1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the
1998 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 women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Lan Lixin
 China
Silver Yimenashu Taye
 Ethiopia
Bronze Bouchra Benthami
 Morocco

Results

Final

2 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lan Lixin  China 4:10.05
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia 4:11.97
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bouchra Benthami  Morocco 4:12.76
4 Rose Kosgei  Kenya 4:13.14
5 Song Liqing  China 4:13.76
6 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 4:16.20
7 Benita Willis  Australia 4:16.75
8 Iona Oltean  Romania 4:16.79
9 Malgorzata Bury  Poland 4:17.14
10 Georgie Clarke  Australia 4:20.44
11 Hisae Yoshimatsu  Japan 4:20.84
12 Sonja Stolić  Yugoslavia 4:21.43

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bouchra Benthami  Morocco 4:15.74 Q
2 Song Liqing  China 4:15.88 Q
3 Rose Kosgei  Kenya 4:16.10 Q
4 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 4:16.23 Q
5 Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia 4:16.59 q
6 Malgorzata Bury  Poland 4:17.22 q
7 Benita Willis  Australia 4:18.25 q
8 Sonja Stolić  Yugoslavia 4:21.19 q
9 Alesya Turova  Belarus 4:21.72
10 Kattell Villain  France 4:25.67
11 Ryoko Takezawa  Japan 4:26.80
12 Diala El-Chabi  Lebanon 4:52.53

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Georgie Clarke  Australia 4:20.50 Q
2 Lan Lixin  China 4:20.53 Q
3 Iona Oltean  Romania 4:20.58 Q
4 Hisae Yoshimatsu  Japan 4:20.99 Q
5 René Kalmer  South Africa 4:22.75
6 Melanie Schulz  Germany 4:23.05
7 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 4:27.11
8 Ljiljana Culibrk  Croatia 4:30.18
9 Tinneke Boonen  Belgium 4:34.00
10 Genet Teka  Ethiopia 4:36.17
11 Zalia Aliou  Togo 4:36.64
12 Daniela Kuleska  Macedonia 4:44.56

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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