1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Doina Homneac Romania |
| - | - |
| Silver | Snežana Pajkić Yugoslavia |
| Bronze | Yvonne van der Kolk Netherlands |

## Results

### Final

31 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Doina Homneac | Romania | 4:12.94 |
| | Snežana Pajkić | Yugoslavia | 4:16.19 |
| | Yvonne van der Kolk | Netherlands | 4:16.35 |
| 4 | Ana Padurean | Romania | 4:16.41 |
| 5 | Elena Politova | Soviet Union | 4:18.19 |
| 6 | Ilse Smolders | Belgium | 4:19.26 |
| 7 | Mónika Balint | Hungary | 4:19.77 |
| 8 | Alexandra Reichling | West Germany | 4:31.99 |
| 9 | Anne Lardner | New Zealand | 4:32.28 |
| 10 | Monika Rönnholm | Finland | 4:34.08 |
| 11 | Patrizia Di Napoli | Italy | 4:34.65 |
| | Nicole Geukes | West Germany | DNF |

### Heats

30 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Snežana Pajkić | Yugoslavia | 4:25.29 | Q |
| 2 | Ilse Smolders | Belgium | 4:25.54 | Q |
| 3 | Ana Padurean | Romania | 4:25.66 | Q |
| 4 | Anne Lardner | New Zealand | 4:25.85 | Q |
| 5 | Nicole Geukes | West Germany | 4:26.31 | q |
| 6 | Jodie Bilotta | United States | 4:33.30 | |
| 7 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 4:34.01 | |
| 8 | Nathalie Rouillard | Canada | 4:34.91 | |
| 9 | Natalya Vorobyova | Soviet Union | 4:38.01 | |
| 10 | Olga Zapeda | Honduras | 5:11.77 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Doina Homneac | Romania | 4:23.12 | Q |
| 2 | Elena Politova | Soviet Union | 4:23.89 | Q |
| 3 | Yvonne van der Kolk | Netherlands | 4:24.26 | Q |
| 4 | Mónika Balint | Hungary | 4:26.07 | Q |
| 5 | Alexandra Reichling | West Germany | 4:27.61 | q |
| 6 | Monika Rönnholm | Finland | 4:28.00 | q |
| 7 | Patrizia Di Napoli | Italy | 4:29.28 | q |
| 8 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 4:29.96 | |
| 9 | Lianne McVey | Canada | 4:37.73 | |
| 10 | Jasmin Jones | United States | 4:43.48 | |
| | Liu Shixiang | China | DNF | |
| | Lorie Ann Adams | Guyana | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Finland (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Romania (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
