The women's 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium between 18–23 August.
It was originally won by Natalia Rodríguez of Spain, but she was disqualified for tripping Gelete Burka of Ethiopia.
Burka ended up finishing last and was visibly upset of what had happened.
Defending champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain received the gold, Lisa Dobriskey of Great Britain received the silver, and Shannon Rowbury of the United States received the bronze.
In addition, Mariem Alaoui Selsouli of Morocco was disqualified before the final for testing positive for Erythropoietin.