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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 27, 2000
Date Finished: September 27, 2000
Format: Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Noria Mérah-Benida |
| Silver: | Violeta Beclea-Szekely |
| Bronze: | Gabriela Szabo |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzy Favor-Hamilton | 32 | United States | USA | 4:08.08 | QU |
| 2 | Anna Jakubczak | 27 | Poland | POL | 4:08.13 | QU |
| 3 | Gabriela Szabo | 24 | Romania | ROU | 4:08.33 | QU |
| 4 | Süreyya Ayhan | 22 | Turkey | TUR | 4:08.37 | QU |
| 5 | Carla Sacramento | 28 | Portugal | POR | 4:08.41 | QU |
| 6 | Helen Pattinson-Clitheroe | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:08.80 | QU |
| 7 | Marg Crowley | 33 | Australia | AUS | 4:08.85 | QC |
| 8 | Anita Weyermann | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:09.28 | QC |
| 9 | Lyudmila Rogachova | 33 | Russia | RUS | 4:09.81 | QC |
| 10 | Madrea Hyman | 27 | Jamaica | JAM | 4:10.21 | QC |
| 11 | Abebech Negussie | 17 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:15.52 | |
| 12 | Julia Sakara | 31 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 4:21.94 | |
| 13 | Tetiana Kryvobok | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:22.11 | |
| 14 | Shazia Hidayat | 24 | Pakistan | PAK | 5:07.17 | |
| AC | Leah Pells | 35 | Canada | CAN | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | 35 | Romania | ROU | 4:10.18 | QU |
| 2 | Lidia Chojecka | 23 | Poland | POL | 4:10.34 | QU |
| 3 | Kelly Holmes | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:10.38 | QU |
| 4 | Veerle Dejaeghere | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 4:10.68 | QU |
| 5 | Sabine Fischer | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:10.78 | QU |
| 6 | Seloua Ouaziz | 26 | Morocco | MAR | 4:10,82 | QU |
| 7 | Marla Runyan | 31 | United States | USA | 4:10.83 | QC |
| 8 | Georgie Clarke | 16 | Australia | AUS | 4:11.74 | QC |
| 9 | Toni Hodgkinson | 28 | New Zealand | NZL | 4:12.59 | |
| 10 | Naomi Mugo | 23 | Kenya | KEN | 4:13.18 | |
| 11 | Hareg Sidelil | 19 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:14.05 | |
| 12 | Natalia Rodríguez | 21 | Spain | ESP | 4:22.82 | |
| 13 | Daniela Kuleska | 19 | Macedonia | MKD | 4:33.50 | |
| AC | Svetlana Masterkova | 32 | Russia | RUS | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kutre Dulecha | 22 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:09.88 | QU |
| 2 | Noria Mérah-Benida | 29 | Algeria | ALG | 4:10.24 | QU |
| 3 | Hayley Tullett | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:10.58 | QU |
| 4 | Elena Iagăr | 25 | Romania | ROU | 4:11.35 | QU |
| 5 | Nuría Fernández | 24 | Spain | ESP | 4:11.46 | QU |
| 6 | Irina Krakoviak | 23 | Lithuania | LTU | 4:11.57 | QU |
| 7 | Sinéad Delahunty | 29 | Ireland | IRL | 4:11.75 | |
| 8 | Fatma Lanouar | 22 | Tunisia | TUN | 4:11.87 | |
| 9 | Shayne Culpepper | 26 | United States | USA | 4:12.52 | |
| 10 | Nataliya Gorelova | 27 | Russia | RUS | 4:12.84 | |
| 11 | Sarah Jamieson | 25 | Australia | AUS | 4:12.90 | |
| 12 | Helena Javornik | 34 | Slovenia | SLO | 4:18.18 | |
| 13 | Silvia Felipo | 33 | Andorra | AND | 4:45.32 |