The women's 1500 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.
Medalists Gold Doina Homneac Silver Snežana Pajkić Bronze Yvonne van der Kolk
Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Doina Homneac 4:12.94 Snežana Pajkić 4:16.19 Yvonne van der Kolk 4:16.35 4 Ana Padurean 4:16.41 5 Elena Politova 4:18.19 6 Ilse Smolders 4:19.26 7 Mónika Balint 4:19.77 8 Alexandra Reichling 4:31.99 9 Anne Lardner 4:32.28 10 Monika Rönnholm 4:34.08 11 Patrizia Di Napoli 4:34.65 Nicole Geukes DNF
Heats 30 July
Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Snežana Pajkić 4:25.29 Q 2 Ilse Smolders 4:25.54 Q 3 Ana Padurean 4:25.66 Q 4 Anne Lardner 4:25.85 Q 5 Nicole Geukes 4:26.31 q 6 Jodie Bilotta 4:33.30 7 Julia Vaquero 4:34.01 8 Nathalie Rouillard 4:34.91 9 Natalya Vorobyova 4:38.01 10 Olga Zapeda 5:11.77
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Doina Homneac 4:23.12 Q 2 Elena Politova 4:23.89 Q 3 Yvonne van der Kolk 4:24.26 Q 4 Mónika Balint 4:26.07 Q 5 Alexandra Reichling 4:27.61 q 6 Monika Rönnholm 4:28.00 q 7 Patrizia Di Napoli 4:29.28 q 8 Getenesh Urge 4:29.96 9 Lianne McVey 4:37.73 10 Jasmin Jones 4:43.48 Liu Shixiang DNF Lorie Ann Adams DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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