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

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
Svetlana Masterkova  Russia Gabriela Szabo  Romania Theresia Kiesl  Austria

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.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Masterkova  Russia
Silver	Gabriela Szabo  Romania
Bronze	Theresia Kiesl  Austria

Results

Heats

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

Semifinals

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

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

See also

• Men's 1500 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results