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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Mary Stewart
 England
Christine Benning
 England
Penny Werthner
 Canada

Results

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Heats

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Held on 11 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mary Stewart  England 4:15.88 Q
2 2 Penny Werthner  Canada 4:16.40 Q
3 1 Christine McMeekin  Scotland 4:16.99 Q
4 1 Alison Wright  New Zealand 4:17.03 Q
5 1 Wayua Kiteti  Kenya 4:17.11 Q
6 1 Christine Benning  England 4:17.19 Q
7 2 Angela Cook  Australia 4:17.45 Q
8 2 Anne Kiprop  Kenya 4:17.54 Q
9 1 Francine Gendron  Canada 4:17.58 Q
10 1 Christina Boxer  England 4:17.90 q
11 2 Hilary Hollick  Wales 4:18.36 Q
12 2 Margaret Coomber  Scotland 4:18.95 q
13 2 Rose Thompson  Kenya 4:20.98
14 2 Ruth Issack  Tanzania 4:20.98
15 1 Mwinga Mwanjala  Tanzania 4:21.37
16 1 Carmen Compton  Australia 4:22.61
17 1 Debbie Scott  Canada 4:24.36
18 2 Pamela Reece  Northern Ireland 4:41.46
19 1 Gladys Konadu  Ghana 4:43.08
20 1 Theodora Corea  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4:53.71
21 2 Kandasamy Jayamani  Singapore 4:58.52
22 1 Beatrice Delancy  Turks and Caicos Islands 5:06.90
2 Hannah Bantamoi  Sierra Leone DNS

Final

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Held on 12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mary Stewart  England 4:06.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christine Benning  England 4:07.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Penny Werthner  Canada 4:08.14
4 Christine McMeekin  Scotland 4:12.43
5 Hilary Hollick  Wales 4:12.72
6 Alison Wright  New Zealand 4:12.93
7 Francine Gendron  Canada 4:16.88
8 Angela Cook  Australia 4:17.30
9 Wayua Kiteti  Kenya 4:18.72
10 Anne Kiprop  Kenya 4:23.17
11 Christina Boxer  England 4:26.14
12 Margaret Coomber  Scotland 4:26.28

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-25.