Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's 1500 metres; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venues	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 31 (heats); August 1 (semi-finals); August 3 (final)
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning time	4:00.83
Medalists
	← 1992 2000 →

These are the official results of the Women's 1.500 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 competitors.^[1]

Medalists

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:07.32	Q
2	3	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	4:07.36	Q
3	3	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:07.41	Q
4	3	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:07.51	Q
5	3	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:07.51	Q
6	3	Lyudmila Rogachova	Russia	4:07.61	Q
7	3	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:07.69	q
8	3	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:09.06	q
9	1	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:09.24	Q
10	1	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:09.88	Q
11	1	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:09.96	Q
12	1	Carmen Wüstenhagen	Germany	4:10.06	Q
13	1	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:10.20	Q
14	1	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	4:10.80	Q
15	1	Anna Brzezińska	Poland	4:11.06	q
16	1	Leah Pells	Canada	4:13.17	q
17	2	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia	4:13.29	Q
18	2	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	4:13.35	Q
19	2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:13.57	Q
20	2	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:13.82	Q
21	2	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	4:13.83	Q
22	2	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:14.05	Q
23	2	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:14.35	q
24	2	Natasha Dukhnova	Belarus	4:14.75	q
25	2	Vicki Huber	United States	4:14.82
26	3	Marta Domínguez	Spain	4:15.00
27	1	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:15.95
28	2	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:19.77
29	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	4:26.66
30	1	Juli Henner	United States	4:27.14
31	3	Paula Schnurr	Canada	4:29.67
32	1	Khin Khin Htwe	Myanmar	4:30.64

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	4:05.88	Q
2	2	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:06.13	Q
3	2	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:06.21	Q
4	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:06.26	Q
5	2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:06.70	Q
6	2	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia	4:06.89	q
7	2	Anna Brzezińska	Poland	4:07.17	q
8	2	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:09.03
9	1	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:09.44	Q
10	1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:09.83	Q
11	1	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:10.35	Q
12	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:10.77	Q
13	1	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	4:11.12	Q
14	1	Natasha Dukhnova	Belarus	4:11.43
15	1	Carmen Wüstenhagen	Germany	4:11.47
16	1	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	4:12.27
17	1	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:12.52
18	2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:13.85
19	1	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:14.10
20	1	Lyudmila Rogachova	Russia	4:14.54
21	2	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:16.85
22	2	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	4:20.01
23	1	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	4:23.86
	2	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:00.83
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:01.54
	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:03.02
4	Leah Pells	Canada	4:03.56
5	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:03.79
6	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:03.91
7	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia	4:03.56
8	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:05.92
9	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	4:06.33
10	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:07.21
11	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	4:07.46
12	Anna Brzezińska	Poland	4:08.27

^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Women's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2017.