Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21 August 2008 (heats) 23 August 2008 (final) |
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| Competitors | 33 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:00.23 | ||||||||||||
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Nancy Langat |
 Kenya
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Iryna Lishchynska |
 Ukraine
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Nataliya Tobias |
Ukraine
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 21–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 4:07.00 (A standard) and 4:08.00 (B standard).
This event was hit hard by the Russian doping scandal on 31 July 2008, as all three Russian entrants, Yuliya Fomenko, Tatyana Tomashova and Yelena Soboleva, were suspended from competition. These athletes were three of the favourites to take the medals in Beijing.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the final.
WR world record | 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)
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