2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 29 June.

Medalists[]

Gold	Rabab Arafi  Morocco
Silver	Kenya
Bronze	Margaret Wangari Muriuki  Kenya

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	3:50.46	Beijing, PR China	11 September 1993
African record	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	3:55.30	Barcelona, Spain	8 August 1992
Championship record	Gelete Burka (ETH)	4:08.25	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2 May 2008
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record	Rabab Arafi (MAR)	4:05.80	Porto Novo, Benin	29 June 2012

Schedule[]

Results[]

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Rabab Arafi	Morocco	4:05.80	CR
		Kenya	4:06.22
	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	Kenya	4:06.50
4		Ethiopia	4:08.29
5	Janet Achola	Uganda	4:12.55
6		Ethiopia	4:13.15
7	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	4:19.51
8	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	4:20.31
9		Benin	4:53.25
10		Gabon	5:04.83
		Eritrea	DNS
		Ethiopia	DNS
	Mapaseka Makhanya	South Africa	DNS
		Sierra Leone	DNS
		Tanzania	DNS

References[]

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