Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kirsty Wade Wales	Debbie Bowker Canada	Lynn Williams Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	4:11.82	Q
2	2	Christina Boxer	England	4:12.32	Q
3	2	Lynne MacDougall	Scotland	4:13.07	Q
4	2	Lynn Williams	Canada	4:13.49	Q
5	2	Anne Hare	New Zealand	4:14.44	q
6	2	Suzanne Morley	England	4:18.89	q
7	2	Sian Pilling	Isle of Man	4:24.76
8	1	Debbie Bowker	Canada	4:26.72	Q
9	1	Kirsty Wade	Wales	4:27.20	Q
10	1	Penny Just	Australia	4:27.69	Q
11	1	Christine Pfitzinger	New Zealand	4:27.70	Q
12	1	Gillian Dainty	England	4:28.04
13	1	Christine Whittingham	Scotland	4:33.01
14	1	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	4:46.43
15	2	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	4:48.60
	1	Brit McRoberts	Canada	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kirsty Wade	Wales	4:10.91
	Debbie Bowker	Canada	4:11.94
	Lynn Williams	Canada	4:12.66
4	Christina Boxer	England	4:12.84
5	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	4:14.36
6	Christine Pfitzinger	New Zealand	4:16.81
7	Penny Just	Australia	4:17.13
8	Lynne MacDougall	Scotland	4:17.25
9	Anne Hare	New Zealand	4:17.56
10	Suzanne Morley	England	4:26.96