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

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Women's 1500 metres
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Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Women's 1500m took place.
VenueOlympic 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 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–16 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Summary[]

Genzebe Dibaba, the world record holder and the 2015 World Champion had an injury affected outdoor season, though she was still the fourth fastest entrant. Faith Kipyegon, the 2015 World runner-up, was the form athlete before the Olympics, being unbeaten and owning the two fastest times for the season – a Kenyan record of 3:56.41 minutes. Laura Muir's British record placed her second on the seasonal rankings. Other top entrants included Ethiopians Dawit Seyaum and Besu Sado, Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan, and American former world medallists 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, Sifan Hassan watching her back and only Laura Muir trailing. Shannon Rowbury was relegated to the unwanted leader duties until Laura Weightman moved forward near the end of the lap. After the slow first lap, even Muir tired of jogging at the back and moved forward, but not Dibaba and Hassan. By the steeplechase pit, 550 metres into the race, Dibaba ran a few quicker steps and moved to the outside, foretelling her move. Over the next 150 metres, Dibaba floated forward with ease, Hassan following. Over the next 100 metres, Dibaba cruised to the front, with each of the key figures in the race recognizing she had passed and scrambling to follow. With a lap and a half to go, Muir was tight on Dibaba's shoulder, followed by Faith Kipyegon, Besu Sado, 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 Dagmawit Girmay Berhane, IOC member, Ethiopia and Nawal El Moutawakel, Council Member of the 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 Brasilia Time (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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Women's 1500m: Heats". IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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