1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27–28 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Theresia Kiesl Austria | Lidia Chojecka Poland | Violeta Szekely Romania |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 4:17.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:17.17 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sylvia Kühnemund | Germany | 4:17.27 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 4:17.56 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 4:17.59 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Frédérique Quentin | France | 4:17.90 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:18.05 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Freda Davoren | Ireland | 4:18.21 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Brigitta Tusai | Hungary | 4:18.42 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Olga Komyagina | Russia | 4:18.60 | |
| 11 | 2 | Lale Öztürk | Turkey | 4:25.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk | Croatia | 4:35.03 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 4:13.62 |
| | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:14.93 |
| | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:15.54 |
| 4 | Sylvia Kühnemund | Germany | 4:15.64 |
| 5 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 4:16.68 |
| 6 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 4:18.41 |
| 7 | Brigitta Tusai | Hungary | 4:18.44 |
| 8 | Frédérique Quentin | France | 4:18.94 |
| 9 | Freda Davoren | Ireland | 4:19.79 |
