European Athletics Championships 2012/1500 m women

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	26 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	June 30th (preliminary) July 1st (final)
Medalists Nuria Fernández ( ESP )   Diana Sujew ( GER )   Tereza Čapková ( CZE )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's 1,500 meter run at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 30 and July 1, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The European champion was the Spanish defending champion Nuria Fernández . Second place went to the German Diana Sujew . Bronze went to the Czech Tereza Čapková .

Existing records

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

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved. In none of the three races of this competition was the time of 4:08 minutes undercut.

doping

The 1500 meter run was burdened by six doping cases. Five of the athletes affected reached the final, where they were ranked one to four and eighth. They were subsequently disqualified successively according to the new state of knowledge.

• Aslı Çakır Alptekin ( Turkey ), initially first, was banned in 2013 for repeated doping offenses, initially until 2021, all of her results from July 2011 onwards were retrospectively canceled. 
• Gamze Bulut ( Turkey ), initially runner-up, was banned for two years in 2013 for violating the doping rules, all of her results from July 2011 onwards were retrospectively canceled. 
• Hanna Mishchenko ( Ukraine ), initially third. Her 2012 results have been retrospectively canceled for doping abuse. 
• Ekaterina Gorbunova ( Russia ), initially fourth, was banned for two years in 2013 due to abnormal hemoglobin levels in her Biological Passport , all of her results from July 12, 2011 were retrospectively canceled. 
• Kristina Chalejewa , later Kristina Ugarova ( Russia ), initially eighth, was banned for two years on November 29, 2016 because of abnormal hemoglobin levels in her Biological Passport , all of her results from July 12, 2011 were retrospectively canceled. 
• Anzhela Shevchenko ( Ukraine ), eliminated in the run-up, was disqualified from February 18, 2013 to February 17, 2015 due to abnormal blood values ​​in her biological passport. Their results from July 2, 2011 on have been deleted. 

With so many doping cases, there was of course a correspondingly high number of disadvantages. The following eight athletes were primarily affected by this:

• The three medal winners, all of whom could not take part in the award ceremony and only received their medals later, with a corresponding impact on funding and sponsors:
  • Nuria Fernández , Spain - European Champion
  • Diana Sujew , Germany - silver medalist
  • Tereza Čapková , Czech Republic - bronze medalist
• Five runners were refused entry to the final:
  • Luiza Gega , Albania - qualified via her fourth place in the second heat
  • Hind Dehiba , France - qualified by time rule
  • Denise Krebs , Germany - qualified via the time rule
  • Ioana Doagă , Romania - qualified by the time rule
  • Angelika Cichocka , Poland - qualified via the time rule

Preliminary round

June 30, 2012, 12:10 p.m.

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 for the semi-finals. Five of the six doping sinners were among the athletes who were eligible to participate in the final.

Forward 1

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  Denise Krebs - her participation in the final was prevented by the subsequent disqualification of the doping offenders

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  Angelika Cichocka would also have had the right to participate in the finals

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Isabel Macías	Spain	4: 10.06
2	Tereza Čapková	Czech Republic	4: 10.22
3	Diana Sujew	Germany	4: 10.76
4th	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4: 12.33
5	Hind Dehiba	France	4: 12.79 actually qualified for the final
6th	Denise Krebs	Germany	4: 12.85 actually qualified for the final
7th	Ioana Doagă	Romania	4: 13.73 actually qualified for the final
8th	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4: 14.59 actually qualified for the final
9	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 19.23
DSQ	Charlene Thomas	Great Britain
DOP	Hanna Mishchenko	Ukraine	admitted to the finals
	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey
	Kristina Chaleyeva	Russia

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4: 11.59
2	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 11.77
3	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway	4: 11.97
4th	Luiza Gega	Albania	4: 12.54 actually qualified for the final
5	Johanna Lehtinen	Finland	4: 14.83
6th	Iris María Fuentes-Pila	Spain	4: 15.95
7th	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4: 16.68
8th	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4: 19.58
9	Orla Drumm	Ireland	4: 19.61
10	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4: 20.66
DOP	Ekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	admitted to the finals
DOP	Gamze Bulut	Turkey	admitted to the finals
DOP	Anzhela Shevchenko	Ukraine

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  Iris María Fuentes-Pila did not reach the final in sixth place in her preliminary run

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  Lidia Chojecka had no chance with her time of over 4:20 minutes

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  Anzhela Shevchenko failed in her preliminary run and was also subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations

final

In the end, Nuria Fernández was able to successfully defend her title

July 1, 2012, 4:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 08.80
2	Diana Sujew	Germany	4: 09.28
3	Tereza Čapková	Czech Republic	4: 10.17
4th	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4: 10.38
5	Isabel Macías	Spain	4: 11.12
6th	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway	4: 13.32
7th	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4: 15.63
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey
	Gamze Bulut	Turkey
	Hanna Mishchenko	Ukraine
	Ekaterina Gorbunova	Russia
	Kristina Chaleyeva	Russia

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  Silver medalist Diana Sujew

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  Corinna Harrer came in fourth

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  Isabel Macías finished fifth

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  Ingvill Måkestad Bovim came in sixth

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  Marina Munćan (in the foreground) reached seventh place

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  Aslı Çakır Alptekin - caught as a Doperin and subsequently disqualified

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  Hanna Mishchenko - caught as a doper and subsequently disqualified

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 24, 2020
• Women 1500m European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 24, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 24, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 1500m European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 515 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 24, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 1500 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 24, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 24, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m women , accessed January 24, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 53 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 24, 2020
3. ↑ Turkey's Asli Cakir Alptekin, winner of 'dirtiest race in history', banned for life following third doping offce on independent.co.uk, 23 September 2017, accessed on 24 January 2020
4. ↑ abendblatt.de , Hamburger Abendblatt, March 29, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2020
5. ↑ Medal awards after doping cases , RP Online, March 15, 2018, accessed on January 24, 2020
6. ↑ Russians doped - bronze for Denise Krebs , NRZ, October 28, 2013, accessed on January 23, 2019
7. ↑ Julya and Vitaly Stepanov: How the Russian state doping was exposed on anstageslicht.de, accessed on January 24, 2020
8. ↑ Two Ukrainian athletes decided to start for Russia at segodnya.ua/sport (Ukrainian / Russian), accessed on January 24, 2020