Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 24 and 25 July 1991.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sonia O'Sullivan	Iulia Besliu	Qu Yunxia

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			4:07.71	Q, AR
2	2			4:12.01	Q
3	2			4:13.09	Q
4	2			4:13.13	Q
5	2			4:13.67	Q
6	1			4:14.92	Q
7	1			4:15.60	Q
8	1			4:15.93	Q
9	1			4:16.05	Q
10	1			4:16.41	Q
11	1			4:16.42	q
12	1			4:16.96	q
13	1			4:17.31
14	2			4:19.35
15	1			4:20.44
16	2			4:20.49
17	1			4:21.01
18	2			4:22.82
19	2			4:24.40	^[4]
20	1			4:24.49
21	1			4:27.54
22	2			4:58.43

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:12.14
			4:12.24
			4:12.43
			4:12.60
			4:12.80
			4:13.40	PB
			4:14.55
			4:14.64
			4:14.93
10			4:15.60
11			4:16.22
12			4:16.97

Notes and References

1. Mel Watman . May dismay with silver . Athletics Today . 1 August 1991 . 5 . 31 . 19–22 . Athletics Today Publications Limited . Surrey . 0269-1302.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1991&CID=12982774 Results at Tilastopaja
3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122373272?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FC%2Ftitle%2F11%2F1991%2F07%2F26%2Fpage%2F13008598%2Farticle%2F122373272 Heats results
4. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
5. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122373464?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FC%2Ftitle%2F11%2F1991%2F07%2F27%2Fpage%2F13008651%2Farticle%2F122373464 Final results