2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
Gold medalist Abeba Aregawi
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates11 August (heats)
13 August (semifinals)
15 August (final)
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Winning time4:02.67
Medalists
gold medal Abeba Aregawi
 Sweden (SWE)
silver medal Jennifer Simpson
 United States (USA)
bronze medal Hellen Onsando Obiri
 Kenya (KEN)
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 11th, 13th and 15th of August.[1]

From the start of the final, two Americans, defending champion Jennifer Simpson and super high-schooler Mary Cain bracketed the field and closed to fill in the front of the pack. But most of the pack stayed in close order formation throughout with much jockeying for position and flying elbows. Cain tried to stay on the curb but kept getting moved back as new suitors moved forward then fell back. Zoe Buckman came forward then went to the curb to suffer the same fate ahead of Cain. Throughout world leader Abeba Aregawi hovered near the front but not passing Simpson. With 300 to go, Aregawi went around Simpson and made a break for it. But Simpson and the rest of the pack didn't go away. Just 100 meters later, Simpson looked like she would go by, but Aregawi wouldn't let her by. Then Hellen Onsando Obiri moved up with momentum, but couldn't make her way around either of them. Aregawi gained a couple of steps around the final turn, but Simpson came back to make it a close finish. Obiri lost ground but held on to keep the bronze. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon tried to hang on to her teammate but Hannah England made an impressive run from back in the pack to pass her on the inside to get fourth.[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

World record  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46 Beijing, People's Republic of China 11 September 1993
Championship record  Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) 3:58.52 Paris, France 31 August 2003
World Leading  Abeba Aregawi (SWE) 3:56.60 Paris, France 10 May 2013
African Record  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 3:55.30 Barcelona, Spain 8 August 1992
Asian Record  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46 Beijing, People's Republic of China 11 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Mary Slaney (USA) 3:57.12 Stockholm, Sweden 26 July 1983
South American record  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 4:05.67 Tokyo, Japan 31 August 1991
European Record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:52.47 Zürich, Switzerland 13 August 1980
Oceanian record  Sarah Jamieson (AUS) 4:00.93 Stockholm, Sweden 25 July 2006

Qualification standards

A time[4] B time
4:05.50 4:09.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
11 August 2013 10:25 Heats
13 August 2013 20:40 Semifinals
15 August 2013 21:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: Q Qualified q Fastest non-qualifiers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:06.78 Q
2 3 Hellen Onsando Obiri  Kenya (KEN) 4:06.98 Q
3 2 Zoe Buckman  Australia (AUS) 4:06.99 Q
4 2 Jennifer Simpson  United States (USA) 4:07.16 Q
5 2 Yekaterina Sharmina  Russia (RUS) 4:07.17 DQ
6 1 Abeba Aregawi  Sweden (SWE) 4:07.66 Q
7 1 Siham Hilali  Morocco (MAR) 4:07.82 Q
8 2 Rababe Arafi  Morocco (MAR) 4:07.84 Q
9 1 Svetlana Podosenova  Russia (RUS) 4:07.87 Q
10 1 Nancy Langat  Kenya (KEN) 4:07.98 Q
11 3 Hannah England  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:08.05 Q
12 1 Renata Pliś  Poland (POL) 4:08.20 Q
13 1 Mary Cain  United States (USA) 4:08.21 Q
14 3 Yelena Korobkina  Russia (RUS) 4:08.33 DQ
15 3 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain (ESP) 4:08.44 Q
16 3 Nicole Sifuentes  Canada (CAN) 4:08.54 Q
17 3 Sonja Roman  Slovenia (SLO) 4:08.58 q
18 1 Kate van Buskirk  Canada (CAN) 4:08.65 q
19 2 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 4:08.66 Q
20 1 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 4:08.76 q
21 1 Maureen Koster  Netherlands (NED) 4:08.99 q
22 3 Sarah Brown  United States (USA) 4:09.00 q
23 3 Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco (MAR) 4:09.15 q
24 2 Mimi Belete  Bahrain (BHR) 4:09.27 Q
25 3 Diana Sujew  Germany (GER) 4:09.40
26 3 Ioana Doagă  Romania (ROM) 4:09.78
27 2 Sheila Reid  Canada (CAN) 4:10.90
28 2 Margherita Magnani  Italy (ITA) 4:11.15
29 1 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:11.26
30 2 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:11.41
31 2 Cory McGee  United States (USA) 4:12.33
32 2 Betlhem Desalegn  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4:12.97
33 1 Laura Weightman  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:14.38
34 1 Rosibel García  Colombia (COL) 4:15.38 NR
35 3 Tuğba Koyuncu  Turkey (TUR) 4:15.56
36 2 Eliane Saholinirina  Madagascar (MAD) 4:18.04 SB
37 1 Amela Terzić  Serbia (SRB) 4:27.89

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Zoe Buckman  Australia (AUS) 4:04.82 Q, PB
2 1 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 4:04.83 Q
3 1 Yelena Korobkina  Russia (RUS) 4:05.18 DQ
4 1 Mary Cain  United States (USA) 4:05.21 Q
5 1 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:05.23 Q
6 1 Nancy Langat  Kenya (KEN) 4:05.30 q
7 1 Siham Hilali  Morocco (MAR) 4:05.32 q
8 1 Svetlana Podosenova  Russia (RUS) 4:05.36
9 2 Abeba Aregawi  Sweden (SWE) 4:05.66 Q
10 2 Hellen Onsando Obiri  Kenya (KEN) 4:05.76 Q
11 2 Jennifer Simpson  United States (USA) 4:05.79 Q
12 1 Nicole Sifuentes  Canada (CAN) 4:06.30
13 2 Yekaterina Sharmina  Russia (RUS) 4:06.49 DQ
14 2 Hannah England  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:06.80 Q
15 2 Kate van Buskirk  Canada (CAN) 4:07.36 PB
16 2 Renata Pliś  Poland (POL) 4:08.02
17 1 Maureen Koster  Netherlands (NED) 4:08.15
18 1 Sonja Roman  Slovenia (SLO) 4:08.63
19 1 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 4:08.79
20 2 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain (ESP) 4:09.18
21 2 Rababe Arafi  Morocco (MAR) 4:09.86
22 2 Sarah Brown  United States (USA) 4:12.16
23 2 Mimi Belete  Bahrain (BHR) 4:14.22
2 Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco (MAR) DNF

Final

The final was started at 21:20.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abeba Aregawi  Sweden (SWE) 4:02.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Simpson  United States (USA) 4:02.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hellen Onsando Obiri  Kenya (KEN) 4:03.86
4 Hannah England  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:04.98
5 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 4:05.08
6 Zoe Buckman  Australia (AUS) 4:05.77
7 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:05.99
8 Nancy Langat  Kenya (KEN) 4:06.01
9 Mary Cain  United States (USA) 4:07.19
10 Siham Hilali  Morocco (MAR) 4:09.16
DQ Yekaterina Sharmina  Russia (RUS) 4:05.49 doping violation[8]
DQ Yelena Korobkina  Russia (RUS) 4:10.18 doping violation

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Zoe Buckman finishes in seventh place in Moscow world championship 1500m | The Australian". Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Records & Lists – 1500 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  5. ^ Heats Results
  6. ^ Semifinals Results
  7. ^ Final Results
  8. ^ European Athletics banned athletes