2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

None Women's 1500 metres European Athletics Championships The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July. The dirtiest race in history In this race, the first four classified were disqualified for doping, meaning the medals went to the athletes who reached the finish line in 5th to 7th place.http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/the-dirtiest-race-in-history/ The dirtiest race in history? sportsintegrityinitiative.com In this race, both Alptekin and Bulut finished first and second respectively, while the Ukraine’s Anna Mischenko, who finished third, and Russia’s Ekaterina Ishova, who finished fourth, have both since been disqualified by the IAAF for an ADRV and abnormal ABP results respectively. Should the reports around Bulut’s possible infringement prove correct, it would mean that Spain’s Nuria Fernández, who originally finished fifth, would be crowned champion. 29 August 2018 On 25 February 2016, the IAAF announced that Mischenko, the silver medal winner, had been found to have irregularities in her biological passport. She was banned from competition for two years until 17 August 2017, and all her results since June 28, 2012 were deleted from the records, including the silver medal won in this event.Positive cases in athletics iaaf.org 19 February 2016 After the disqualifications, Nuria Fernández of Spain was declared the winner of the event. Medalists Gold Nuria FernándezSpainSilver Diana SujewGermanyBronze Tereza ČapkováCzech Republic Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordQu Yunxia CHN3:50.46Beijing, China11 September 1993European recordTatyana Kazankina URS3:52.47Zürich, Switzerland13 August 1980Championship recordTatyana Tomashova RUS3:56.91Gothenburg, Sweden13 August 2006World LeadingAbeba Aregawi ETH3:56.54Rome, Italy31 May 2012European LeadingSvetlana Podosyonova RUS3:59.61Moscow, Russia13 June 2012 Schedule Date Time Round 30 June 2012 12:10 Round 1 1 July 2012 16:10 Final Results Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 99 DQ 1 Anna Mishchenko 4:08.95 Q, Doping 99 DQ 1 Aslı Çakır Alptekin 4:09.44 Q, Doping 99 DQ 1 Kristina Khaleyeva 4:09.69 Q, Doping 2 1 Isabel Macías 4:10.06 Q 3 1 Tereza Čapková 4:10.22 q 4 1 Diana Sujew 4:10.72 q 99 DQ 2 Ekaterina Gorbunova 4:11.58 Q, Doping 5 2 Corinna Harrer 4:11.59 Q 99 DQ 2 Gamze Bulut 4:11.68 Q, Doping 6 2 Nuria Fernández 4:11.77 Q 7 2 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim 4:11.97 q 8 1 Marina Munćan 4:12.33 q 9 2 Luiza Gega 4:12.54 10 1 Hind Dehiba 4:12.79 SB 11 1 Denise Krebs 4:12.85 12 1 Ioana Doaga 4:13.73 13 1 Angelika Cichocka 4:14.59 14 2 Johanna Lehtinen 4:14.83 SB 15 2 Iris Fuentes-Pila 4:15.95 16 2 Sonja Roman 4:16.68 99 DQ 2 Anzhela Shevchenko 4:17.41 Doping 17 1 Ciara Mageean 4:19.23 18 2 Tuğba Karakaya 4:19.58 SB 19 2 Orla Drumm 4:19.61 20 2 Lidia Chojecka 4:20.66 21 1 Charlene Thomas 9:99.99 DQ Stepping off the track Final Rank Name Nationality Time Note 99 DQ Aslı Çakır Alptekin 4:05.31 Doping 99 DQ Gamze Bulut 4:06.04 Doping 99 DQ Anna Mishchenko 4:07.74 Doping 99 DQ Ekaterina Gorbunova 4:08.63 Doping Nuria Fernández 4:08.80 SB Diana Sujew 4:09.28 Tereza Čapková 4:10.17 99 DQ Kristina Khaleyeva 4:10.26 Doping 04 4 Corinna Harrer 4:10.38 05 5 Isabel Macías 4:11.12 06 6 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim 4:13.32 07 7 Marina Munćan 4:15.63 References Round 1 Results https://web.archive.org/web/20150226003419/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2012/Helsinki/pdf/re1130063.pdf 2015-02-26 Final Results https://web.archive.org/web/20150208155651/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2012/Helsinki/pdf/re1130040.pdf 2015-02-08 European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 Full results Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships