1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Carla Sacramento  Portugal	Yekaterina Podkopayeva  Russia	Małgorzata Rydz  Poland

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	1	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:14.20	Q
2	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:14.35	Q
3	1	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:14.40	Q
4	1	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:14.44	q
5	2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:15.75	Q
6	1	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:16.06	q
7	2	Simona Ionescu	Romania	4:16.15	Q
8	2	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:16.71	Q
9	1	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:17.82	q
10	2	Yelena Bychukovskaya	Belarus	4:18.05
11	2	Cristina Petite	Spain	4:18.31
12	2	Debbie Gunning	Great Britain	4:18.32
13	2	Freda Davoren	Ireland	4:20.54
14	1	Anila Kasati-Mekshi	Albania	4:24.18

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:08.95
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:09.65
	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:10.50
4	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:10.56
5	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:12.61
6	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:13.34
7	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:13.92
8	Simona Ionescu	Romania	4:16.19
9	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	DNF

References

1. Results (p. 555)