1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Carla Sacramento Portugal	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia	Małgorzata Rydz Poland

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:14.20	Q
2	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:14.35	Q
3	1	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:14.40	Q
4	1	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:14.44	q
5	2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:15.75	Q
6	1	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	4:16.06	q
7	2	Simona Ionescu	Romania	4:16.15	Q
8	2	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:16.71	Q
9	1	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:17.82	q
10	2	Yelena Bychukovskaya	Belarus	4:18.05
11	2	Cristina Petite	Spain	4:18.31
12	2	Debbie Gunning	Great Britain	4:18.32
13	2	Freda Davoren	Ireland	4:20.54
14	1	Anila Kasati-Mekshi	Albania	4:24.18

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:08.95
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Russia	4:09.65
	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:10.50
4	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	4:10.56
5	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:12.61
6	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:13.34
7	Frédérique Quentin	France	4:13.92
8	Simona Ionescu	Romania	4:16.19
	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	DNF

1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships
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