2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:12.57
	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:13.59
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:14.32
4	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:14.72
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:16.08
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:16.18
7	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:16.39
8	Ji Siyu	China	4:17.32
9	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:18.68
10	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.14
11	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:22.55
12	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:25.43

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
2	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	4:21.16	Q
3	Tatyana Rasputina	Russia	4:21.27	Q
4	Katharina Splinter	Germany	4:21.70	Q
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:22.29	q
6	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	4:22.89	q
7	Katrina Wootton	United Kingdom	4:24.04
8	Kathryn Andersen	United States	4:24.77
9	Lemlem Bereket	Eritrea	4:25.68
10	Zita Mezei	Hungary	4:26.32

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:19.83	Q
2	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	4:20.34	Q
3	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	4:20.93	Q
4	Olesya Syreva	Russia	4:21.10	Q
5	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	4:21.80	q
6	Ji Siyu	China	4:21.84	q
7	Antje Möldner	Germany	4:23.66
8	Corina Dumbrăvean	Romania	4:26.61
9	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:32.93
10	Nicola Maye	Jamaica	4:40.61
11	Puseletso Khakae	Lesotho	4:50.29

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.