1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Lidia Chojecka   Poland
Silver	Yelena Zadorozhnaya   Russia
Bronze	Anca Safta   Romania

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:07.86	CR
	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:09.03
	Anca Safta	Romania	4:09.78
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:10.65
5	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:13.79
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:13.93
7	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:14.00
8	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:15.61
9	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:17.63
10	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:19.00
	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	DNF
	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	DNF

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:15.67	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4:16.10	Q
3	Anca Safta	Romania	4:17.19	Q
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:17.61	Q
5	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	4:17.79	q
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:18.36	q
7	Rasa Michniovaitė	Lithuania	4:20.38
8	Endija Rezgale	Latvia	4:21.93
9	Maria Lynch	Ireland	4:22.01

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:14.85	Q
2	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:14.99	Q
3	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:15.37	Q
4	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.08	Q
5	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:16.80	q
6	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:16.98	q
7	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:20.28
8	Susan Scott	Great Britain	4:21.44

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (3)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Ukraine (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014