1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

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1988 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
3000 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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Romania
Silver	Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia
Bronze	Netherlands

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		Romania	4:12.94
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.19
		Netherlands	4:16.35
4		Romania	4:16.41
5		Soviet Union	4:18.19
6		Belgium	4:19.26
7		Hungary	4:19.77
8		West Germany	4:31.99
9		New Zealand	4:32.28
10		Finland	4:34.08
11	Patrizia Di Napoli	Italy	4:34.65
		West Germany	DNF

Heats[]

30 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:25.29	Q
2		Belgium	4:25.54	Q
3		Romania	4:25.66	Q
4		New Zealand	4:25.85	Q
5		West Germany	4:26.31	q
6		United States	4:33.30
7	Julia Vaquero	Spain	4:34.01
8		Canada	4:34.91
9	Natalya Vorobyova	Soviet Union	4:38.01
10		Honduras	5:11.77

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Romania	4:23.12	Q
2		Soviet Union	4:23.89	Q
3		Netherlands	4:24.26	Q
4		Hungary	4:26.07	Q
5		West Germany	4:27.61	q
6		Finland	4:28.00	q
7	Patrizia Di Napoli	Italy	4:29.28	q
8	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	4:29.96
9		Canada	4:37.73
10		United States	4:43.48
	Liu Shixiang	China	DNF
		Guyana	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References[]