1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

None These are the official results of the Women's 1.500 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-22. The winning margin was 2.98 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin for the women's 1500 metres at these championships. The three Chinese athletes in this race showed their inexperience at this level. Yan Wei looked at the starter while all the other athletes were looking forward at their first step. At the gun, all three were squeezed to the back having to halt their steps, with Liu Dong being left at the back of the field. Liu sped around the outside of the field in the first 125 metres to reach the front, but Olympic champion Hassiba Boulmerka had no interest in letting her take the pace, instead aggressively holding Liu to the outside. Boxed at the back of the pack for the first 400 meters, Lü Yi then ran around the far outside of the pack to join Liu's shoulder on the outside. Just before 800 meters, Yan worked her way through traffic to get behind Lü, temporarily boxing in Sonia O'Sullivan. Crossing the start line for the second time, Liu accelerated into the lead with Lü in tow. Boulmerka continued to fight, holding off Lü with the field stringing out behind them. Over the next lap, it became a four-woman breakaway as O'Sullivan was the only other able to hold onto the pace. Liu continued to increase the gap to Boulmerka, opening up 10 metres down the backstretch as Lü sprinted past Boulmerka into second. O'Sullivan followed Lü then sprinted past her on the final curve. Liu was gone, pulling away to a 15-metre win. O'Sullivan maintained her position as Lü faded. Boulmerka was unable to make any headway against O'Sullivan and had to settle for bronze. Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngLiu Dong CHN4:00.50Image:Med 2.pngSonia O'Sullivan IRL4:03.48Image:Med 3.pngHassiba Boulmerka ALG4:04.294.Lü Yi CHN4:06.065.Angela Chalmers CAN4:07.956.Theresia Kiesl AUT4:08.047.Anna Brzezińska POL4:08.118.Fabia Trabaldo ITA4:08.239.Violeta Szekely ROM4:08.5710.Yan Wei CHN4:09.0511.Carla Sacramento POR4:09.1512.Maite Zúñiga ESP4:10.7913.Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 19914:12.1414.Leah Pells CAN4:13.8715.Oksana Mernikova BLR 19914:18.93 Qualifying heats Held on Friday 1993-08-20 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL4:05.812.Lü Yi CHN4:05.973.Theresia Kiesl AUT4:06.894.Maite Zúñiga ESP4:07.465.Anna Brzezińska POL4:08.336.Bettina Andersen DEN4:09.757.Blandine Bitzner-Ducret FRA4:10.708.Alisa Hill USA4:11.299.Sonia McGeorge GBR4:12.9310.Sarah Howell CAN4:13.4011.Ravilya Agletdinova BLR 19914:17.4312.Laurence Niyonsaba RWA 19624:25.7013.Raj Kumari Pandey NEP4:49.22 –Lyubov Kremlyova RUS 1991DNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Hassiba Boulmerka ALG4:13.132.Yan Wei CHN4:13.873.Oksana Mernikova BLR 19914:13.934.Angela Chalmers CAN4:13.945.Elena Fidatov ROM4:14.346.Małgorzata Rydz POL4:14.757.Gwen Griffiths RSA 19284:14.818.Annette Peters USA4:15.159.Harumi Hiroyama JPN4:19.6710.Vera Chuvashova RUS 19914:21.3311.Lyudmila Derevyankina KGZ4:28.39 –Karolina Tanona FIJDNS –Alia Al Matari JORDNS RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Liu Dong CHN4:04.362.Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 19914:07.523.Fabia Trabaldo ITA4:07.954.Carla Sacramento POR4:08.325.Violeta Szekely ROM4:08.826.Leah Pells CAN4:08.977.Sandra Gasser SUI4:11.758.Andrea Sollárová SVK4:14.479.Soraya Telles BRA4:18.6710.Gina Procaccio USA4:29.1711.Shirley Cespedes CRC4:42.1512.Martha Portobanco NCA4:56.22 –Simone Weidner GERDNF See also 1990 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic 1500 metres (Barcelona) 1994 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Helsinki) 1995 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Gothenburg) References Results Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships