1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

1999 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men	women
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
20 km 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 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999.^[1][2]

Gold	Lidia Chojecka  Poland
Silver	Yelena Zadorozhnaya  Russia
Bronze	Anca Safta  Romania

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:07.86	CR
	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:09.03
	Anca Safta	Romania	4:09.78
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:10.65
5	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:13.79
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:13.93
7	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:14.00
8	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:15.61
9	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:17.63
10	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:19.00
	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	DNF
	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	DNF

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:15.67	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4:16.10	Q
3	Anca Safta	Romania	4:17.19	Q
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:17.61	Q
5	Yuliya Kumpan	Ukraine	4:17.79	q
6	Cristina Valcarcel	Spain	4:18.36	q
7	Rasa Michniovaitė	Lithuania	4:20.38
8	Endija Rezgale	Latvia	4:21.93
9	Maria Lynch	Ireland	4:22.01

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	4:14.85	Q
2	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:14.99	Q
3	Maria Cioncan	Romania	4:15.37	Q
4	Rocío Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.08	Q
5	Kristin Ahlepil	Sweden	4:16.80	q
6	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:16.98	q
7	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:20.28
8	Susan Scott	Great Britain	4:21.44

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.