1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Romania
Silver	Selina Chirchir  Kenya
Bronze	Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia

Results[]

Final[]

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		Romania	4:14.63
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:15.59
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.03
4		East Germany	4:16.69
5		Albania	4:21.01
6		Sweden	4:21.02
7		Sweden	4:21.15
8	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:22.78
9	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:23.83
10	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:26.37
11		New Zealand	4:26.65
12		Albania	4:27.18
13		West Germany	4:28.05
14		Soviet Union	4:33.30
		Norway	DNF

Heats[]

19 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:28.13	Q
2		Sweden	4:28.45	Q
3		Romania	4:28.46	Q
4	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:28.67	Q
5		Albania	4:28.91	q
6		Netherlands	4:29.15
7		United States	4:33.74
8		Tunisia	4:36.18
9		Indonesia	4:41.93
10		India	4:43.57
11		Lesotho	4:46.21
12		Guyana	4:57.86

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:28.76	Q
2		Sweden	4:29.27	Q
3	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:29.86	Q
4		Norway	4:30.74	Q
5		Australia	4:31.53
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:32.55
7		United Kingdom	4:34.39
8		Canada	4:35.40
9		Dominican Republic	4:41.86
10	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	4:47.52
11	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	4:55.20

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:25.05	Q
2		Albania	4:25.07	Q
3		East Germany	4:25.30	Q
4		New Zealand	4:25.30	Q
5		Soviet Union	4:26.75	q
6		West Germany	4:26.97	q
7		Greece	4:29.23
8		Canada	4:32.13
9		Denmark	4:37.95
10		Ghana	4:38.39
11		Lesotho	4:50.43
12		Côte d'Ivoire	4:50.67

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References[]