The women's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.
Medalists Gold Lan Lixin Silver Yimenashu Taye Bronze Bouchra Benthami
Results Final 2 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lan Lixin 4:10.05 Yimenashu Taye 4:11.97 Bouchra Benthami 4:12.76 4 Rose Kosgei 4:13.14 5 Song Liqing 4:13.76 6 Natalia Rodríguez 4:16.20 7 Benita Willis 4:16.75 8 Iona Oltean 4:16.79 9 Malgorzata Bury 4:17.14 10 Georgie Clarke 4:20.44 11 Hisae Yoshimatsu 4:20.84 12 Sonja Stolić 4:21.43
Heats 31 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bouchra Benthami 4:15.74 Q 2 Song Liqing 4:15.88 Q 3 Rose Kosgei 4:16.10 Q 4 Natalia Rodríguez 4:16.23 Q 5 Yimenashu Taye 4:16.59 q 6 Malgorzata Bury 4:17.22 q 7 Benita Willis 4:18.25 q 8 Sonja Stolić 4:21.19 q 9 Alesya Turova 4:21.72 10 Kattell Villain 4:25.67 11 Ryoko Takezawa 4:26.80 12 Diala El-Chabi 4:52.53
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Georgie Clarke 4:20.50 Q 2 Lan Lixin 4:20.53 Q 3 Iona Oltean 4:20.58 Q 4 Hisae Yoshimatsu 4:20.99 Q 5 René Kalmer 4:22.75 6 Melanie Schulz 4:23.05 7 Sonja Roman 4:27.11 8 Ljiljana Culibrk 4:30.18 9 Tinneke Boonen 4:34.00 10 Genet Teka 4:36.17 11 Zalia Aliou 4:36.64 12 Daniela Kuleska 4:44.56
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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