1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Lan Lixin   China
Silver	Yimenashu Taye   Ethiopia
Bronze	Bouchra Benthami   Morocco

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lan Lixin	China	4:10.05
	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	4:11.97
	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:12.76
4	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:13.14
5	Song Liqing	China	4:13.76
6	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.20
7	Benita Willis	Australia	4:16.75
8	Iona Oltean	Romania	4:16.79
9	Malgorzata Bury	Poland	4:17.14
10	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:20.44
11	Hisae Yoshimatsu	Japan	4:20.84
12	Sonja Stolić	Yugoslavia	4:21.43

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:15.74	Q
2	Song Liqing	China	4:15.88	Q
3	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:16.10	Q
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.23	Q
5	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	4:16.59	q
6	Malgorzata Bury	Poland	4:17.22	q
7	Benita Willis	Australia	4:18.25	q
8	Sonja Stolić	Yugoslavia	4:21.19	q
9	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:21.72
10	Kattell Villain	France	4:25.67
11	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	4:26.80
12	Diala El-Chabi	Lebanon	4:52.53

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:20.50	Q
2	Lan Lixin	China	4:20.53	Q
3	Iona Oltean	Romania	4:20.58	Q
4	Hisae Yoshimatsu	Japan	4:20.99	Q
5	René Kalmer	South Africa	4:22.75
6	Melanie Schulz	Germany	4:23.05
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:27.11
8	Ljiljana Culibrk	Croatia	4:30.18
9	Tinneke Boonen	Belgium	4:34.00
10	Genet Teka	Ethiopia	4:36.17
11	Zalia Aliou	Togo	4:36.64
12	Daniela Kuleska	North Macedonia	4:44.56

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Belarus (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   China (2)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   North Macedonia (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Togo (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015