1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 23 August.

Medalists edit

Gold	Svetlana Masterkova Russia
Silver	Carla Sacramento Portugal
Bronze	Anita Weyermann Switzerland

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Elena Buhăianu	Romania	4:08.11	Q, PB
2	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:08.33	Q
3	1	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:08.34	Q
4	1	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:08.54	Q
5	2	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:08.62	Q
6	1	Judit Varga	Hungary	4:08.83	q, PB
7	2	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:08.88	Q
8	1	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:08.93	q
9	2	Anna Jakubczak	Poland	4:09.36	Q
10	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:09.54	Q
11	2	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:09.62	q
12	1	Olga Komyagina	Russia	4:09.81	q
13	1	Luminita Zaituc	Germany	4:10.08
14	2	Olena Gorodnycheva	Ukraine	4:10.21
15	2	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:11.79
16	2	Brigitta Tusai	Hungary	4:12.11
17	2	Frederique Quentin	France	4:17.00
18	1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	4:17.29
	1	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:11.91
	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:12.62
	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:13.06
4	Anna Jakubczak	Poland	4:13.33
5	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:14.66
6	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:15.00
7	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:15.04
8	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:15.10
9	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:15.38
10	Elena Buhăianu	Romania	4:15.48
11	Olga Komyagina	Russia	4:15.73
12	Judit Varga	Hungary	4:18.25