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

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.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mary Stewart	Christine Benning	Penny 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			4:15.88	Q
2	2			4:16.40	Q
3	1			4:16.99	Q
4	1			4:17.03	Q
5	1			4:17.11	Q
6	1			4:17.19	Q
7	2			4:17.45	Q
8	2			4:17.54	Q
9	1			4:17.58	Q
10	1			4:17.90	q
11	2			4:18.36	Q
12	2			4:18.95	q
13	2			4:20.98
14	2			4:20.98
15	1			4:21.37
16	1			4:22.61
17	1			4:24.36
18	2			4:41.46
19	1			4:43.08
20	1			4:53.71
21	2			4:58.52
22	1			5:06.90
	2

Final

Held on 12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:06.34
			4:07.53
			4:08.14
			4:12.43
			4:12.72
			4:12.93
			4:16.88
			4:17.30
			4:18.72
10			4:23.17
11			4:26.14
12			4:26.28

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-25 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .