2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.

Medalists

Gold	Viola Kibiwot
Silver	Berhane Herpassa
Bronze	Olesya Syreva

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		4:12.57
	align=left		align=left		4:13.59
	align=left		align=left		4:14.32
4	align=left		align=left		4:14.72
5	align=left		align=left		4:16.08
6	align=left		align=left		4:16.18
7	align=left		align=left		4:16.39
8	align=left		align=left		4:17.32
9	align=left		align=left		4:18.68
10	align=left		align=left		4:20.14
11	align=left		align=left		4:22.55
12	align=left		align=left		4:25.43

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		4:20.93	Q
2	align=left		align=left		4:21.16	Q
3	align=left		align=left		4:21.27	Q
4	align=left		align=left		4:21.70	Q
5	align=left		align=left		4:22.29	q
6	align=left		align=left		4:22.89	q
7	align=left		align=left		4:24.04
8	align=left		align=left		4:24.77
9	align=left		align=left		4:25.68
10	align=left		align=left		4:26.32

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		4:19.83	Q
2	align=left		align=left		4:20.34	Q
3	align=left		align=left		4:20.93	Q
4	align=left		align=left		4:21.10	Q
5	align=left		align=left		4:21.80	q
6	align=left		align=left		4:21.84	q
7	align=left		align=left		4:23.66
8	align=left		align=left		4:26.61
9	align=left		align=left		4:32.93
10	align=left		align=left		4:40.61
11	align=left		align=left		4:50.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.