Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the Women's 1.500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 46 participating athletes, with two semi finals and three qualifying heats.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Hassiba Boulmerka
Algeria (ALG)
Silver  Lyudmila Rogachova
Unified Team (EUN)
Bronze  Qu Yunxia
China (CHN)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina Zürich (SUI) August 13, 1980
Olympic Record 3:53.96 Paula Ivan Seoul (KOR) September 26, 1988

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 3:55.30
 Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) 3:56.91
 Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:57.08
4.  Tetyana Dorovskikh (EUN) 3:57.92
5.  Liu Li (CHN) 4:00.20
6.  Maite Zúñiga (ESP) 4:00.59
7.  Małgorzata Rydz (POL) 4:01.91
8.  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN) 4:02.03
9.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 4:02.60
10.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 4:03.42
11.  Elena Fidatov (ROU) 4:06.44
 Doina Melinte (ROU) DNF

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 4:03.81
2.  Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) 4:03.85
3.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 4:04.20
4.  Liu Li (CHN) 4:04.35
5.  Elena Fidatov (ROU) 4:04.55
6.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 4:04.87
7.  Violeta Beclea (ROU) 4:05.46
8.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 4:09.64
9.  Kirsty Wade (GBR) 4:11.36
10.  Maria Akraka (SWE) 4:14.30
11.  Anna Brzezińska (POL) 4:15.53
12.  Regina Jacobs (USA) 4:21.55
13.  Marie Pierre Duros (FRA) 4:26.61
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Tetyana Dorovskikh (EUN) 4:03.79
2.  Małgorzata Rydz (POL) 4:03.83
3.  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 4:03.86
4.  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN) 4:03.93
5.  Maite Zúñiga (ESP) 4:04.00
6.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 4:04.23
7.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:04.42
8.  Paula Schnurr (CAN) 4:04.80
9.  Carla Sacramento (POR) 4:05.54
10.  Fabia Trabaldo (ITA) 4:06.05
11.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 4:06.24
12.  Theresia Kiesl (AUT) 4:07.46
13.  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 4:12.50

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 4:09.91
2.  Tetyana Dorovskhikh (EUN) 4:09.94
3.  Paula Schnurr (CAN) 4:09.99
4.  Elena Fidatov (ROM) 4:10.00
5.  Carla Sacramento (POR) 4:10.01
6.  Liu Li (CHN) 4:10.08
7.  Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) 4:10.14
8.  Maxine Newman (GBR) 4:15.16
9.  Simone Meier (SUI) 4:15.64
10.  Susan Sirma (KEN) 4:17.73
11.  Suzy Favor (USA) 4:22.36
12.  Laurence Niyonsaba (RWA) 4:24.87
13.  Bigna Samuel (VIN) 4:33.41
14.  Mantokoane Pitso (LES) 4:39.96
15.  Rosemary Turare (PNG) 5:10.52
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Maite Zúñiga (ESP) 4:07.82
2.  Doina Melinte (ROM) 4:08.58
3.  Małgorzata Rydz (POL) 4:09.47
4.  Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) 4:09.54
5.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 4:10.63
6.  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 4:11.27
7.  Regina Jacobs (USA) 4:13.87
8.  Sriyani Dhammika Manike (SRI) 4:26.22
9.  Carol Galea (MLT) 4:33.41
10.  Rosalie Gangué (CHA) 5:06.31
 Ann Williams (GBR) DQ
 Fabia Trabaldo (ITA) DNF
 Maria Akraka (SWE) DNF
 Ellen Kießling (GER) DNF
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 4:07.40
2.  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN) 4:07.55
3.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 4:07.59
4.  Violeta Beclea (ROM) 4:07.60
5.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 4:07.70
6.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 4:07.75
7.  Theresia Kiesl (AUT) 4:07.81
8.  Kirsty Wade (GBR) 4:08.30
9.  Anna Brzezińska (POL) 4:08.35
10.  PattiSue Palmer (USA) 4:09.47
11.  Gete Urge (ETH) 4:18.09
12.  Khin Khin Htwe (MYA) 4:18.81
13.  Brigitte Nganaye (CAF) 4:33.57 (NR)
14.  Ana Isabel Elias (ANG) 4:33.66


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