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1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ana Padurean  Romania
Silver	Selina Chirchir  Kenya
Bronze	Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:14.63
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:15.59
	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:16.03
4	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:16.69
5	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:21.01
6	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:21.02
7	Anette Karlsson	Sweden	4:21.15
8	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:22.78
9	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:23.83
10	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:26.37
11	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:26.65
12	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:27.18
13	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:28.05
14	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:33.30
	Maiken Sørum	Norway	DNF

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	4:28.13	Q
2	Anette Karlsson	Sweden	4:28.45	Q
3	Ana Padurean	Romania	4:28.46	Q
4	Oksana Yakovleva	Soviet Union	4:28.67	Q
5	Anila Mekshi	Albania	4:28.91	q
6	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	4:29.15
7	Susannah Beck	United States	4:33.74
8	Selma Khardani	Tunisia	4:36.18
9	Marcelina Piran	Indonesia	4:41.93
10	Beena Peter	India	4:43.57
11	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	4:46.21
12	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	4:57.86

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	4:28.76	Q
2	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	4:29.27	Q
3	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:29.86	Q
4	Maiken Sørum	Norway	4:30.74	Q
5	Angela Luchetti	Australia	4:31.53
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:32.55
7	Wendy Wright	United Kingdom	4:34.39
8	Missy McCleary	Canada	4:35.40
9	Maribel Silvestre	Dominican Republic	4:41.86
10	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	4:47.52
11	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	4:55.20

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4:25.05	Q
2	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	4:25.07	Q
3	Susanne Fischer	East Germany	4:25.30	Q
4	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	4:25.30	Q
5	Larisa Tretyukhina	Soviet Union	4:26.75	q
6	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	4:26.97	q
7	Anastasía Giannákou	Greece	4:29.23
8	Heather Ostic	Canada	4:32.13
9	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	4:37.95
10	Zenabu Mahama	Ghana	4:38.39
11	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	4:50.43
12	Bertine Tré Gogo	Côte d'Ivoire	4:50.67

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

•  Albania (2)
•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Ghana (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Guyana (1)
•  India (1)
•  Indonesia (1)
•  Kenya (1)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  West Germany (1)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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