2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

None August 2015 Women's 1500 metres 2015 World Championships Women's 1500 m podium Beijing 2015.jpg Beijing National Stadium 22 August (heats)23 August (semifinals)25 August (final) 35 20 4:08.09 Genzebe Dibaba ETH Faith Kipyegon KEN Sifan Hassan NED 2013 2017 The women's 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22, 23 and 25 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list Summary Abeba Aregawi of Sweden entered as the defending champion, although her preparations that year were hampered by injury. In contrast, the world-leading athlete that season Genzebe Dibaba had broken the long-standing world record for the event the previous month.Aregawi has an air of optimism. European Athletics (2015-08-14). Retrieved on 2015-08-16. The semi-finals were definitely a contrast with the second semi run eight seconds faster than the first, still no favorites were left behind. From the gun in the final, the field seemed to drop back in unison, leaving Americans Shannon Rowbury and Jennifer Simpson out front. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/1500-metres/final WOMEN'S 1500M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 25 August 2015 iaaf.org 26 August 2015 With no guidance, the two jogged through a 1:17.06 first lap. As the slow pace continued, the overwhelming favorite Dibaba jogged up to the outside of Simpson's shoulder. With just over 2 laps to go, Dibaba took the lead and turned it into an 800-meter race, her first 100 metres of acceleration bringing the second lap time down to 68.58. Simpson tried to chase but Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon, Aregawi and Dawit Seyaum overtook her chasing Dibaba. Dibaba's penultimate lap was 57.9 with Sifan Hassan moving forward, with Chepngetich, then Seyaum continuing to chase and Aregawi falling back. Hassan passed Chepngetich through the final turn and the battle became for the silver medal. With Dibaba pulling away, Hassan couldn't hold her speed. Drifting to the outside of the lane, she gave space for Chepngetich to move through back into second place. Dibaba slowed as she celebrated crossing the finish line arms raised above her head, still her final 800 metres was 1:57.3, only Eunice Sum had run an 800 metres race that fast in 2015. Even Hassan, who was at the back of the pack when the kick started ran faster than any other woman had run an 800 in 2015 by running a 1:57.6.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/25/genzebe-dibaba-1500m-world-athletics-championships Genzebe Dibaba storms to 1500m win at world championships 25 August 2015 Guardian 26 August 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/1500-metres/outdoor/women Records & Lists – 1500 meters IAAF 14 August 2015 World recordGenzebe Dibaba ETH3:50.07Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015Championship recordTatyana Tomashova RUS3:58.52Paris, France31 August 2003World leadingGenzebe Dibaba ETH3:50.07Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015African recordAsian recordQu Yunxia CHN3:50.46Beijing, China11 September 1993NACAC recordShannon Rowbury USA3:56.29Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015South American recordLetitia Vriesde SUR4:05.67Tokyo, Japan31 August 1991European recordTatyana Kazankina URS3:52.47Zürich, Switzerland13 August 1980Oceanian recordSarah Jamieson AUS4:00.93Stockholm, Sweden25 July 2006 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 17 August 2015 4:06.50 (mile: 4:25.20) Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 11:15 Heats23 August 2015 20:45 