1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.

Medalists

Gold	Anita Weyermann Switzerland
Silver	Marta Domínguez Spain
Bronze	Atsumi Yashima Japan

Results

Final

24 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:13.97
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	4:14.59
	Atsumi Yashima	Japan	4:15.84
4	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	4:17.12
5	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:17.39
6	Irina Nedelenko	Ukraine	4:18.47
7	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:18.70
8	Heather DeGeest	Canada	4:19.07
9	Christiane Soeder	Germany	4:23.43
10	Oksana Zhelezniak	Russia	4:25.50
11	Natalie Harvey	Australia	4:25.90
12	Yoshiko Ichikawa	Japan	4:28.36

Heats

23 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yoshiko Ichikawa	Japan	4:22.78	Q
2	Irina Nedelenko	Ukraine	4:22.93	Q
3	Heather DeGeest	Canada	4:23.23	Q
4	Oksana Zhelezniak	Russia	4:23.34	Q
5	Verena Karstens	Germany	4:23.70
6	Helen Kimutai	Kenya	4:23.79
7	Sarah Jamieson	Australia	4:25.32
8	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:27.12
9	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	4:33.95
10	Miesha Marzell	United States	4:33.98
11	Mercy Kaunda	Malawi	5:11.14
	Grazyna Penc	Poland	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:15.59	Q
2	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:16.24	Q
3	Marta Domínguez	Spain	4:16.38	Q
4	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	4:16.41	Q
5	Atsumi Yashima	Japan	4:16.44	q
6	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:19.11	q
7	Christiane Soeder	Germany	4:21.05	q
8	Natalie Harvey	Australia	4:21.52	q
9	Angie Froese	Canada	4:25.98
10	Miriam Achote	Ecuador	4:47.45
11	Rachida Mahamane	Niger	5:18.90

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Canada (2)
• Ecuador (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• Malawi (1)
• Niger (1)
• Poland (2)
• Russia (1)
• Spain (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• United States (1)