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

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	Doina Homneac   Romania
Silver	Snežana Pajkić   Yugoslavia
Bronze	Yvonne van der Kolk   Netherlands

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Doina Homneac	Romania	4:12.94
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.19
	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	4:16.35
4	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:16.41
5	Elena Politova	Soviet Union	4:18.19
6	Ilse Smolders	Belgium	4:19.26
7	Mónika Balint	Hungary	4:19.77
8	Alexandra Reichling	West Germany	4:31.99
9	Anne Lardner	New Zealand	4:32.28
10	Monika Rönnholm	Finland	4:34.08
11	Patrizia Di Napoli	Italy	4:34.65
	Nicole Geukes	West Germany	DNF

Heats

30 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:25.29	Q
2	Ilse Smolders	Belgium	4:25.54	Q
3	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:25.66	Q
4	Anne Lardner	New Zealand	4:25.85	Q
5	Nicole Geukes	West Germany	4:26.31	q
6	Jodie Bilotta	United States	4:33.30
7	Julia Vaquero	Spain	4:34.01
8	Nathalie Rouillard	Canada	4:34.91
9	Natalya Vorobyova	Soviet Union	4:38.01
10	Olga Zapeda	Honduras	5:11.77

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doina Homneac	Romania	4:23.12	Q
2	Elena Politova	Soviet Union	4:23.89	Q
3	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	4:24.26	Q
4	Mónika Balint	Hungary	4:26.07	Q
5	Alexandra Reichling	West Germany	4:27.61	q
6	Monika Rönnholm	Finland	4:28.00	q
7	Patrizia Di Napoli	Italy	4:29.28	q
8	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	4:29.96
9	Lianne McVey	Canada	4:37.73
10	Jasmin Jones	United States	4:43.48
	Liu Shixiang	China	DNF
	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	DNF

Participation

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

•   Belgium (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   Guyana (1)
•   Honduras (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   United States (2)
•   West Germany (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015