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

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Final

21 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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)
