Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venues	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 31 (heats) August 1 (semi-finals) August 3 (final)
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning time	4:00.83
Medalists
Svetlana Masterkova  Russia Gabriela Szabo  Romania Theresia Kiesl  Austria

These are the official results of the Women's 1.500 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 competitors.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Masterkova  Russia
Silver	Gabriela Szabo  Romania
Bronze	Theresia Kiesl  Austria

Final classification

Rank	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	SEMI	HEAT
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:00.83	4:10.35	4:09.88
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:01.54	4:09.83	4:07.32
	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:03.02	4:09.44	4:09.24
4	Leah Pells	Canada	4:03.56	4:06.26	4:13.17
5	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:03.79	4:06.21	4:07.51
6	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:03.91	4:06.70	4:13.57
7	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia	4:03.56	4:06.89	4:13.29
8	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:05.92	4:10.77	4:07.51
9	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	4:06.33	4:11.12	4:10.80
10.	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:07.21	4:06.13	4:07.41
11.	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	4:07.46	4:05.88	4:07.36
12.	Anna Brzezińska	Poland	4:08.27	4:07.17	4:11.06

Non-qualifiers

Rank	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEAT
—	Natasha Dukhnova	Belarus	4:11.43	4:14.75
—	Carmen Wüstenhagen	Germany	4:11.47	4:10.06
—	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	4:12.27	4:13.83
—	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:12.52	4:10.20
—	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:14.10	4:14.05
—	Lyudmila Rogachova	Russia	4:14.54	4:07.61
—	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:23.86	4:09.96
—	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:09.03	4:07.69
—	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:13.85	4:09.06
—	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:16.85	4:14.35
—	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	4:20.01	4:13.35
—	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	DSQ	4:13.82
—	Frederique Quentin	France	DNQ	4:15.95
—	Juli Henner	United States	DNQ	4:27.14
—	Khin Khin Htwe	Myanmar	DNQ	4:30.64
—	Vicki Huber	United States	DNQ	4:14.82
—	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	DNQ	4:19.77
—	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	DNQ	4:26.66
—	Marta Domínguez	Spain	DNQ	4:15.00
—	Paula Schnurr	Canada	DNQ	4:29.67

See also

• Men's 1500 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results