Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates21 August 2008 (heats)
23 August 2008 (final)
Competitors33 from 18 nations
Winning time4:00.23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nancy Langat  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 21–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 4:07.00 (A standard) and 4:08.00 (B standard).[2]

This event was hit hard by the Russian doping scandal on 31 July 2008, as all three Russian entrants, Yuliya Fomenko, Tatyana Tomashova and Yelena Soboleva, were suspended from competition.[3] These athletes were three of the favourites to take the medals in Beijing.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World record  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46 Beijing, China 11 September 1993
Olympic record  Paula Ivan (ROU) 3:53.96 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
World Leading  Gelete Burka (ETH) 3:59.75 Valencia, Spain 9 March 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Nancy Langat  Kenya 4:03.02 Q, SB
2 3 Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 4:03.19 Q, SB
3 3 Lisa Dobriskey  Great Britain 4:03.22 Q, PB
4 3 Shannon Rowbury  United States 4:03.89 q
5 3 Anna Alminova  Russia 4:04.66 q
6 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 4:05.14 Q
7 1 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 4:05.30 Q
8 1 Siham Hilali  Morocco 4:05.36 Q, SB
9 1 Anna Mishchenko  Ukraine 4:05.61 q, PB
10 1 Sarah Jamieson  Australia 4:06.64
11 1 Stephanie Twell  Great Britain 4:06.68
12 1 Anna Jakubczak  Poland 4:07.33
13 3 Sylwia Ejdys  Poland 4:08.37
14 3 René Kalmer  South Africa 4:08.41
15 3 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 4:08.52
16 3 Liu Qing  China 4:09.27
17 1 Christin Wurth-Thomas  United States 4:09.70
18 1 Irene Jelagat  Kenya 4:09.92
19 3 Meskerem Assefa  Ethiopia 4:10.04
20 2 Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 4:13.60 Q
21 2 Iris Fuentes-Pila  Spain 4:14.10 Q
22 2 Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco 4:14.34 Q
23 2 Susan Scott  Great Britain 4:14.66
24 1 Konstadína Efedáki  Greece 4:15.02
25 2 Viola Kibiwot  Kenya 4:15.62
26 2 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 4:15.77
27 2 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 4:15.80
28 2 Erin Donohue  United States 4:16.05
29 2 Lisa Corrigan  Australia 4:16.32
30 1 Nahida Touhami  Algeria 4:18.99
31 2 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:19.57
32 3 Bouchra Chaabi  Morocco 4:19.89
33 2 Domingas Togna  Guinea-Bissau 5:05.76 NR

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes[4]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nancy Langat  Kenya 4:00.03 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 4:01.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 4:01.78 PB
4 Lisa Dobriskey  Great Britain 4:02.10 PB
5 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 4:02.71
6 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 4:03.19 SB
7 Shannon Rowbury  United States 4:03.58
8 Iris Fuentes-Pila  Spain 4:04.86
9 Anna Mishchenko  Ukraine 4:05.13 PB
10 Siham Hilali  Morocco 4:05.57
11 Anna Alminova  Russia 4:06.99
12 Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco 4:07.25
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Splits

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
400m Anna Alminova  Russia 1:05.90
800m Anna Alminova  Russia 2:13.70
1200m Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 3:16.41

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes.IAAF.org. 31 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-23-2008 - 1500 Metres W Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-08-23.