2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Viola Kibiwot   Kenya
Silver	Berhane Herpassa   Ethiopia
Bronze	Olesya Syreva   Russia

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:12.57
	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:13.59
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:14.32
4	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:14.72
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:16.08
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:16.18
7	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:16.39
8	Ji Siyu	China	4:17.32
9	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:18.68
10	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.14
11	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:22.55
12	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:25.43

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
2	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:21.16	Q
3	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:21.27	Q
4	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:21.70	Q
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:22.29	q
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:22.89	q
7	Katrina Wootton	United Kingdom	4:24.04
8	Kathryn Andersen	United States	4:24.77
9	Lemlem Bereket	Eritrea	4:25.68
10	Zita Mezei	Hungary	4:26.32

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:19.83	Q
2	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:20.34	Q
3	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
4	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:21.10	Q
5	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:21.80	q
6	Ji Siyu	China	4:21.84	q
7	Antje Möldner	Germany	4:23.66
8	Corina Dumbrăvean	Romania	4:26.61
9	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:32.93
10	Nicola Maye	Jamaica	4:40.61
11	Puseletso Khakae	Lesotho	4:50.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   China (1)
•   Eritrea (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015