1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lan Lixin	China	4:10.05
	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	4:11.97
	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:12.76
4	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:13.14
5	Song Liqing	China	4:13.76
6	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.20
7	Benita Willis	Australia	4:16.75
8	Iona Oltean	Romania	4:16.79
9	Malgorzata Bury	Poland	4:17.14
10	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:20.44
11	Hisae Yoshimatsu	Japan	4:20.84
12	Sonja Stolić	Yugoslavia	4:21.43

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	4:15.74	Q
2	Song Liqing	China	4:15.88	Q
3	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	4:16.10	Q
4	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:16.23	Q
5	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	4:16.59	q
6	Malgorzata Bury	Poland	4:17.22	q
7	Benita Willis	Australia	4:18.25	q
8	Sonja Stolić	Yugoslavia	4:21.19	q
9	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:21.72
10	Kattell Villain	France	4:25.67
11	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	4:26.80
12	Diala El-Chabi	Lebanon	4:52.53

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:20.50	Q
2	Lan Lixin	China	4:20.53	Q
3	Iona Oltean	Romania	4:20.58	Q
4	Hisae Yoshimatsu	Japan	4:20.99	Q
5	René Kalmer	South Africa	4:22.75
6	Melanie Schulz	Germany	4:23.05
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:27.11
8	Ljiljana Culibrk	Croatia	4:30.18
9	Tinneke Boonen	Belgium	4:34.00
10	Genet Teka	Ethiopia	4:36.17
11	Zalia Aliou	Togo	4:36.64
12	Daniela Kuleska	North Macedonia	4:44.56

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.