1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August. The first of these championships was won by anna lopaciuch

## Medalists

| Gold | Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jackline Maranga Kenya |
| Bronze | Shura Hotesa Ethiopia |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 4:08.65 |
| | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 4:08.98 |
| | Shura Hotesa | Ethiopia | 4:09.49 |
| 4 | Rose Kosgei | Kenya | 4:10.64 |
| 5 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:11.36 |
| 6 | Brigitta Tusai | Hungary | 4:13.59 |
| 7 | Anita Weyermann | Switzerland | 4:13.67 |
| 8 | Lavinia Miroiu | Romania | 4:14.68 |
| 9 | Rocío Rodríguez | Spain | 4:17.46 |
| 10 | Claudia Colita | Romania | 4:18.65 |
| 11 | Bouchra Benthami | Morocco | 4:18.82 |
| 12 | Svetlana Berdysheva | Russia | 4:22.61 |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 4:20.17 | Q |
| 2 | Shura Hotesa | Ethiopia | 4:20.20 | Q |
| 3 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:20.46 | Q |
| 4 | Anita Weyermann | Switzerland | 4:20.76 | Q |
| 5 | Claudia Colita | Romania | 4:21.63 | q |
| 6 | Zhang Jinqing | China | 4:24.31 | |
| 7 | Vanessa Galán | Spain | 4:25.06 | |
| 8 | Sonja Roman | Slovenia | 4:26.14 | |
| 9 | Kristine Jost | United States | 4:26.78 | |
| 10 | Tania Fransissi | Luxembourg | 4:28.44 | |
| 11 | Jane Morapedi | Botswana | 4:58.74 | |
| | Heather DeGeest | Canada | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 4:17.94 | Q |
| 2 | Rose Kosgei | Kenya | 4:18.29 | Q |
| 3 | Lavinia Miroiu | Romania | 4:18.83 | Q |
| 4 | Brigitta Tusai | Hungary | 4:19.04 | Q |
| 5 | Svetlana Berdysheva | Russia | 4:19.05 | q |
| 6 | Bouchra Benthami | Morocco | 4:19.93 | q |
| 7 | Rocío Rodríguez | Spain | 4:20.28 | q |
| 8 | Anna Lopaciuch | Poland | 4:27.27 | |
| 9 | Jessica Totaro | United States | 4:28.77 | |
| 10 | Aurélie Roux | France | 4:29.56 | |
| 11 | Nao Takenaka | Japan | 4:29.79 | |
| 12 | Veronique Bingouma | Gabon | 5:06.55 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

* Botswana (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Gabon (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United States (2)
