2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 21 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Viola Kibiwot  Kenya
Silver	Berhane Herpassa  Ethiopia
Bronze	Olesya Syreva  Russia

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:12.57
	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:13.59
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:14.32
4	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:14.72
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:16.08
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:16.18
7	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:16.39
8	Ji Siyu	China	4:17.32
9	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:18.68
10	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.14
11	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:22.55
12	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:25.43

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
2	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:21.16	Q
3	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:21.27	Q
4	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:21.70	Q
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:22.29	q
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:22.89	q
7	Katrina Wootton	United Kingdom	4:24.04
8	Kathryn Andersen	United States	4:24.77
9	Lemlem Bereket	Eritrea	4:25.68
10	Zita Mezei	Hungary	4:26.32

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:19.83	Q
2	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:20.34	Q
3	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
4	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:21.10	Q
5	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:21.80	q
6	Ji Siyu	China	4:21.84	q
7	Antje Möldner	Germany	4:23.66
8	Corina Dumbrăvean	Romania	4:26.61
9	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:32.93
10	Nicola Maye	Jamaica	4:40.61
11	Puseletso Khakae	Lesotho	4:50.29

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.