Semifinals25 August 2015 20:35 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Heats Qualification: Best 6 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2015 World 4:02.59 Q 2 3 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2015 World 4:02.77 Q 3 3 Rababe Arafi MAR 2015 World 4:04.17 Q 4 1 Besu Sado ETH 2015 World 4:05.39 Q 5 1 Laura Muir GBR 2015 World 4:05.53 Q 6 3 Maureen Koster NED 2015 World 4:05.55 Q 7 1 Nancy Chepkwemoi KEN 2015 World 4:05.65 Q 8 1 Shannon Rowbury USA 2015 World 4:05.66 Q 9 1 Betlhem Desalegn UAE 2015 World 4:05.73 Q, DQDoping 9 1 Anna Shchagina RUS 2015 World 4:05.78 Q 10 1 Lauren Johnson USA 2015 World 4:05.79 q 11 1 Malika Akkaoui MAR 2015 World 4:05.85 q 12 1 Renata Pliś POL 2015 World 4:05.89 q 13 3 Amela Terzić SRB 2015 World 4:06.07 Q 14 3 Laura Weightman GBR 2015 World 4:06.13 Q 15 3 Kerri Gallagher USA 2015 World 4:06.34 q 16 3 Sofia Ennaoui POL 2015 World 4:06.96 q 17 1 Muriel Coneo COL 2015 World 4:08.31 q, NR Colombian 18 3 Margherita Magnani ITA 2015 World 4:09.06 19 1 Melissa Duncan AUS 2015 World 4:09.29 20 3 Luiza Gega ALB 2015 World 4:09.36 21 2 Sifan Hassan NED 2015 World 4:09.52 Q 22 2 Dawit Seyaum ETH 2015 World 4:09.64 Q 23 2 Abeba Aregawi SWE 2015 World 4:10.77 Q 24 2 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 2015 World 4:10.79 Q 25 2 Jennifer Simpson USA 2015 World 4:10.91 Q 26 2 Angelika Cichocka POL 2015 World 4:11.08 Q 27 2 Viola Cheptoo Lagat KEN 2015 World 4:12.15 28 2 Nicole Sifuentes CAN 2015 World 4:12.82 29 3 Florina Pierdevară ROU 2015 World 4:13.76 30 2 Nikki Hamblin NZL 2015 World 4:16.65 31 1 Eliane Saholinirina MAD 2015 World 4:19.54 SB 32 2 Heidi See AUS 2015 World 4:20.65 33 2 Amina Bakhit SUD 2015 World 4:22.49 SB 34 2 Siham Hilali MAR 2015 World 9:99.99 DNF Semifinals Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2015 World 4:06.74 Q 2 2 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2015 World 4:06.88 Q 3 2 Laura Muir GBR 2015 World 4:07.95 Q 4 2 Rababe Arafi MAR 2015 World 4:08.19 Q 5 2 Jennifer Simpson USA 2015 World 4:08.20 Q 6 2 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 2015 World 4:08.72 q 7 2 Angelika Cichocka POL 2015 World 4:09.19 q 8 2 Lauren Johnson USA 2015 World 4:10.01 9 2 Maureen Koster NED 2015 World 4:10.95 10 2 Amela Terzić SRB 2015 World 4:13.92 11 2 Renata Pliś POL 2015 World 4:15.10 12 1 Sifan Hassan NED 2015 World 4:15.38 Q 13 1 Dawit Seyaum ETH 2015 World 4:15.46 Q 14 1 Abeba Aregawi SWE 2015 World 4:15.90 Q 15 1 Malika Akkaoui MAR 2015 World 4:16.61 Q 16 1 Shannon Rowbury USA 2015 World 4:16.64 Q 17 1 Sofia Ennaoui POL 2015 World 4:16.70 18 1 Besu Sado ETH 2015 World 4:17.17 19 1 Kerri Gallagher USA 2015 World 4:17.63 20 1 Anna Shchagina RUS 2015 World 4:17.82 21 1 Betlhem Desalegn UAE 2015 World 4:17.92 DQ 21 2 Muriel Coneo COL 2015 World 4:18.14 22 1 Nancy Chepkwemoi KEN 2015 World 4:18.15 23 1 Laura Weightman GBR 2015 World 9:99.99 DNS Final The final was started at 20:35.Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2015 World 4:08.09 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2015 World 4:08.96 Sifan Hassan NED 2015 World 4:09.34 04 4 Dawit Seyaum ETH 2015 World 4:10.26 05 5 Laura Muir GBR 2015 World 4:11.48 06 6 Abeba Aregawi SWE 2015 World 4:12.16 07 7 Shannon Rowbury USA 2015 World 4:12.39 08 8 Angelika Cichocka POL 2015 World 4:13.22 09 9 Rababe Arafi MAR 2015 World 4:13.66 10 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 2015 World 4:14.18 11 Jennifer Simpson USA 2015 World 4:16.28 12 Malika Akkaoui MAR 2015 World 4:16.98 References 1500 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