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

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

Medalists

Gold	Kutre Dulecha   Ethiopia
Silver	Jackline Maranga   Kenya
Bronze	Shura Hotesa   Ethiopia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:08.65
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	4:08.98
	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	4:09.49
4	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:10.64
5	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:11.36
6	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:13.59
7	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:13.67
8	Lavinia Miroiu	Romania	4:14.68
9	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:17.46
10	Claudia Colita	Romania	4:18.65
11	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:18.82
12	Svetlana Berdysheva	Russia	4:22.61

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	4:20.17	Q
2	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	4:20.20	Q
3	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:20.46	Q
4	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:20.76	Q
5	Claudia Colita	Romania	4:21.63	q
6	Zhang Jinqing	China	4:24.31
7	Vanessa Galán	Spain	4:25.06
8	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:26.14
9	Kristine Jost	United States	4:26.78
10	Tania Fransissi	Luxembourg	4:28.44
11	Jane Morapedi	Botswana	4:58.74
	Heather DeGeest	Canada	DNF

Heat 2

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

Participation

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

•   Botswana (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Gabon (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Spain (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   United States (2)

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