2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya
Amela Terzić
 Serbia
Senbere Teferi
 Ethiopia

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Lang Yinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997
Championship Record  Liu Dong (CHN) 4:05.14 Seoul, South Korea 20 September 1992
World Junior Leading  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 4:03.82 Shanghai, China 19 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 4:04.96 Barcelona, Spain 25 July 2012

Results

Heats

Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNote
1112Faith Kipyegon Kenya4:10.17Q
227Senbere Teferi Ethiopia4:10.78Q
325Amela Terzic Serbia4:11.53Q, NJ
4312Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya4:13.43Q
5212Sofia Ennaoui Poland4:13.68Q, PB
635Alem Embaye Ethiopia4:14.03Q
7111Jessica Judd Great Britain4:14.64Q, SB
815Mary Cain United States4:14.77Q
934Jennifer Walsh Great Britain4:16.08Q
10211Maruša Mišmaš Slovenia4:17.14q, PB
1117Luminita Achim Romania4:18.25q, PB
1239Saki Yoshimizu Japan4:18.30q, PB
13310Frida Berge Norway4:18.66PB
1431Nataliya Soltan Ukraine4:20.92PB
1519Marta Pen Portugal4:20.95PB
16110Caterina Granz Germany4:21.25
1718Rebekah Greene New Zealand4:21.99SB
1823Andrina Schläpfer  Switzerland4:22.29SB
1924Emine Hatun Tuna Turkey4:23.08
2011Marta Pérez Spain4:23.57PB
2126Jenny Blundell Australia4:24.35
2222Da-Mi Lee South Korea4:24.78PB
2329Meropi Panagiotou Cyprus4:25.10
2436Maria Bernard Canada4:25.47
25210Anežka Drahotová Czech Republic4:26.77PB
2612Soo-Mi Choi South Korea4:28.01
27313Federica Del Buono Italy4:28.66
2816Nataliia Pryshchepa Ukraine4:29.00
2913Sofía Pitoúli Greece4:29.36
3032Oona Kettunen Finland4:29.60
3137Hannah Meier United States4:31.20
3221Zsanett Kenesei Hungary4:31.63
3338Teodora Simovic Serbia4:32.22
34311Beatriz Álvarez Spain4:34.25
3514Darine Benamer Algeria4:40.85
3628Iuliana Madalina Leonte Romania4:43.83
33Aicha Bilal Fall MauritaniaDNF
113Winnie Nanyondo UgandaDNS

Final [4]

RankOrderNameNationalityTimeNote
1st, gold medalist(s)1Faith Kipyegon Kenya4:04.96CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Amela Terzić Serbia4:07.59PB, NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Senbere Teferi Ethiopia4:08.28PB
49Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya4:09.72
510Jessica Judd GBR4:09.93PB
63Mary Cain USA4:11.01PB NHSR
712Alem Embaye Ethiopia4:12.92PB
88Jennifer Walsh GBR4:12.96PB
94Maruša Mišmaš SLO4:14.96PB
105Sofia Ennaoui POL4:15.23
1111Saki Yoshimizu JPN4:16.84PB
122Luminita Achim ROU4:22.07

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/timetable.html
  2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  4. Results Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

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