Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Olympic Stadium
Dates12 August 2016 (heats)
14 August 2016 (semifinals)
16 August 2016 (final)
Competitors42 from 25 nations
Winning time4:08.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jennifer Simpson
  United States
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    • The women's 1500 metres event at the

    Olympic Stadium.[1]

    Summary

    Jennifer Simpson, Brenda Martinez and Shannon Rowbury.[2] The 2012 Olympic champion Aslı Çakır Alptekin was absent due to a doping ban, as were five other finalists from 2012, a race ESPN
    "one of the dirtiest races in Olympic history."

    There were no surprise eliminations in the first round. Dawit Seyaum won the fastest heat in 4:05.33 minutes, with Kipyegon and Genzebe Dibaba being the other heat winners.[3]

    Many of these women were in the World Championship race and the world record run before it. They had a year to think about and prepare their way to beat Dibaba. The final started off in a walk for these athletes, the first lap in 1:16.57. Dibaba went almost to the back of the pack, with the last chaser in her previous major races,

    Jennifer Simpson, Hassan and Rowbury. Dawit Seyaum
    came up from behind to join the mix of leaders but all were fighting not to let Dibaba get away. At the bell, Kipyegon had gotten around Muir and was right on Dibaba's back, a gap had separated between Muir and the next chaser, Hassan. The third lap was run in 56.80. Both Dibaba and Kipyegon appeared to be in full sprint, but Kipyegon stuck to Dibaba like glue down the backstretch. Then with just over 200 to go, Kipyegon accelerated around Dibaba. Dibaba had no answer. Kipyegon continued to extend her lead on to the finish line. Behind them was the battle for bronze. With 150 to go, Hassan caught Muir but Simpson was right on her back and Rowbury was gaining from behind. Coming off the turn, Simpson went into her sprint, which left Hassan behind. Rowbury also ran past Hassan and followed Simpson to the line. Dibaba tied up badly going in to the finish, with Simpson rapidly gaining, but the finish line arrived for Dibaba faster than a sprinting Simpson could get there.

    Kipyegon ran her last 800 in 1:57.2, even faster than Dibaba ran her last 800 in Beijing.[4]

    The following evening the medals were presented by

    IAAF
    .

    Records

    Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

    World record
         		 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 3:50.07 Fontvieille, Monaco 17 July 2015
    Olympic record  Paula Ivan (ROU) 3:53.96 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988
    2016 World leading  
    Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
     (KEN)     		3:56.41 Eugene, United States 28 May 2016
    Area
    Time (s) Athlete Nation
    Africa (records) 3:50.07 WR Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia
    Asia (records) 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia  China
    Europe (records) 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union
    North, Central America
    and Caribbean (records
    )    		 3:56.29 Shannon Rowbury  United States
    Oceania (records) 4:00.93 Sarah Jamieson  Australia
    South America (records
    )    		 4:05.67 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname

    The following national record was established during the competition:

    Country Athlete Round Time Notes
    Nepal  Saraswati Bhattarai (NEP) Heats 4:33.94

    Schedule

    All times are

    UTC-3
    )

    Date Time Round
    Friday, 12 August 2016 20:30 Heats
    Sunday, 14 August 2016 21:30 Semifinals
    Tuesday, 16 August 2016 22:30 Finals

    Results

    Heats

    [5]

    Qualification rule: first 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

    Heat 1

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 4:10.61 Q
    2 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 4:11.51 Q
    3 Brenda Martinez  United States 4:11.74 Q
    4 Linden Hall  Australia 4:11.75 Q
    5 Angelika Cichocka  Poland 4:11.76 Q
    6 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 4:11.76 Q
    7 Hilary Stellingwerff  Canada 4:12.00
    8 Maureen Koster  Netherlands 4:13.15
    9 Siham Hilali  Morocco 4:13.46
    10 Amela Terzić  Serbia 4:15.17
    11 Nancy Chepkwemoi  Kenya 4:15.41
    12 Marta Pen  Portugal 4:18.53
    13 Saraswati Bhattarai  Nepal 4:33.94 NR
    14 Celma Bonfim da Graça  São Tomé and Príncipe 4:38.86

    Heat 2

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 4:06.64 Q
    2
    Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
    		  Kenya 4:06.65 Q
    3 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 4:06.90 Q
    4
    Jennifer Simpson
    		  United States 4:06.99 Q
    5 Malika Akkaoui  Morocco 4:07.42 Q, SB
    6 Besu Sado  Ethiopia 4:08.11 Q
    7 Laura Weightman  Great Britain 4:08.37 q
    8 Jenny Blundell  Australia 4:09.05 q
    9
    Gabriela Stafford
    		  Canada 4:09.45
    10 Muriel Coneo  Colombia 4:09.50
    11 Tigist Gashaw  Bahrain 4:10.96
    12
    Florina Pierdevara
    		  Romania 4:11.55 SB
    13 Nikki Hamblin  New Zealand 4:11.88
    14
    Anjelina Nadai Lohalith
    		  Refugee Olympic Team 4:47.38

    Heat 3

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 4:05.33 Q
    2 Shannon Rowbury  United States 4:06.47 Q
    3 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4:06.53 Q
    4 Rababe Arafi  Morocco 4:06.63 Q
    5 Meraf Bahta  Sweden 4:06.82 Q
    6 Zoe Buckman  Australia 4:06.93 Q
    7 Nicole Sifuentes  Canada 4:07.43 q
    8
    Violah Cheptoo Lagat
    		  Kenya 4:08.09 q
    9 Danuta Urbanik  Poland 4:08.67 q
    10 Diana Sujew  Germany 4:09.07 q
    11 Margherita Magnani  Italy 4:09.74
    12 Kadra Mohamed Dembil  Djibouti 4:42.67
    13 Nelia Martins  East Timor 5:00.53
    Betthem Desalegn
    		  United Arab Emirates DNS

    Semifinals

    Semifinals 1

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1
    Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
    		  Kenya 4:03.95 Q
    2 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 4:04.23 Q
    3 Shannon Rowbury  United States 4:04.46 Q, SB
    4 Besu Sado  Ethiopia 4:05.19 Q
    5 Laura Weightman  Great Britain 4:05.28 Q
    6 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 4:05.29 q
    7 Rababe Arafi  Morocco 4:05.60 q
    8 Linden Hall  Australia 4:05.81
    9 Zoe Buckman  Australia 4:06.95
    10 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 4:07.26
    11 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 4:08.07
    12 Brenda Martinez  United States 4:10.41

    Semifinals 2

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 4:03.06 Q
    2 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 4:03.62 Q
    3 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4:04.16 Q
    4
    Jennifer Simpson
    		  United States 4:05.07 Q
    5 Meraf Bahta  Sweden 4:06.41 Q
    6
    Violah Cheptoo Lagat
    		  Kenya 4:06.83
    7 Nicole Sifuentes  Canada 4:08.53
    8 Malika Akkaoui  Morocco 4:08.55
    9 Diana Sujew  Germany 4:10.15
    10 Danuta Urbanik  Poland 4:11.34
    11 Jenny Blundell  Australia 4:13.25
    12 Angelika Cichocka  Poland 4:17.83

    Final

    Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
    1st place, gold medalist(s)
    Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
    		  Kenya 4:08.92
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 4:10.27
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
    Jennifer Simpson
    		  United States 4:10.53
    4 Shannon Rowbury  United States 4:11.05
    5 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 4:11.23
    6 Meraf Bahta  Sweden 4:12.59
    7 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4:12.88
    8 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 4:13.14
    9 Besu Sado  Ethiopia 4:13.58
    10 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 4:14.72
    11 Laura Weightman  Great Britain 4:14.95
    12 Rababe Arafi  Morocco 4:15.16

    References

    1. ^ "Women's 1500m". Rio 2016 Organisation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
    2. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-08-09). Preview: women's 1500m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-12.
    3. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-08-13). Report: women's 1500m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
    4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    5. ^ "Women's 1500m: Heats". IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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