These are the official results of the women's 1,500 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 competitors.
Medalists
Results Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Gabriela Szabo 4:07.32 Q 2 3 Kelly Holmes 4:07.36 Q 3 3 Regina Jacobs 4:07.41 Q 4 3 Margaret Crowley 4:07.51 Q 5 3 Małgorzata Rydz 4:07.51 Q 6 3 Lyudmila Rogachova 4:07.61 Q 7 3 Kutre Dulecha 4:07.69 q 8 3 Malin Ewerlöf 4:09.06 q 9 1 Theresia Kiesl 4:09.24 Q 10 1 Svetlana Masterkova 4:09.88 Q 11 1 Hassiba Boulmerka 4:09.96 Q 12 1 Carmen Wüstenhagen 4:10.06 Q 13 1 Sinead Delahunty 4:10.20 Q 14 1 Gwen Griffiths 4:10.80 Q 15 1 Anna Brzezińska 4:11.06 q 16 1 Leah Pells 4:13.17 q 17 2 Lyudmila Borisova 4:13.29 Q 18 2 Naomi Mugo 4:13.35 Q 19 2 Carla Sacramento 4:13.57 Q 20 2 Cătălina Gheorghiu 4:13.82 Q 21 2 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 4:13.83 Q 22 2 Maite Zúñiga 4:14.05 Q 23 2 Sylvia Kühnemund 4:14.35 q 24 2 Natasha Dukhnova 4:14.75 q 25 2 Vicki Huber 4:14.82 26 3 Marta Domínguez 4:15.00 27 1 Frédérique Quentin 4:15.95 28 2 Sonia O'Sullivan 4:19.77 29 2 Petya Strashilova 4:26.66 30 1 Juli Henner 4:27.14 31 3 Paula Schnurr 4:29.67 32 1 Khin Khin Htwe 4:30.64
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Kelly Holmes 4:05.88 Q 2 2 Regina Jacobs 4:06.13 Q 3 2 Margaret Crowley 4:06.21 Q 4 2 Leah Pells 4:06.26 Q 5 2 Carla Sacramento 4:06.70 Q 6 2 Lyudmila Borisova 4:06.89 q 7 2 Anna Brzezińska 4:07.17 q 8 2 Kutre Dulecha 4:09.03 9 1 Theresia Kiesl 4:09.44 Q 10 1 Gabriela Szabo 4:09.83 Q 11 1 Svetlana Masterkova 4:10.35 Q 12 1 Małgorzata Rydz 4:10.77 Q 13 1 Gwen Griffiths 4:11.12 Q 14 1 Natasha Dukhnova 4:11.43 15 1 Carmen Wüstenhagen 4:11.47 16 1 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 4:12.27 17 1 Sinead Delahunty 4:12.52 18 2 Malin Ewerlöf 4:13.85 19 1 Maite Zúñiga 4:14.10 20 1 Lyudmila Rogachova 4:14.54 21 2 Sylvia Kühnemund 4:16.85 22 2 Naomi Mugo 4:20.01 23 1 Hassiba Boulmerka 4:23.86 2 Cătălina Gheorghiu
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Svetlana Masterkova 4:00.83 Gabriela Szabo 4:01.54 Theresia Kiesl 4:03.02 Leah Pells 4:03.56 Margaret Crowley 4:03.79 Carla Sacramento 4:03.91 Lyudmila Borisova 4:03.56 Małgorzata Rydz 4:05.92 Gwen Griffiths 4:06.33 10 Regina Jacobs 4:07.21 11 Kelly Holmes 4:07.46 12 Anna Brzezińska 4:08.27
See also Men's 1500 metres
References
External links Official Report Results