2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.

Medalists

Gold	Viola Kibiwot Kenya
Silver	Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia
Bronze	Olesya Syreva Russia

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:12.57
	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:13.59
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:14.32
4	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:14.72
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:16.08
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:16.18
7	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:16.39
8	Ji Siyu	China	4:17.32
9	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:18.68
10	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.14
11	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:22.55
12	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:25.43

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
2	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:21.16	Q
3	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:21.27	Q
4	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:21.70	Q
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:22.29	q
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:22.89	q
7	Katrina Wootton	United Kingdom	4:24.04
8	Kathryn Andersen	United States	4:24.77
9	Lemlem Bereket	Eritrea	4:25.68
10	Zita Mezei	Hungary	4:26.32

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:19.83	Q
2	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:20.34	Q
3	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
4	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:21.10	Q
5	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:21.80	q
6	Ji Siyu	China	4:21.84	q
7	Antje Möldner	Germany	4:23.66
8	Corina Dumbrăvean	Romania	4:26.61
9	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:32.93
10	Nicola Maye	Jamaica	4:40.61
11	Puseletso Khakae	Lesotho	4:50.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• China (1)
• Eritrea (1)
• Ethiopia (1)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Lesotho (1)
• Morocco (2)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (2)
• Tunisia (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (1)