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

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]

Women's 1500 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Mary Stewart
  England
Christine Benning
  England
Penny Werthner
  Canada

Results

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Heats

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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 Mary Stewart   England 4:15.88 Q
2 2 Penny Werthner   Canada 4:16.40 Q
3 1 Christine McMeekin   Scotland 4:16.99 Q
4 1 Alison Wright   New Zealand 4:17.03 Q
5 1 Wayua Kiteti   Kenya 4:17.11 Q
6 1 Christine Benning   England 4:17.19 Q
7 2 Angela Cook   Australia 4:17.45 Q
8 2 Anne Kiprop   Kenya 4:17.54 Q
9 1 Francine Gendron   Canada 4:17.58 Q
10 1 Christina Boxer   England 4:17.90 q
11 2 Hilary Hollick   Wales 4:18.36 Q
12 2 Margaret Coomber   Scotland 4:18.95 q
13 2 Rose Thompson   Kenya 4:20.98
14 2 Ruth Issack   Tanzania 4:20.98
15 1 Mwinga Mwanjala   Tanzania 4:21.37
16 1 Carmen Compton   Australia 4:22.61
17 1 Debbie Scott   Canada 4:24.36
18 2 Pamela Reece   Northern Ireland 4:41.46
19 1 Gladys Konadu   Ghana 4:43.08
20 1 Theodora Corea   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4:53.71
21 2 Kandasamy Jayamani   Singapore 4:58.52
22 1 Beatrice Delancy   Turks and Caicos Islands 5:06.90
2 Hannah Bantamoi   Sierra Leone DNS

Final

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Held on 12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mary Stewart   England 4:06.34
  Christine Benning   England 4:07.53
  Penny Werthner   Canada 4:08.14
4 Christine McMeekin   Scotland 4:12.43
5 Hilary Hollick   Wales 4:12.72
6 Alison Wright   New Zealand 4:12.93
7 Francine Gendron   Canada 4:16.88
8 Angela Cook   Australia 4:17.30
9 Wayua Kiteti   Kenya 4:18.72
10 Anne Kiprop   Kenya 4:23.17
11 Christina Boxer   England 4:26.14
12 Margaret Coomber   Scotland 4:26.28

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-25.