The women's 1500 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19 and 21 October.
Medalists Gold Abebech Nigussie Silver Rose Kosgei Bronze Georgie Clarke
Results Final 21 October Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abebech Nigussie 4:19.93 Rose Kosgei 4:20.16 Georgie Clarke 4:20.21 4 Zanelle Grobler 4:21.41 5 Rasa Drazdauskaitė 4:21.58 6 Chen Fang 4:22.81 7 Florence Kyalo 4:22.95 8 Melissa Rollison 4:25.17 9 Irina Vashchuk 4:25.28 10 Ljiljana Culibrk 4:25.81 11 Christina Carruzzo 4:26.57 Jéssica Augusto DNF
Heats 19 October
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abebech Nigussie 4:19.66 Q 2 Rose Kosgei 4:20.31 Q 3 Zanelle Grobler 4:21.80 Q 4 Rasa Drazdauskaitė 4:22.02 Q 5 Melissa Rollison 4:22.46 q 6 Ljiljana Culibrk 4:22.96 q 7 Irina Vashchuk 4:24.09 q 8 Agnes Tschurtschenthaler 4:28.43 9 Katharina Splinter 4:29.91 10 Yâprak Kalemoglu 4:34.21 11 Evelyn Guerra 4:53.85 12 Anarika February 5:07.43 13 Dinora Molina 5:22.26 Esther Desviat DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chen Fang 4:18.10 Q 2 Florence Kyalo 4:19.38 Q 3 Georgie Clarke 4:23.16 Q 4 Jéssica Augusto 4:24.15 Q 5 Christina Carruzzo 4:24.28 q 6 Emma Ward 4:24.47 7 Maerenet Gebray 4:27.99 8 Kate McIlroy 4:28.51 9 Irene Alfonso 4:28.70 10 Krisztina Papp 4:30.64 11 Julie Coulaud 4:32.57 12 Dina Lebo Phalula 4:44.20 13 Ioana Parusheva 4:47.27 14 Getrude Banda 4:53.09 Kerstin Werner DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
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