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

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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

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Medalists

Gold Kutre Dulecha
Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia
Silver Jackline Maranga
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze Shura Hotesa
Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kutre Dulecha Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia 4:08.65
Silver medal icon.svg Jackline Maranga Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:08.98
Bronze medal icon.svg Shura Hotesa Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia 4:09.49
4 Rose Kosgei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:10.64
5 Lidia Chojecka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:11.36
6 Brigitta Tusai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:13.59
7 Anita Weyermann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4:13.67
8 Lavinia Miroiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:14.68
9 Rocío Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:17.46
10 Claudia Colita Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:18.65
11 Bouchra Benthami Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:18.82
12 Svetlana Berdysheva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:22.61

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jackline Maranga Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:20.17Q
2 Shura Hotesa Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia 4:20.20Q
3 Lidia Chojecka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:20.46Q
4 Anita Weyermann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4:20.76Q
5 Claudia Colita Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:21.63q
6 Zhang Jinqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:24.31
7 Vanessa Galán Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:25.06
8 Sonja Roman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:26.14
9 Kristine Jost Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:26.78
10 Tania Fransissi Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:28.44
11 Jane Morapedi Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 4:58.74
Heather DeGeest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Kutre Dulecha Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Ethiopia 4:17.94Q
2 Rose Kosgei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:18.29Q
3 Lavinia Miroiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:18.83Q
4 Brigitta Tusai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:19.04Q
5 Svetlana Berdysheva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:19.05q
6 Bouchra Benthami Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:19.93q
7 Rocío Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:20.28q
8 Anna Lopaciuch Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:27.27
9 Jessica Totaro Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:28.77
10 Aurélie Roux Flag of France.svg  France 4:29.56
11 Nao Takenaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:29.79
12 Veronique Bingouma Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 5:06.55

Participation

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

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015