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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Date Started: August 5, 1992
Date Finished: August 5, 1992
Format: Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Hassiba Boulmerka |
| Silver: | Lyudmila Rogachova |
| Bronze: | Qu Yunxia |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | 24 | Algeria | ALG | 4:09.91 | QU |
| 2 | Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh | 30 | Unified Team | EUN | 4:09.94 | QU |
| 3 | Paula Schnurr | 28 | Canada | CAN | 4:09.99 | QU |
| 4 | Elena Fidatov | 32 | Romania | ROU | 4:10.00 | QU |
| 5 | Carla Sacramento | 20 | Portugal | POR | 4:10.01 | QU |
| 6 | Liu Li | 21 | China | CHN | 4:10.08 | QU |
| 7 | Marie-Pierre Duros | 25 | France | FRA | 4:10.14 | QC |
| 8 | Maxine Newman | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:15.16 | |
| 9 | Simone Meier | 26 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:15.64 | |
| 10 | Susan Sirma | 26 | Kenya | KEN | 4:17.73 | |
| 11 | Suzy Favor-Hamilton | 23 | United States | USA | 4:22.36 | |
| 12 | Laurence Niyonsaba | 19 | Rwanda | RWA | 4:24.87 | |
| 13 | Bigna Samuel | 26 | Saint Vincent | VIN | 4:33.41 | |
| 14 | Mantokoane Pitso | 17 | Lesotho | LES | 4:39.96 | |
| 15 | Rosemary Turare | 28 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 5:10.52 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maite Zúñiga | 27 | Spain | ESP | 4:07.82 | QU |
| 2 | Doina Beşliu-Melinte | 35 | Romania | ROU | 4:08.58 | QU |
| 3 | Małgorzata Rydz | 25 | Poland | POL | 4:09.47 | QU |
| 4 | Lyudmila Rogachova | 25 | Unified Team | EUN | 4:09.54 | QU |
| 5 | Letitia Vriesde | 27 | Suriname | SUR | 4:10.63 | QU |
| 6 | Debbie Scott-Bowker | 33 | Canada | CAN | 4:11.27 | QU |
| 7 | Regina Jacobs | 28 | United States | USA | 4:13.87 | QC |
| 8 | Sriyani Dhammika Manike | 22 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 4:26.22 | |
| 9 | Carol Galea | 29 | Malta | MLT | 4:33.41 | |
| 10 | Rosalie Gangué | 17 | Chad | CHA | 5:06.31 | |
| AC | Ann Williams | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | DQ | |
| AC | Fabia Trabaldo | 20 | Italy | ITA | QC/DNF | |
| AC | Maria Akraka | 26 | Sweden | SWE | QC/DNF | |
| AC | Ellen Kießling | 24 | Germany | GER | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qu Yunxia | 19 | China | CHN | 4:07.40 | QU |
| 2 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | 40 | Unified Team | EUN | 4:07.55 | QU |
| 3 | Maria Mutola | 19 | Mozambique | MOZ | 4:07.59 | QU |
| 4 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | 27 | Romania | ROU | 4:07.60 | QU |
| 5 | Sonia O'Sullivan | 22 | Ireland | IRL | 4:07.70 | QU |
| 6 | Angela Chalmers | 28 | Canada | CAN | 4:07.75 | QU |
| 7 | Theresia Kiesl | 28 | Austria | AUT | 4:07.81 | QC |
| 8 | Kirsty Wade | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:08.30 | QC |
| 9 | Anna Brzezińska | 21 | Poland | POL | 4:08.35 | QC |
| 10 | PattiSue Plumer | 30 | United States | USA | 4:09.47 | QC |
| 11 | Gete Urge | 21 | Ethiopia | ETH | 4:18.09 | |
| 12 | Khin Khin Htwe | 29 | Myanmar | MYA | 4:18.81 | |
| 13 | Brigitte Nganaye | 18 | Central African Republic | CAF | 4:33.57 | |
| 14 | Ana Isabel Elias | 26 | Angola | ANG | 4:33.66 |