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

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	Ana Padurean   Romania
Silver	Selina Chirchir   Kenya
Bronze	Snežana Pajkić   Yugoslavia

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:14.63
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:15.59
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.03
4	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:16.69
5	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:21.01
6	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:21.02
7	Anette Karlsson	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	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:26.65
12	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:27.18
13	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:28.05
14	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:33.30
	Maiken Sørum	Norway	DNF

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:28.13	Q
2	Anette Karlsson	Sweden	4:28.45	Q
3	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:28.46	Q
4	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:28.67	Q
5	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:28.91	q
6	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	4:29.15
7	Susannah Beck	United States	4:33.74
8	Selma Khardani	Tunisia	4:36.18
9	Marcelina Piran	Indonesia	4:41.93
10	Beena Peter	India	4:43.57
11	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	4:46.21
12	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	4:57.86

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:28.76	Q
2	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:29.27	Q
3	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:29.86	Q
4	Maiken Sørum	Norway	4:30.74	Q
5	Angela Luchetti	Australia	4:31.53
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:32.55
7	Wendy Wright	United Kingdom	4:34.39
8	Missy McCleary	Canada	4:35.40
9	Maribel Silvestre	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	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:25.07	Q
3	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:25.30	Q
4	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:25.30	Q
5	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:26.75	q
6	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:26.97	q
7	Anastasía Giannákou	Greece	4:29.23
8	Heather Ostic	Canada	4:32.13
9	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	4:37.95
10	Zenabu Mahama	Ghana	4:38.39
11	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	4:50.43
12	Bertine Tré Gogo	Côte d'Ivoire	4:50.67

Participation

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

•   Albania (2)
•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (1)
•   Canada (2)
• Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   Dominican Republic (1)
•   East Germany (1)
•   Ghana (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Guyana (1)
•   India (1)
•   Indonesia (1)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Lesotho (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Suriname (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   West Germany (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015