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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Athens Olympic Sports Complex Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Date Started: August 24, 2004
Date Finished: August 24, 2004
Format: Top five in each heat and next nine fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Kelly Holmes |
| Silver: | Tatyana Tomashova |
| Bronze: | Maria Cioncan |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Tomashova | 29 | Russia | RUS | 4:06.06 | QU |
| 2 | Nataliya Tobias | 23 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:06.06 | QU |
| 3 | Nuría Fernández | 27 | Spain | ESP | 4:06.29 | QU |
| 4 | Anna Jakubczak | 31 | Poland | POL | 4:06.37 | QU |
| 5 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 21 | Turkey | TUR | 4:06.42 | QU |
| 6 | Carrie Tollefson | 27 | United States | USA | 4:06.46 | QC |
| 7 | Hayley Tullett | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:07.27 | QC |
| 8 | Carla Sacramento | 32 | Portugal | POR | 4:07.73 | QC |
| 9 | Courtney Babcock | 32 | Canada | CAN | 4:08.18 | |
| 10 | Latifa Essarokh | 30 | France | FRA | 4:09.08 | |
| 11 | Elena Iagăr | 29 | Romania | ROU | 4:11.48 | |
| 12 | Mestawat Tadesse | 19 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:11.78 | |
| 13 | Silvia Felipo | 37 | Andorra | AND | 4:44.40 | |
| 14 | Sloan Siegrist | 23 | Guam | GUM | 4:44.53 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Yevdokimova | 26 | Russia | RUS | 4:05.55 | QU |
| 2 | Kelly Holmes | 34 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:05.58 | QU |
| 3 | Daniela Yordanova | 28 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4:05.87 | QU |
| 4 | Maria Martins | 30 | France | FRA | 4:05.95 | QU |
| 5 | Hasna Benhassi | 26 | Morocco | MAR | 4:05.98 | QU |
| 6 | Lidia Chojecka | 27 | Poland | POL | 4:06.13 | QC |
| 7 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | 24 | Spain | ESP | 4:06.32 | QC |
| 8 | Nahida Touhami | 26 | Algeria | ALG | 4:06.41 | QC |
| 9 | Konstantina Efedaki | 25 | Greece | GRE | 4:06.73 | QC |
| 10 | Malindi Elmore | 24 | Canada | CAN | 4:09.81 | |
| 11 | Jasminka Guber | 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 4:17.75 | |
| 12 | Meskerem Legesse | 17 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:18.03 | |
| 13 | Alina Cucerzan | 30 | Romania | ROU | 4:18.07 | |
| 14 | Elena Guerra | 28 | Uruguay | URU | 4:35.31 | |
| 15 | Kanchi Maya Koju | 23 | Nepal | NEP | 4:38.17 | |
| AC | Iryna Lishchynska | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Cioncan | 27 | Romania | ROU | 4:06.68 | QU |
| 2 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | 27 | Canada | CAN | 4:06.90 | QU |
| 3 | Wioletta Janowska-Frankiewicz | 27 | Poland | POL | 4:06.91 | QU |
| 4 | Nancy Langat | 22 | Kenya | KEN | 4:06.94 | QU |
| 5 | Kutre Dulecha | 25 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:06.95 | QU |
| 6 | Olga Yegorova | 32 | Russia | RUS | 4:07.14 | QC |
| 7 | Natalia Rodríguez | 25 | Spain | ESP | 4:07.19 | QC |
| 8 | Hind Déhiba | 25 | France | FRA | 4:07.96 | |
| 9 | Nelia Neporadna | 19 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:08.60 | |
| 10 | Trine Pilskog | 31 | Norway | NOR | 4:08.61 | |
| 11 | Sarah Jamieson | 29 | Australia | AUS | 4:09.25 | |
| 12 | Judit Varga | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 4:09.36 | |
| 13 | Jo Pavey | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:12.50 | |
| 14 | Tatyana Borisova | 28 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 4:13.36 | |
| 15 | Sumaira Zahoor | 24 | Pakistan | PAK | 4:49.33 |