2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

None March 2016 Women's 1500 metres 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships Oregon Convention Center March 18 (heats)March 19 (final) 20 15 4:04.96 Sifan Hassan NED Dawit Seyaum ETH Gudaf Tsegay ETH 2014 2018 thumb|110px|6Ug0YJ5lQrc Official Video The women's 1500 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/timetable/bydiscipline/women/1500-metres IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable March 16, 2016 IAAFStart list Ethiopia managed to put three athletes into this final, but the early leader was Melissa Duncan who broke away for the first three laps. The peloton was not concerned until just before the 1 km mark, when Sifan Hassan made a move forward. That move was taken seriously with the Ethiopians, Brenda Martinez and Violah Lagat all scrambling to line up behind her. But after assuming the lead, Hassan didn't try to accelerate, instead slowing the pace while the pack jostled for position behind her, with the tiring Duncan in the middle as yet another obstacle. With two laps to go, Hassan accelerated again, this time breaking away from the pack. At the bell only Dawit Seyaum and Gudaf Tsegay were able to stay with her. Along the back stretch and through the final turn, Seyaum pulled onto Hassan's outside shoulder with the obvious intent to pass her coming off the turn. Instead, Hassan just accelerated away from Seyaum to take the gold. Results Heats Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 4:07.28 Q 2 2 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia 4:07.98 Q 3 1 Dawit Seyaum Ethiopia 4:09.05 Q 4 2 Danuta Urbanik Poland 4:09.41 Q, SB 5 1 Axumawit Embaye Ethiopia 4:09.43 Q 6 1 Brenda Martinez United States 4:09.75 Q 7 2 Melissa Duncan Australia 4:10.40 q 8 1 Renata Pliś Poland 4:10.44 q 9 1 Violah Cheptoo Lagat Kenya 4:10.77 q, SB 10 1 Rababe Arafi Morocco 4:10.82 11 1 Kristiina Mäki Czech Republic 4:11.28 PB 12 2 Gabriela Stafford Canada 4:11.46 SB 13 2 Cory McGee United States 4:11.62 14 1 Sarah Lahti Sweden 4:11.68 PB 15 2 Claudia Bobocea Romania 4:12.38 16 2 Luiza Gega Albania 4:16.12 17 1 Rose-Anne Galligan Ireland 4:16.84 18 1 Nicole Sifuentes Canada 4:17.24 SB 19 2 Beatha Nishimwe Rwanda 4:19.39 NR 20 2 Tamara Armoush Jordan 4:37.61 NR Final The final was started on March 19 at 19:18.Final results thumb|350px|right|The medalists (left to right): Dawit Seyaum, Sifan Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sifan Hassan Netherlands 4:04.96 Dawit Seyaum Ethiopia 4:05.30 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia 4:05.71 4 Axumawit Embaye Ethiopia 4:09.37 5 Brenda Martinez United States 4:09.57 6 Melissa Duncan Australia 4:09.69 7 Renata Pliś Poland 4:10.14 8 Violah Cheptoo Lagat Kenya 4:10.45 SB 9 Danuta Urbanik Poland 4:12.59 References 1500 metres Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships