European Athletics Championships 2010/1500 m for women

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	23 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 30th (preliminary) ; August 1st (final)
	Medalists
	Nuria Fernández ( ESP )
	Hind Dehiba Chahyd ( FRA )
	Natalia Rodríguez ( ESP )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The women's 1,500-meter run at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 30th and August 1st, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

In this competition, the Spanish middle-distance runners won two gold and bronze medals. Nuria Fernández became European champion . She won ahead of the French Hind Dehiba Chahyd . Bronze went to Natalia Rodríguez .

Existing records

World record	3: 50.46 min	China People's Republic Qu Yunxia	Beijing , People's Republic of China	September 11, 1993
European record	3: 52.47 min	Soviet Union 1955 Tatiana Kasankina	Zurich , Switzerland	August 13, 1980
EM record	3: 56.91 min	Russia Tatiana Tomaschowa	EM Gothenburg , Sweden	August 13, 2006

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

doping

As in the shorter middle distance , there were doping cases to complain about in the 1500 meter run , here there were four:

The Turkish Aslı Çakır Alptekin , initially fifth, is a multiple perpetrator in matters of doping. In 2004 she tested positive for methenolone . Alptekin has now been suspended again and retrospectively banned for eight years in 2015, a sentence that the IAAF stipulates for repeat offenders.
Russian Anna Alminowa , originally sixth, tested positive for the banned substance pseudoephedrine . Their result at the 2010 European Championships was later canceled.
The Belarusian Natallja Karejwa , who was eliminated in the run-up, was found to have deviations in her biological passport for July 28, 2010, which proved her doping fraud. Her result at these European Championships was canceled and she was suspended from August 22, 2014 to August 21, 2016.
The Russian Natalja Evdokimowa , who was eliminated in the run-up, was proven doping abuse by blood test. Her results from August 17, 2009 to May 29, 2012 were deleted and she was banned for four years beginning April 14, 2016.

The main victims were two runners who were not allowed to participate in the finals:

Renata Pliś , Poland - qualified fourth in the second heat
Ingvill Måkestad Bovim , Norway - qualified over her time in the second heat

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified directly for the final.

Forward 1

The first faster of two preliminary round races
As eighth of their preliminary round, Binnaz Uslu was eliminated in the preliminary round

July 30, 2010, 8:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Fanjanteino Félix	France France	4: 04.75
2	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain Spain	4: 04.95
3	Oxana Sbroschek	Russia Russia	4: 05.18
4th	Anna Mishchenko	Ukraine Ukraine	4: 05.59
5	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 05.63
6th	Sylwia Ejdys	Poland Poland	4: 05.76
7th	Hannah England	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 06.02
8th	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey Turkey	4: 12.04
DNF	Sultan Hayda	Turkey Turkey
DOP	Anna Alminova	Russia Russia	admitted to the finals
DOP	Natallja Karejwa	Belarus 1995 Belarus

Forward 2

Scene from the second run

July 30, 2010, 8:25 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 06.00
2	Nuria Fernández	Spain Spain	4: 06.03
3	Hind Dehiba Chahyd	France France	4: 06.17
4th	Renata Pliś	Poland Poland	4: 07.20 actually qualified for the final
5	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway Norway	4: 07.49 actually qualified for the final
6th	Charlotte Schönbeck	Sweden Sweden	4: 096.42
7th	Lindsey De Grande	Belgium Belgium	4: 10.24
8th	Susan Kuijken	Netherlands Netherlands	4: 11.03
9	Marina Munćan	Serbia Serbia	4: 19.32
DNF	Liliana Bărbulescu	Romania Romania
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey Turkey	admitted to the finals
DOP	Natalia Evdokimova	Russia Russia

Renata Pliś had actually earned the right to start in the final as fourth in her preliminary run
Ingvill Måkestad Bovim could actually have taken part in the final over her time
Lindsey De Grande failed as seventh of her preliminary round in the preliminary round

Susan Kuijken, later Susan Krumins, did not reach the final as eighth of the second heat
Marina Munćan (in the foreground) finished ninth in her lead
Natalia Evdokimova - one of four doping sinners in this competition

final

Two lucky medalists: winner Nuria Fernández (left) and Natalia Rodríguez (bronze)

August 1, 2010, 9:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Nuria Fernández	Spain Spain	4:00:20
2	Hind Dehiba Chahyd	France France	4: 01.17
3	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain Spain	4: 01.30
4th	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 01.54
5	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 02.70
6th	Fanjanteino Félix	France France	4: 04.16
7th	Oxana Sbroschek	Russia Russia	4: 04.91
8th	Hannah England	United Kingdom Great Britain	4: 05.07
9	Anna Mishchenko	Ukraine Ukraine	4: 05.22
10	Sylwia Ejdys	Poland Poland	4: 24.82
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey Turkey
DOP	Anna Alminova	Russia Russia