2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 12:22 (heats), and on 6 March at 19:50 (final) local time. The event was won by Belgium's Elise Vanderelst in a time of 4:18.44 minutes.
In the final Spain's Águeda Marqués and Great Britain's Holly Archer were initially disqualified for jostling. Archer had her disqualification overturned on appeal and won the silver medal.[1]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Elise Vanderelst Belgium
|
Holly Archer Great Britain
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Hanna Klein Germany
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Records[edit]
| Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
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3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 |
| European record |  Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
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3:57.91 | Stockholm, Sweden | 6 February 2014 |
| Championship record | Laura Muir (GBR)
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4:02.39 | Belgrade, Serbia | 4 March 2017 |
| World Leading | Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
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3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 |
| European Leading | Laura Muir (GBR)
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3:59.58 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Hanna Klein | Germany |
4:09.35 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Holly Archer | Great Britain |
4:09.77 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany |
4:09.92 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Águeda Marqués |  Spain |
4:09.94 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Elise Vanderelst | Belgium |
4:10.49 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Katie Snowden | Great Britain |
4:10.70 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Marta Pérez | Spain |
4:11.27 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Diana Mezuliáníková |  Czech Republic |
4:11.48 | PB |
| 9 | 3 | Martyna Galant |  Poland |
4:12.08 | |
| 10 | 2 | Daryia Barysevich |  Belarus |
4:12.11 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Esther Guerrero | Spain |
4:12.39 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Federica Del Buono |  Italy |
4:12.79 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | Marta Pen Freitas |  Portugal |
4:12.95 | |
| 14 | 2 | Caterina Granz | Germany |
4:13.53 | |
| 15 | 3 | Lenuța Simiuc |  Romania |
4:14.94 | PB |
| 16 | 2 | Gaia Sabbatini | Italy |
4:17.21 | |
| 17 | 1 | Orysya Demyanyuk |  Ukraine |
4:17.52 | |
| 18 | 2 | Claudia Bobocea | Romania |
4:18.00 | |
| 19 | 2 | Klaudia Kazimierska | Poland |
4:18.24 | |
| 20 | 2 | Lindsey De Grande | Belgium |
4:18.45 | |
| 21 | 3 | Anastasia-Panayiota Marinakou |  Greece |
4:19.60 | SB |
| 22 | 3 | Vera Hoffmann |  Luxembourg |
4:20.50 |
Final[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Elise Vanderelst | Belgium |
4:18.44 | |
 |
Holly Archer | Great Britain |
4:19.91 | |
 |
Hanna Klein | Germany |
4:20.07 | |
| 4 | Marta Pérez | Spain |
4:20.39 | |
| 5 | Esther Guerrero | Spain |
4:20.45 | |
| 6 | Katie Snowden | Great Britain |
4:21.81 | |
| 7 | Daryia Barysevich | Belarus |
4:22.98 | |
| 8 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany |
4:24.26 | |
| Águeda Marqués | Spain |
DQ |
References[edit]
- ^ Chowdury, Saj (2021-03-06). European Indoors 2021: Holly Archer takes silver after winning appeal. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-03-06.