Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMary StewartChristine BenningPenny Werthner

Results Heats Held on 11 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Mary Stewart 4:15.88 Q 2 2 Penny Werthner 4:16.40 Q 3 1 Christine McMeekin 4:16.99 Q 4 1 Alison Wright 4:17.03 Q 5 1 Wayua Kiteti 4:17.11 Q 6 1 Christine Benning 4:17.19 Q 7 2 Angela Cook 4:17.45 Q 8 2 Anne Kiprop 4:17.54 Q 9 1 Francine Gendron 4:17.58 Q 10 1 Christina Boxer 4:17.90 q 11 2 Hilary Hollick 4:18.36 Q 12 2 Margaret Coomber 4:18.95 q 13 2 Rose Thompson 4:20.98 14 2 Ruth Issack 4:20.98 15 1 Mwinga Mwanjala 4:21.37 16 1 Carmen Compton 4:22.61 17 1 Debbie Scott 4:24.36 18 2 Pamela Reece 4:41.46 19 1 Gladys Konadu 4:43.08 20 1 Theodora Corea 4:53.71 21 2 Kandasamy Jayamani 4:58.52 22 1 Beatrice Delancy 5:06.90 2 Hannah Bantamoi

Final Held on 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mary Stewart 4:06.34 Christine Benning 4:07.53 Penny Werthner 4:08.14 Christine McMeekin 4:12.43 Hilary Hollick 4:12.72 Alison Wright 4:12.93 Francine Gendron 4:16.88 Angela Cook 4:17.30 Wayua Kiteti 4:18.72 10 Anne Kiprop 4:23.17 11 Christina Boxer 4:26.14 12 Margaret Coomber 4:26.28

References

Heats results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results