2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists

Gold	Tuğba Karakaya Turkey
Silver	Corinna Harrer Germany
Bronze	Katarzyna Broniatowska Poland

Results

Final

17 July 2011 / 16:00

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4:20.80
	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4:21.52
	Katarzyna Broniatowska	Poland	4:22.06
4	Danuta Urbanik	Poland	4:22.37
5	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:22.89
6	Stacey Smith	United Kingdom	4:23.53
7	Elina Sujew	Germany	4:23.88
8	Lindsey De Grande	Belgium	4:25.24
9	Sara Treacy	Ireland	4:25.97
10	Daniela Cunha	Portugal	4:27.89
11	Viktoriya Pohoryelska	Ukraine	4:28.40
	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	DQ	R 32.2.a Doping†

^†: Elena Arzhakova ranked initially 1st (4:20.55), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:15.07 Daniela Cunha Portugal
800m: 2:31.51 Daniela Cunha Portugal
1200m: 3:38.42 Elena Arzhakova Russia

Heats

Qualified: First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4:08.63	Q PB
	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	DQ	Q R 32.2.a† Doping
2	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4:08.94	Q PB
3	Danuta Urbanik	Poland	4:09.04	Q PB
4	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:09.13	q PB
5	Elina Sujew	Germany	4:14.85	Q
6	Katarzyna Broniatowska	Poland	4:14.89	Q
7	Stacey Smith	United Kingdom	4:15.05	Q
8	Lindsey De Grande	Belgium	4:15.40	Q
9	Viktoriya Pohoryelska	Ukraine	4:16.17	q
10	Sara Treacy	Ireland	4:16.32	q PB
11	Daniela Cunha	Portugal	4:17.71	q PB
12	Agata Strausa	Latvia	4:18.05	SB
13	Sofia Öberg	Sweden	4:19.04
14	Solange Andreia Pereira	Spain	4:19.72	PB
15	Mary Alenbratt	Sweden	4:20.43	PB
16	Federica Soldani	Italy	4:20.48	PB
17	Jennifer Wenth	Austria	4:21.25
18	Florina Pierdevară	Romania	4:21.30	PB
19	Giulia Viola	Italy	4:23.80

^†: Elena Arzhakova initially reached the final (4:08.77), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Details

Heat 1

16 July 2011 / 10:05

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4:08.63	Q PB
	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	DQ	Q R 32.2.a† Doping
2	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4:08.94	Q PB
3	Danuta Urbanik	Poland	4:09.04	Q PB
4	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:09.13	q PB
5	Viktoriya Pohoryelska	Ukraine	4:16.17	q
6	Sara Treacy	Ireland	4:16.32	q PB
7	Agata Strausa	Latvia	4:18.05	SB
8	Mary Alenbratt	Sweden	4:20.43	PB
9	Federica Soldani	Italy	4:20.48	PB

^†: Elena Arzhakova initially reached the final (4:08.77), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:05.44 Diana Sujew Germany
800m: 2:13.94 Elena Arzhakova Russia
1200m: 3:21.99 Elena Arzhakova Russia

Heat 2

16 July 2011 / 10:15

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elina Sujew	Germany	4:14.85	Q
2	Katarzyna Broniatowska	Poland	4:14.89	Q
3	Stacey Smith	United Kingdom	4:15.05	Q
4	Lindsey De Grande	Belgium	4:15.40	Q
5	Daniela Cunha	Portugal	4:17.71	q PB
6	Sofia Öberg	Sweden	4:19.04
7	Solange Andreia Pereira	Spain	4:19.72	PB
8	Jennifer Wenth	Austria	4:21.25
9	Florina Pierdevară	Romania	4:21.30	PB
10	Giulia Viola	Italy	4:23.80

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:10.20 Jennifer Wenth Austria
800m: 2:20.67 Jennifer Wenth Austria
1200m: 3:27.34 Elina Sujew Germany

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Germany (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Poland (2)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• United Kingdom (1)