1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

1986 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
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Ana Padurean  Romania
Silver	Selina Chirchir  Kenya
Bronze	Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:14.63
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:15.59
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.03
4	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:16.69
5	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:21.01
6	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:21.02
7	Anette Karlsson	Sweden	4:21.15
8	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:22.78
9	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:23.83
10	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:26.37
11	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:26.65
12	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:27.18
13	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:28.05
14	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:33.30
	Maiken Sørum	Norway	DNF

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:28.13	Q
2	Anette Karlsson	Sweden	4:28.45	Q
3	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:28.46	Q
4	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:28.67	Q
5	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:28.91	q
6	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	4:29.15
7	Susannah Beck	United States	4:33.74
8	Selma Khardani	Tunisia	4:36.18
9	Marcelina Piran	Indonesia	4:41.93
10	Beena Peter	India	4:43.57
11	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	4:46.21
12	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	4:57.86

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:28.76	Q
2	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:29.27	Q
3	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:29.86	Q
4	Maiken Sørum	Norway	4:30.74	Q
5	Angela Luchetti	Australia	4:31.53
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:32.55
7	Wendy Wright	United Kingdom	4:34.39
8	Missy McCleary	Canada	4:35.40
9	Maribel Silvestre	Dominican Republic	4:41.86
10	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	4:47.52
11	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	4:55.20

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:25.05	Q
2	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:25.07	Q
3	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:25.30	Q
4	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:25.30	Q
5	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:26.75	q
6	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:26.97	q
7	Anastasía Giannákou	Greece	4:29.23
8	Heather Ostic	Canada	4:32.13
9	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	4:37.95
10	Zenabu Mahama	Ghana	4:38.39
11	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	4:50.43
12	Bertine Tré Gogo	Côte d'Ivoire	4:50.67

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.