2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Stephanie Twell  United Kingdom
Silver	Kalkidan Gezahegne  Ethiopia
Bronze	Emma Pallant  United Kingdom

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:15.09
	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:16.58
	Emma Pallant	United Kingdom	4:17.06
4	Jordan Hasay	United States	4:19.02
5	Bridey Delaney	Australia	4:21.20
6	Alexandra Kosinski	United States	4:21.26
7	Jana Sussmann	Germany	4:21.82
8	Yekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	4:22.41
9	Asmerawork Bekele	Ethiopia	4:24.70
10	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:26.87
11	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:28.21
12	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa	Kenya	4:40.58

Heats

11 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alexandra Kosinski	United States	4:19.14	Q
2	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:19.18	Q
3	Bridey Delaney	Australia	4:20.82	Q
4	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:21.73	q
5	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:21.82
6	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	4:24.21
7	Jessica O'Connell	Canada	4:24.73
8	Hannah Barker	New Zealand	4:30.12
9	Evangelina Thomas	Argentina	4:33.11
10	Nathalie Rohlén	Sweden	4:33.82
11	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	4:33.91
12	Yuliya Kutah	Ukraine	4:38.96
13	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:19.60	Q
2	Emma Pallant	United Kingdom	4:21.67	Q
3	Jana Sussmann	Germany	4:22.40	Q
4	Viktoriya Poliudina	Kyrgyzstan	4:26.03
5	Olesea Smovjenco	Moldova	4:26.55
6	Claire Andreani	France	4:27.00
7	Daniela Cuñha	Portugal	4:31.20
8	Katarzyna Broniatowska	Poland	4:31.28
9	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	Ukraine	4:38.18
10	Ntebaleng Letsela	Lesotho	4:54.90
11	Anate Bampouni	Togo	5:07.35

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Asmerawork Bekele	Ethiopia	4:17.05	Q
2	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:18.28	Q
3	Yekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	4:18.55	Q
4	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa	Kenya	4:20.68	q
5	Jordan Hasay	United States	4:20.82	q
6	Kendra Schaff	Canada	4:22.29
7	Bogdana Mimic	Serbia	4:24.91
8	Sara Treacy	Ireland	4:26.28
9	Ehssan Arbab	Sudan	4:26.40
10	Chloe Tighe	Australia	4:30.19
11	Matea Matoševic	Croatia	4:30.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Canada (2)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Moldova (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Sudan (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Togo (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015