1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

1996 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	women
10,000 m	men
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
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.^[1][2] The first of these championships was won by anna lopaciuch

Medalists[]

Gold	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia
Silver	Jackline Maranga  Kenya
Bronze	Ethiopia

Results[]

Final[]

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:08.65
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	4:08.98
		Ethiopia	4:09.49
4	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:10.64
5	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:11.36
6		Hungary	4:13.59
7	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:13.67
8		Romania	4:14.68
9		Spain	4:17.46
10		Romania	4:18.65
11	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:18.82
12		Russia	4:22.61

Heats[]

23 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	4:20.17	Q
2		Ethiopia	4:20.20	Q
3	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:20.46	Q
4	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:20.76	Q
5		Romania	4:21.63	q
6		China	4:24.31
7		Spain	4:25.06
8	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:26.14
9		United States	4:26.78
10		Luxembourg	4:28.44
11		Botswana	4:58.74
		Canada	DNF

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:17.94	Q
2	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:18.29	Q
3		Romania	4:18.83	Q
4		Hungary	4:19.04	Q
5		Russia	4:19.05	q
6	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:19.93	q
7		Spain	4:20.28	q
8		Poland	4:27.27
9		United States	4:28.77
10		France	4:29.56
11		Japan	4:29.79
12		Gabon	5:06.55

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References[]