1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Lidia Chojecka Poland
Silver	Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia
Bronze	Anca Safta Romania

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:07.86	CR
	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:09.03
	Anca Safta	Romania	4:09.78
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:10.65
5	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:13.79
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:13.93
7	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:14.00
8	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:15.61
9	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:17.63
10	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:19.00
	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	DNF
	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	DNF

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:15.67	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4:16.10	Q
3	Anca Safta	Romania	4:17.19	Q
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:17.61	Q
5	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	4:17.79	q
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:18.36	q
7	Rasa Michniovaitė	Lithuania	4:20.38
8	Endija Rezgale	Latvia	4:21.93
9	Maria Lynch	Ireland	4:22.01

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:14.85	Q
2	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:14.99	Q
3	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:15.37	Q
4	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.08	Q
5	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:16.80	q
6	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:16.98	q
7	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:20.28
8	Susan Scott	Great Britain	4:21.44

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (1)
• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (1)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Ukraine (1)