  * Corina Dumbravean 4:12.35
  * Maria Martins 4:14.12
  * Nuria Fernández 4:14.45
  * Johanna Lehtinen 4:15.44
  * Trine Pilskog 4:18.63
  * Sonia Lopes 4:51.29
  
  ### Final
  
  August 14, 2005
  
  * Tatyana Tomashova 4:00.35 (SB)
  * Olga Yegorova 4:01.46
  * Bouchra Ghézielle 4:02.45
  * Yelena Soboleva 4:02.48
  * Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:02.49
  * Natalia Rodríguez 4:03.06 (SB)
  * Anna Jakubczak 4:03.38 (SB)
  * Gelete Burka 4:04.77 (PB)
  * Carmen Douma-Hussar 4:05.08
  * Helen Clitheroe 4:05.19 (SB)
  * Irina Krakoviak 4:08.18
  * Yuliya Fomenko DSQ
  