1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.

Medalists Gold Qu Yunxia Silver Claudia Mirela Bortoi Bronze Malin Ewerlöf

Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Qu Yunxia 4:13.67 Claudia Mirela Bortoi 4:14.19 Malin Ewerlöf 4:14.61 4 Carla Sacramento 4:15.29 5 Liu Li 4:17.81 6 Céline Martin 4:18.04 7 Yelena Mostovaya 4:18.10 8 Suzy Walsham 4:19.23 9 Olga Yegorova 4:19.90 10 Marina Bastos 4:20.92 11 Caroline Kwambai 4:22.08 12 Egigayehu Worku 4:22.89 13 Natalie Tait 4:28.80 14 Anna Gunasekera 4:31.50 15 Najat Ouali 4:34.72

Heats 11 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Liu Li 4:22.53 Q 2 Claudia Mirela Bortoi 4:22.60 Q 3 Marina Bastos 4:23.27 Q 4 Suzy Walsham 4:23.66 Q 5 Egigayehu Worku 4:23.89 q 6 Claire Forbes 4:24.36 7 Olga Sheleva 4:24.72 8 Christine Stief 4:25.24 9 Maria Teresa Tonziello 4:31.23 10 Melrose Mansaray 4:46.03 11 Khadija Mohamed 5:02.16

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Céline Martin 4:22.15 Q 2 Qu Yunxia 4:22.44 Q 3 Yelena Mostovaya 4:22.50 Q 4 Carla Sacramento 4:22.82 Q 5 Najat Ouali 4:23.96 q 6 Caroline Kwambai 4:24.19 q 7 Sinéad Delahunty 4:27.15 8 Emebet Shiferaw 4:31.00 9 Elizabeth Tungaraza 4:49.89

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalie Tait 4:25.98 Q 2 Malin Ewerlöf 4:26.01 Q 3 Olga Yegorova 4:26.29 Q 4 Anna Gunasekera 4:27.28 Q 5 Lina Chesire 4:27.30 6 Katja Kowald 4:27.35 7 Liliana Salageanu 4:29.39 8 Irma Betancourt 4:29.60 9 Yumi Osaki 4:29.66 10 Alena Gresaková 4:30.89 11 Monica Samila 4:54.22

Participation According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

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