1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 1987 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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 09-05-1987. The winning margin was 0.11 seconds.

Medalists

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

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

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

Final

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

Note Sandra Gasser was the original winner of the bronze medal in 3:59.06 but was disqualified for doping.

Qualifying heats

Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

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

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

References

Results

v t e 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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v t e World champions in women's 1500 metres
1983: Mary Decker (USA) 1987: Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) 1991: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 1993: Liu Dong (CHN) 1995: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 1997: Carla Sacramento (POR) 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 2001: Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 2003: Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) 2005: Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) 2007: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 2009: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 2011: Jennifer Simpson (USA) 2013: Abeba Aregawi (SWE) 2015: Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 2017: Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 2019: Sifan Hassan (NED) 2022: Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 2023: Faith Kipyegon (KEN)

World champions in women's 1500 metres

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