1987 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 1,500 metres
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...

in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1987-09-05.

Medalists

Gold	Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS)
Silver	Hildegard Körner Hildegard Körner Hildegard Körner, née Ullrich is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.-Achievements:... East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Doina Melinte Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian athlete.She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27... Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... (ROU)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record		3:52.47	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	August 3, 1980
Championship record		4:00.90	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	August 14, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		3:58.56 CR
		3:58.67
		3:59.27
4.		3:59.90
5.		4:00.63
6.		4:01.41
7.		4:05.47
8.		4:03.63
9.		4:04.66
10.		4:08.33
11.		4:08.38
12.		4:10.35
13.		4:10.51
—		DNF
—		DSQ

Qualifying heats

Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 4:05.41
2. 4:05.42
3. 4:05.48
4. 4:05.57
5. 4:06.03
6. 4:07.38
7. 4:07.83
8. 4:08.37
9. 4:22.59
10. 5:01.43
— DNS

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		4:05.41
2.		4:05.42
3.		4:05.48
4.		4:05.57
5.		4:06.03
6.		4:07.38
7.		4:07.83
8.		4:08.37
9.		4:22.59
10.		5:01.43
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		4:05.18
2.		4:05.48
3.		4:05.51
4.		4:05.60
5.		4:05.90
6.		4:07.10
7.		4:07.40
8.		4:08.84
9.		4:09.08
10.		4:35.64 (NR)
11.		5:49.52

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		4:08.36
2.		4:08.39
3.		4:08.64
4.		4:09.06
5.		4:08.36
6.		4:09.89
7.		4:12.52
8.		4:13.59
9.		4:16.21
10.		4:17.72
11.		4:34.76

Medalists

Records

Final

Qualifying heats

See also