2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hasna Benhassi  Morocco	Violeta Beclea-Szekely  Romania	Natalya Gorelova  Russia

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Violeta Beclea-Szekely	Romania	4:10.77	Q
2	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:10.82	Q
3	1	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:11.27	Q
4	1	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	4:11.28	q
5	2	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	4:11.54	Q
6	2	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:11.69	Q
7	2	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	4:12.33	Q
8	2	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:12.92	q
9	2	Alesia Turava	Belarus	4:13.15	q
10	1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:13.21	AR
11	1	Lan Lixin	China	4:14.64	AR
12	1	Brigitte Mühlbacher	Austria	4:15.37	SB
13	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:15.57
14	1	Heidi Jensen	Denmark	4:16.31
15	1	Fatma Lanouar	Tunisia	4:16.42	NR
16	2	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:17.47
17	2	Collette Liss	United States	4:19.23
18	1	Judit Varga	Hungary	4:19.45
19	2	Li Jingnan	China	4:22.34

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	4:10.83
	Violeta Beclea-Szekely	Romania	4:11.17
	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:11.74
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:11.76
5	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	4:12.79
6	Alesia Turava	Belarus	4:13.67
7	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:15.37
8	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	4:15.76
9	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:19.40

• Results