World Athletics Championships 2001/1500 m for women

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	38 athletes from 29 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 4th (preliminary) August 5th (semi-finals) August 7th (final)
Medalists Gabriela Szabo ( ROM )   Violeta Szekely ( ROM )   Natalja Gorelowa ( RUS )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The 1500 Meters of women in the 2001 World Championships in Athletics was from 4 to 7 August 2001 Commonwealth Stadium the Canadian city of Edmonton held.

The Romanian middle-distance runners achieved a double success in this competition .
The current 5000 meter Olympic champion Gabriela Szabo won her third World Championship title . She had won gold over 5000 meters at the 1997 and 1999 World Championships and silver at the 1998 European Championships , was second over 1500 meters in 1996 and second in the Olympics in 2000 and third . In addition, she had won bronze over 3000 meters at the European Championships in 1994 . In second place came the 2000 Olympic runner-up, Violeta Szekely . The Russian Natalja Gorelowa took third place.

Existing records

World record	3: 50.46 min	Qu Yunxia	Beijing , People's Republic of China	September 11, 1993
World Cup record	3: 58.56 min	Tetiana Samolenko	World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy	5th September 1987

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships. The 4-minute mark was not undercut in the final either.

There were two national records:

• 4: 31.11 - Lamberte Nyabamikazi ( Rwanda ) Heat 1 August 4
• 4: 40.01 - Elisa Vagnini ( San Marino ), 1st run on August 4th

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first six athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

August 4, 2001, 5:40 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4: 07.97
2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4: 08.79
3	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4: 08.84
4th	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	4: 08.89
5	Julia Kosenkowa	Russia	4: 09.17
6th	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4: 09.86
7th	Veerle DeJaeghere	Belgium	4: 13.07
8th	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	4: 15.06
9	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	4: 16.24
10	Elena Antoci	Romania	4: 24.72
11	Lamberte Nyabamikazi	Rwanda	4: 31.11 NO
12	Elisa Vagnini	San Marino	4: 40.01 NO
DNF	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine

Forward 2

René Kalmer (here at the 2012 Olympic marathon) retired in the second run with her 4: 17.97 minutes

August 4, 2001, 5:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4: 10.77
2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4: 10.82
3	Leah Pells	Canada	4: 11.17
4th	Natalia Gorelova	Russia	4: 11.34
5	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4: 11.35
6th	Daniela Jordanova	Bulgaria	4: 12.29
7th	Lan Lixin	People's Republic of China	4: 12.92
8th	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4: 13.02
9	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	4: 13.06
10	René Kalmer	South Africa	4: 17.97
11	Evelyn Guerra	Panama	4: 44.69
DNF	Regina Jacobs	United States
DNS	Rosa Saul	Angola

Forward 3

August 4, 2001, 6:04 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4: 13.19
2	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4: 13.60
3	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4: 13.61
4th	Sarah Schwald	United States	4: 13.69
5	Alessja Turawa	Belarus	4: 13.72
6th	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 13.90
7th	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4: 14.34
8th	Li Jingnan	People's Republic of China	4: 15.30
9	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4: 15.31
10	Heidi Jensen	Denmark	4: 17.35
11	Hanane Baala	France	4: 29.47
12	Sonia Lopes	Cape Verde	5: 13.80
13	Fatouma Ali	Niger	5: 31.57

Semifinals

In each of the two semi-finals, the first six athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

• 

  Veerle DeJaeghere was eighth of their semi-finals and was eliminated

• 

  Daniela Jordanowa (white jersey) gave up her semi-final race prematurely

5th August 2001, 5:05 p.m. ! Place !! Name !! Nation !! Time (min)

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4: 10.30
2	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4: 10.36
3	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4: 11.23
4th	Alessja Turawa	Belarus	4: 11.43
5	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 11.44
6th	Julia Kosenkowa	Russia	4: 11.46
7th	Sarah Schwald	United States	4: 11.74
8th	Veerle DeJaeghere	Belgium	4: 15.70
9	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	4: 16.39
DNF	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany
	Daniela Jordanova	Bulgaria
DNS	Olga Nelyubova	Russia

Semi-final run 2

August 5, 2001, 5:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4: 07.40
2	Natalia Gorelova	Russia	4: 07.47
3	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4: 08.37
4th	Leah Pells	Canada	4: 08.49
5	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4: 08.49
6th	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4: 08.58
7th	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4: 09.66
8th	Lan Lixin	People's Republic of China	4: 11.09
9	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4: 13.95
10	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4: 29.57
DNF	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States
DNS	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria

final

Gabriela Szabo - she had won two world championship titles over 5000 meters and was now world champion also over 1500 meters , before she had won numerous victories and medals on both courses and over 3000 meters

August 7, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4: 00.57
2	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4: 01.70
3	Natalia Gorelova	Russia	4: 02.40
4th	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4: 03.96
5	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4: 06.70
6th	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4: 07.10
7th	Alessja Turawa	Belarus	4: 07.25
8th	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4: 08.17
9	Julia Kosenkowa	Russia	4: 08.84
10	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4: 12.48
11	Leah Pells	Canada	4: 15.34
12	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 17.86

• 

  Lidia Chojecka came in fifth

• 

  Natalia Rodríguez finished sixth

• 

  Twelfth place for Nuria Fernández

Video

• both semi-finals Women's 1500m Semi Finals - 2001 IAAF World Championships on youtube.com, accessed on August 18, 2020
• Finale Final 1500m femenino Cto mundo Edmonton 2001 on youtube.com, accessed on August 18, 2020

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 18, 2020
• Women 1500m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 18, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 1500 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 276 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 18, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 18, 2020