1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Qu Yunxia   China
Silver	Claudia Mirela Bortoi   Romania
Bronze	Malin Ewerlöf   Sweden

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Qu Yunxia	China	4:13.67
	Claudia Mirela Bortoi	Romania	4:14.19
	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:14.61
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:15.29
5	Liu Li	China	4:17.81
6	Céline Martin	France	4:18.04
7	Yelena Mostovaya	Soviet Union	4:18.10
8	Suzy Walsham	Australia	4:19.23
9	Olga Yegorova	Soviet Union	4:19.90
10	Marina Bastos	Portugal	4:20.92
11	Caroline Kwambai	Kenya	4:22.08
12	Egigayehu Worku	Ethiopia	4:22.89
13	Natalie Tait	United Kingdom	4:28.80
14	Anna Gunasekera	Canada	4:31.50
15	Najat Ouali	Morocco	4:34.72

Heats

11 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Li	China	4:22.53	Q
2	Claudia Mirela Bortoi	Romania	4:22.60	Q
3	Marina Bastos	Portugal	4:23.27	Q
4	Suzy Walsham	Australia	4:23.66	Q
5	Egigayehu Worku	Ethiopia	4:23.89	q
6	Claire Forbes	United Kingdom	4:24.36
7	Olga Sheleva	Bulgaria	4:24.72
8	Christine Stief	West Germany	4:25.24
9	Maria Teresa Tonziello	Italy	4:31.23
10	Melrose Mansaray	Sierra Leone	4:46.03
11	Khadija Mohamed	Somalia	5:02.16

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Céline Martin	France	4:22.15	Q
2	Qu Yunxia	China	4:22.44	Q
3	Yelena Mostovaya	Soviet Union	4:22.50	Q
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:22.82	Q
5	Najat Ouali	Morocco	4:23.96	q
6	Caroline Kwambai	Kenya	4:24.19	q
7	Sinéad Delahunty	Ireland	4:27.15
8	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	4:31.00
9	Elizabeth Tungaraza	Tanzania	4:49.89

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalie Tait	United Kingdom	4:25.98	Q
2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:26.01	Q
3	Olga Yegorova	Soviet Union	4:26.29	Q
4	Anna Gunasekera	Canada	4:27.28	Q
5	Lina Chesire	Kenya	4:27.30
6	Katja Kowald	West Germany	4:27.35
7	Liliana Salageanu	Romania	4:29.39
8	Irma Betancourt	Mexico	4:29.60
9	Yumi Osaki	Japan	4:29.66
10	Alena Gresaková	Czechoslovakia	4:30.89
11	Monica Samila	Tanzania	4:54.22

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (2)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   Sierra Leone (1)
•   Somalia (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Tanzania (2)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   West Germany (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015