Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Women's 1500 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christina Boxer England	Gillian Dainty England	Lorraine Moller New Zealand

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kim Lock	Wales	4:15.12	Q
2	1	Gillian Dainty	England	4:15.25	Q
3	1	Geri Fitch	Canada	4:15.36	Q
4	1	Justina Chepchirchir	Kenya	4:16.09	Q
5	2	Christina Boxer	England	4:16.32	Q
6	1	Dianne Rodger	New Zealand	4:16.87	q
7	2	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	4:17.45	Q
8	2	Hilary Hollick	Wales	4:17.72	Q
9	2	Kathryn Pilling	England	4:18.02	Q
10	2	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	4:18.36	q
11	1	Debbie Scott	Canada	4:18.90
12	2	Francine Gendron	Canada	4:22.06
13	1	Linah Cheruiyot	Kenya	4:22.79
14	1	Daphne Stevens-Grehan	Australia	4:25.00
15	2	Megan Sloane	Australia	4:30.51
16	1	Jenny Overall	New Zealand	4:33.23
17	2	Salitia Muga	Papua New Guinea	5:01.68
	2	Mary Chepkemboi	Kenya	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christina Boxer	England	4:08.28
	Gillian Dainty	England	4:10.80
	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	4:12.67
4	Dianne Rodger	New Zealand	4:13.10
5	Geri Fitch	Canada	4:13.40
6	Kim Lock	Wales	4:14.02
7	Kathryn Pilling	England	4:14.86
8	Hilary Hollick	Wales	4:15.69
9	Justina Chepchirchir	Kenya	4:15.86
10	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	4:16.59

References

• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine