| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susan Sirma |
KEN
|
4:04.94 Q |
| 2 | Debbie Scott-Bowker |
CAN
|
4:05.07 Q |
| 3 | PattiSue Plumer |
USA
|
4:05.08 Q |
| 4 | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich |
URS
|
4:05.53 Q |
| 5 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely |
ROU
|
4:05.77 q |
| 6 | Yvonne Mai-Graham |
GER
|
4:06.09 q |
| 7 | Kirsty Wade |
GBR
|
4:07.22 q |
| 8 | Yvonne van der Kolk |
NED
|
4:07.39 |
| 9 | Christine Pfitzinger |
NZL
|
4:08.43 |
| 10 | Khin Khin Htwe |
MYA
|
4:12.21 |
| 11 | Estela Estevez |
ESP
|
4:13.93 |
| 12 | Snezana Pajkic |
YUG
|
4:14.20 |
| 13 | Lijuan Zheng |
CHN
|
4:14.95 |
| Dawn Williams-Sewer |
DMA
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka |
ALG
|
4:08.20 Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Rogachova |
URS
|
4:08.34 Q |
| 3 | Letitia Vriesde |
SUR
|
4:08.46 Q |
| 4 | Elena Fidatov |
ROU
|
4:08.81 Q |
| 5 | Christina Boxer-Cahill |
GBR
|
4:09.01 |
| 6 | Darcy LANGE |
USA
|
4:13.08 |
| 7 | Ivana Kubesova |
TCH
|
4:14.69 |
| 8 | Leah Pells |
CAN
|
4:14.82 |
| 9 | Aisling Molloy |
IRL
|
4:16.61 |
| 10 | Veronique Pongerard |
FRA
|
4:16.87 |
| 11 | Bigna Samuel |
VIN
|
4:29.42 |
| 12 | Angelina Mantokoane Pitso |
LES
|
4:42.79 |
| Sandra Gasser |
SUI
|
DNF | |
| Ana Isabel Elias |
ANG
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doina Melinte |
ROU
|
4:08.78 Q |
| 2 | Ellen Kiessling |
GER
|
4:09.23 Q |
| 3 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh |
URS
|
4:09.25 Q |
| 4 | Malgorzata Rydz |
POL
|
4:09.31 Q |
| 5 | Gabriella Dorio |
ITA
|
4:09.34 |
| 6 | Irini Theodoridou |
GRE
|
4:11.14 |
| 7 | Karin Medin |
SWE
|
4:11.23 |
| 8 | Robyn Meagher |
CAN
|
4:12.47 |
| 9 | Suzy Favor Hamilton |
USA
|
4:15.54 |
| 10 | Jana Kucerikova |
TCH
|
4:15.69 |
| 11 | Tuuli Merikoski-Silius |
FIN
|
4:17.57 |
| 12 | Edith Nakiyingi |
UGA
|
4:25.43 |
| 13 | Rosalie Bague Peng Gangue |
CHA
|
4:54.41 |
| Pauline Konga |
KEN
|
DNS |