1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27–28 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Theresia Kiesl Austria	Lidia Chojecka Poland	Violeta Szekely Romania

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	4:17.12	Q
2	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:17.17	Q
3	2	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:17.27	Q
4	2	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:17.56	q
5	1	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:17.59	Q
6	1	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:17.90	Q
7	1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:18.05	Q
8	2	Freda Davoren	Ireland	4:18.21	q
9	1	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:18.42	q
10	1	Olga Komyagina	Russia	4:18.60
11	2	Lale Öztürk	Turkey	4:25.21
12	1	Ljiljana Ćulibrk	Croatia	4:35.03

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:13.62
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:14.93
	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:15.54
4	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:15.64
5	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	4:16.68
6	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:18.41
7	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:18.44
8	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:18.94
9	Freda Davoren	Ireland	4:19.79