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.
Medalists Gold Irene Jelagat Silver Mercy Kosgei Bronze Yuriko Kobayashi
Results Final 20 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Irene Jelagat 4:08.88 Mercy Kosgei 4:12.48 Yuriko Kobayashi 4:12.88 4 Emebt Etea 4:12.94 5 Merat Bahta 4:16.01 6 Azra Eminovic 4:16.20 7 Tereza Capková 4:16.37 8 Stephanie Twell 4:16.58 9 Jin Yuan 4:18.64 10 Erin Bedell 4:20.01 11 Zoe Buckman 4:20.59 12 Kristine Eikrem Engeset 4:29.52
Heats 18 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuriko Kobayashi 4:19.14 Q 2 Stephanie Twell 4:19.78 Q 3 Kristine Eikrem Engeset 4:19.94 Q 4 Li Yong 4:22.29 5 Danielle Tauro 4:24.16 6 Cristina Vasiloiu 4:26.56 7 Svetlana Kudelich 4:32.59 8 Imane Al-Jallad 4:33.03 9 Theresia Alugodhi 4:41.22
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Emebt Etea 4:23.52 Q 2 Mercy Kosgei 4:23.53 Q 3 Azra Eminovic 4:25.49 Q 4 Akane Ota 4:28.34 5 Denise Krebs 4:31.73 6 Amina Bakhit 4:31.79 7 Jennifer Biewald 4:34.14
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Irene Jelagat 4:15.80 Q 2 Merat Bahta 4:18.10 Q 3 Jin Yuan 4:18.85 Q 4 Tereza Capková 4:19.00 q 5 Zoe Buckman 4:20.24 q 6 Erin Bedell 4:20.67 q 7 Hannah England 4:23.49 8 Valentina Costanza 4:24.31 9 Alexandra Becker 4:30.70 10 Sonia Brahmi 4:33.45
Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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