1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Women's_1500_metres

1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

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These are the official results of the Women's 1,500 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 32 participating athletes and one non-starter, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1987-09-05.

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Gold	Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Hildegard Körner East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Doina Melinte Romania (ROU)

World record	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	3:52.47	Zürich, Switzerland	August 3, 1980
Championship record	Mary Decker-Slaney (USA)	4:00.90	Helsinki, Finland	August 14, 1983

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tetyana Samolenko (URS)	3:58.56 CR
	Hildegard Körner (GDR)	3:58.67
	Doina Melinte (ROU)	3:59.27
4.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	3:59.90
5.	Andrea Lange (GDR)	4:00.63
6.	Kirsty Wade (GBR)	4:01.41
7.	Diana Richburg (USA)	4:01.79
8.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:03.63
9.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:04.66
10.	Linda Sheskey (USA)	4:08.33
11.	Debbie Bowker (CAN)	4:08.38
12.	Mitica Junghiatu (ROU)	4:10.35
13.	Marina Yachmenyova (URS)	4:10.51
—	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)	DNF
—	Sandra Gasser (SUI)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:05.41
2.	Hildegard Körner (GDR)	4:05.42
3.	Tetyana Samolenko (URS)	4:05.48
4.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:05.57
5.	Linda Sheskey (USA)	4:06.03
6.	Fatima Aouam (MAR)	4:07.38
7.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	4:07.83
8.	Brit McRoberts (CAN)	4:08.37
9.	Annika Ericson (SWE)	4:22.59
10.	Maria Lomba (STP)	5:01.43
—	Selina Chirchir (KEN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Andrea Lange (GDR)	4:05.18
2.	Sandra Gasser (SUI)	4:05.48
3.	Marina Yachmenyova (URS)	4:05.51
4.	Mitica Junghiatu (ROU)	4:05.60
5.	Debbie Bowker (CAN)	4:05.90
6.	Diana Richburg (USA)	4:07.10
7.	Brigitte Kraus (FRG)	4:07.40
8.	Agnese Possamai (ITA)	4:08.84
9.	Florence Giolitti (FRA)	4:09.08
10.	Alphocinah Simelane (SWZ)	4:35.64 (NR)
11.	Georgine Tomisato (ASA)	5:49.52

1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Women's_1500_metres

1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Medalists

Records

Final

Qualifying heats

See also

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RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)	4:08.36
2.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	4:08.39
3.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:08.64
4.	Kirsty Wade (GBR)	4:09.06
5.	Paula Ivan (ROU)	4:09.36
6.	Vera Michallek (FRG)	4:09.89
7.	Regina Jacobs (USA)	4:12.52
8.	Christine Pfitzinger (NZL)	4:13.59
9.	Maite Zúñiga (ESP)	4:16.21
10.	Evelyn Adiru (UGA)	4:17.72
11.	Kriscia Garcia (ESA)	4:34.76