The women's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.
Medalists Gold Stephanie Twell Silver Kalkidan Gezahegne Bronze Emma Pallant
Results
Final 13 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Stephanie Twell 4:15.09 Kalkidan Gezahegne 4:16.58 Emma Pallant 4:17.06 4 Jordan Hasay 4:19.02 5 Bridey Delaney 4:21.20 6 Alexandra Kosinski 4:21.26 7 Jana Sussmann 4:21.82 8 Yekaterina Gorbunova 4:22.41 9 Asmerawork Bekele 4:24.70 10 Ciara Mageean 4:26.87 11 Ioana Doaga 4:28.21 12 Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa 4:40.58
Heats 11 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alexandra Kosinski 4:19.14 Q 2 Stephanie Twell 4:19.18 Q 3 Bridey Delaney 4:20.82 Q 4 Ciara Mageean 4:21.73 q 5 Diana Sujew 4:21.82 6 Sheila Chepkirui 4:24.21 7 Jessica O'Connell 4:24.73 8 Hannah Barker 4:30.12 9 Evangelina Thomas 4:33.11 10 Nathalie Rohlén 4:33.82 11 Antonija Zalac 4:33.91 12 Yuliya Kutah 4:38.96 Amina Bakhit DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kalkidan Gezahegne 4:19.60 Q 2 Emma Pallant 4:21.67 Q 3 Jana Sussmann 4:22.40 Q 4 Viktoriya Poliudina 4:26.03 5 Olesea Smovjenco 4:26.55 6 Claire Andreani 4:27.00 7 Daniela Cuñha 4:31.20 8 Katarzyna Broniatowska 4:31.28 9 Lyudmyla Kovalenko 4:38.18 10 Ntebaleng Letsela 4:54.90 11 Anate Bampouni 5:07.35
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Asmerawork Bekele 4:17.05 Q 2 Ioana Doaga 4:18.28 Q 3 Yekaterina Gorbunova 4:18.55 Q 4 Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa 4:20.68 q 5 Jordan Hasay 4:20.82 q 6 Kendra Schaff 4:22.29 7 Bogdana Mimic 4:24.91 8 Sara Treacy 4:26.28 9 Ehssan Arbab 4:26.40 10 Chloe Tighe 4:30.19 11 Matea Matoševic 4:30.73
Participation According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.
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