2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

2008 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	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Stephanie Twell  United Kingdom
Silver	Kalkidan Gezahegne  Ethiopia
Bronze	Emma Pallant  United Kingdom

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:15.09
	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:16.58
	Emma Pallant	United Kingdom	4:17.06
4	Jordan Hasay	United States	4:19.02
5	Bridey Delaney	Australia	4:21.20
6	Alexandra Kosinski	United States	4:21.26
7	Jana Sussmann	Germany	4:21.82
8	Yekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	4:22.41
9	Asmerawork Bekele	Ethiopia	4:24.70
10	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:26.87
11	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:28.21
12	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa	Kenya	4:40.58

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alexandra Kosinski	United States	4:19.14	Q
2	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:19.18	Q
3	Bridey Delaney	Australia	4:20.82	Q
4	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:21.73	q
5	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:21.82
6	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	4:24.21
7	Jessica O'Connell	Canada	4:24.73
8	Hannah Barker	New Zealand	4:30.12
9	Evangelina Thomas	Argentina	4:33.11
10	Nathalie Rohlén	Sweden	4:33.82
11	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	4:33.91
12	Yuliya Kutah	Ukraine	4:38.96
	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:19.60	Q
2	Emma Pallant	United Kingdom	4:21.67	Q
3	Jana Sussmann	Germany	4:22.40	Q
4	Viktoriya Poliudina	Kyrgyzstan	4:26.03
5	Olesea Smovjenco	Moldova	4:26.55
6	Claire Andreani	France	4:27.00
7	Daniela Cuñha	Portugal	4:31.20
8	Katarzyna Broniatowska	Poland	4:31.28
9	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	Ukraine	4:38.18
10	Ntebaleng Letsela	Lesotho	4:54.90
11	Anate Bampouni	Togo	5:07.35

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Asmerawork Bekele	Ethiopia	4:17.05	Q
2	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:18.28	Q
3	Yekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	4:18.55	Q
4	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa	Kenya	4:20.68	q
5	Jordan Hasay	United States	4:20.82	q
6	Kendra Schaff	Canada	4:22.29
7	Bogdana Mimic	Serbia	4:24.91
8	Sara Treacy	Ireland	4:26.28
9	Ehssan Arbab	Sudan	4:26.40
10	Chloe Tighe	Australia	4:30.19
11	Matea Matoševic	Croatia	4:30.73

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.