1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
was held on March 5–6.
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the...
was held on March 5–6.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... |
Violeta Beclea-Szekely |
Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.... |
Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | 4:07.66 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Olga Komyagina Olga Komyagina Olga Komyagina is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She gained fame acting as a pacemaker/rabbit in races, and is widely considered to be the best pacemaker in the history of athletics... |
4:08.49 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.... |
4:08.71 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Andrea Šuldesová | 4:09.00 | q, PB | |
| 5 | 1 | Rocío Rodríguez | 4:13.63 | q, PB | |
| 6 | 1 | Sylvia Kühnemund | 4:14.31 | q | |
| 7 | 2 | Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... |
4:14.99 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships... |
4:15.54 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | Svetlana Kanatova | 4:15.76 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | Judit Varga Judit Varga Judit Varga is a Hungarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
4:15.99 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:... |
4:18.70 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Yelena Gorodnicheva | 4:19.20 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Alisa Harvey-Hill | 4:20.09 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Niusha Mancilla | 4:20.16 | NR Bolivian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Bolivia maintained by its national athletics federation: Federacion Atletica de Bolivia .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:... |
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| 15 | 2 | Minori Hayakari | 4:25.03 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... |
4:03.23 | CR | ||
| Violeta Beclea-Szekely | 4:03.53 | PB | ||
| Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.... |
4:05.86 | NR Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * * * *... |
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| 4 | Olga Komyagina Olga Komyagina Olga Komyagina is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She gained fame acting as a pacemaker/rabbit in races, and is widely considered to be the best pacemaker in the history of athletics... |
4:06.18 | PB | |
| 5 | Svetlana Kanatova | 4:06.20 | PB | |
| 6 | Andrea Šuldesová | 4:06.37 | PB | |
| 7 | Rocío Rodríguez | 4:10.17 | PB | |
| 8 | Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships... |
4:11.91 | ||
| 9 | Sylvia Kühnemund | 4:26.35 |