2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the
2006 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

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Irene Jelagat
 Kenya
Silver Mercy Kosgei
 Kenya
Bronze Yuriko Kobayashi
 Japan

Results

Final

20 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Irene Jelagat  Kenya 4:08.88
2nd Mercy Kosgei  Kenya 4:12.48
3rd Yuriko Kobayashi  Japan 4:12.88
4 Emebt Etea  Ethiopia 4:12.94
5 Merat Bahta  Eritrea 4:16.01
6 Azra Eminovic  Serbia 4:16.20
7 Tereza Capková  Czech Republic 4:16.37
8 Stephanie Twell  United Kingdom 4:16.58
9 Jin Yuan  China 4:18.64
10 Erin Bedell  United States 4:20.01
11 Zoe Buckman  Australia 4:20.59
12 Kristine Eikrem Engeset  Norway 4:29.52

Heats

18 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yuriko Kobayashi  Japan 4:19.14 Q
2 Stephanie Twell  United Kingdom 4:19.78 Q
3 Kristine Eikrem Engeset  Norway 4:19.94 Q
4 Li Yong  China 4:22.29
5 Danielle Tauro  United States 4:24.16
6 Cristina Vasiloiu  Romania 4:26.56
7 Svetlana Kudelich  Belarus 4:32.59
8 Imane Al-Jallad  Syria 4:33.03
9 Theresia Alugodhi  Namibia 4:41.22

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Emebt Etea  Ethiopia 4:23.52 Q
2 Mercy Kosgei  Kenya 4:23.53 Q
3 Azra Eminovic  Serbia 4:25.49 Q
4 Akane Ota  Japan 4:28.34
5 Denise Krebs  Germany 4:31.73
6 Amina Bakhit  Sudan 4:31.79
7 Jennifer Biewald  Canada 4:34.14

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Irene Jelagat  Kenya 4:15.80 Q
2 Merat Bahta  Eritrea 4:18.10 Q
3 Jin Yuan  China 4:18.85 Q
4 Tereza Capková  Czech Republic 4:19.00 q
5 Zoe Buckman  Australia 4:20.24 q
6 Erin Bedell  United States 4:20.67 q
7 Hannah England  United Kingdom 4:23.49
8 Valentina Costanza  Italy 4:24.31
9 Alexandra Becker  Canada 4:30.70
10 Sonia Brahmi  Tunisia 4:33.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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