Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

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

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

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

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