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
	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	4:08.88
	Mercy Kosgei	Kenya	4:12.48
	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.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (2)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Syria (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

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