Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 24 and 25 July 1991.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Sonia O'Sullivan
  Ireland
Iulia Besliu
  Romania
Qu Yunxia
  China

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Qu Yunxia   China 4:07.71 Q, AR
2 2 Sarah Collins   Australia 4:12.01 Q
3 2 Iulia Besliu   Romania 4:13.09 Q
4 2 Katje Hoffman   Germany 4:13.13 Q
5 2 Lynne Robinson   Great Britain 4:13.67 Q
6 1 Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland 4:14.92 Q
7 1 Lyudmila Borisova   Soviet Union 4:15.60 Q
8 1 Tuuli Merikoski-Silius   Finland 4:15.93 Q
9 1 Christine Toonstra   Netherlands 4:16.05 Q
10 1 Elisa Rea   Italy 4:16.41 Q
11 1 Heike Oehme   Germany 4:16.42 q
12 1 Darcy Arreola   United States 4:16.96 q
13 1 Edith Nakiyingi   Uganda 4:17.31
14 2 Geraldine Hendricken   Ireland 4:19.35
15 1 Simona Staicu   Romania 4:20.44
16 2 Stephanie Best   United States 4:20.49
17 1 Andrea Sollárová   Czechoslovakia 4:21.01
18 2 Patrizia Morreale   Italy 4:22.82
19 2 Yelena Storchovaya   Soviet Union 4:24.40 [4]
20 1 Maxine Newman   Great Britain 4:24.49
21 1 Mireille Sankaatsing   Suriname 4:27.54
22 2 Marcelina Piran   Indonesia 4:58.43

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland 4:12.14
  Iulia Besliu   Romania 4:12.24
  Qu Yunxia   China 4:12.43
4 Sarah Collins   Australia 4:12.60
5 Lyudmila Borisova   Soviet Union 4:12.80
6 Lynne Robinson   Great Britain 4:13.40 PB
7 Katje Hoffmann   Germany 4:14.55
8 Heike Oehme   Germany 4:14.64
9 Christine Toonstra   Netherlands 4:14.93
10 Tuuli Merikoski-Silius   Finland 4:15.60
11 Elisa Rea   Italy 4:16.22
12 Darcy Arreola   United States 4:16.97

References

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  1. ^ Mel Watman (1 August 1991). "May dismay with silver". Athletics Today. 5 (31). Surrey: Athletics Today Publications Limited: 19–22. ISSN 0269-1302.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Soviet results Archived 31 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine (p128)
  5. ^ Final results