1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doina Melinte Romania	Mitică Constantin Romania	Brigitte Kraus West Germany

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Marina Yachmenyova	Soviet Union	4:10.15	Q
2	2	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:11.53	Q
3	2	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:11.92	Q
4	2	Katalin Rácz	Hungary	4:12.77	q
5	2	Christine Toonstra	Netherlands	4:14.05	q
6	1	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	4:16.02	Q
7	1	Mitică Constantin	Romania	4:16.80	Q
8	1	Rita Csordos	Hungary	4:16.80	Q
9	1	Heléna Barócsi	Hungary	4:16.85	q
10	1	Anushka Dimitrova	Bulgaria	4:17.67
11	1	Valentina Tauceri	Italy	4:19.97
12	2	Uta Eckhardt	West Germany	4:23.59

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:05.77
	Mitică Constantin	Romania	4:06.16
	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	4:07.06
4	Marina Yachmenyova	Soviet Union	4:08.31
5	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:11.31
6	Katalin Rácz	Hungary	4:12.05
7	Rita Csordos	Hungary	4:12.63
8	Christine Toonstra	Netherlands	4:14.94
9	Heléna Barócsi	Hungary	4:17.36