World Athletics Championships 2001/1500 m for women
8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 38 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Commonwealth Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 4th (preliminary) August 5th (semi-finals) August 7th (final) |
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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 |
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Beijing , People's Republic of China | September 11, 1993 |
World Cup record | 3: 58.56 min |
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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) |
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1 | Süreyya Ayhan |
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4: 07.97 |
2 | Carla Sacramento |
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4: 08.79 |
3 | Mardrea Hyman |
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4: 08.84 |
4th | Suzy Favor Hamilton |
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4: 08.89 |
5 | Julia Kosenkowa |
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4: 09.17 |
6th | Natalia Rodríguez |
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4: 09.86 |
7th | Veerle DeJaeghere |
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4: 13.07 |
8th | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
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4: 15.06 |
9 | Irina Krakoviak |
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4: 16.24 |
10 | Elena Antoci |
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4: 24.72 |
11 | Lamberte Nyabamikazi |
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4: 31.11 NO |
12 | Elisa Vagnini |
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4: 40.01 NO |
DNF | Iryna Lishchynska |
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Forward 2
August 4, 2001, 5:55 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Gabriela Szabo |
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4: 10.77 |
2 | Lidia Chojecka |
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4: 10.82 |
3 | Leah Pells |
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4: 11.17 |
4th | Natalia Gorelova |
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4: 11.34 |
5 | Kathleen Friedrich |
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4: 11.35 |
6th | Daniela Jordanova |
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4: 12.29 |
7th | Lan Lixin |
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4: 12.92 |
8th | Abebech Negussie |
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4: 13.02 |
9 | Helen Clitheroe |
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4: 13.06 |
10 | René Kalmer |
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4: 17.97 |
11 | Evelyn Guerra |
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4: 44.69 |
DNF | Regina Jacobs |
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DNS | Rosa Saul |
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Forward 3
August 4, 2001, 6:04 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Violeta Szekely |
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4: 13.19 |
2 | Hayley Tullett |
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4: 13.60 |
3 | Olga Nelyubova |
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4: 13.61 |
4th | Sarah Schwald |
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4: 13.69 |
5 | Alessja Turawa |
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4: 13.72 |
6th | Nuria Fernández |
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4: 13.90 |
7th | Sabina Fischer |
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4: 14.34 |
8th | Li Jingnan |
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4: 15.30 |
9 | Georgie Clarke |
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4: 15.31 |
10 | Heidi Jensen |
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4: 17.35 |
11 | Hanane Baala |
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4: 29.47 |
12 | Sonia Lopes |
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5: 13.80 |
13 | Fatouma Ali |
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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
5th August 2001, 5:05 p.m. ! Place !! Name !! Nation !! Time (min)
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Violeta Szekely |
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4: 10.30 |
2 | Süreyya Ayhan |
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4: 10.36 |
3 | Carla Sacramento |
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4: 11.23 |
4th | Alessja Turawa |
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4: 11.43 |
5 | Nuria Fernández |
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4: 11.44 |
6th | Julia Kosenkowa |
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4: 11.46 |
7th | Sarah Schwald |
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4: 11.74 |
8th | Veerle DeJaeghere |
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4: 15.70 |
9 | Helen Clitheroe |
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4: 16.39 |
DNF | Kathleen Friedrich |
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Daniela Jordanova |
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DNS | Olga Nelyubova |
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Semi-final run 2
August 5, 2001, 5:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Gabriela Szabo |
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4: 07.40 |
2 | Natalia Gorelova |
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4: 07.47 |
3 | Lidia Chojecka |
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4: 08.37 |
4th | Leah Pells |
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4: 08.49 |
5 | Natalia Rodríguez |
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4: 08.49 |
6th | Mardrea Hyman |
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4: 08.58 |
7th | Sabina Fischer |
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4: 09.66 |
8th | Lan Lixin |
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4: 11.09 |
9 | Hayley Tullett |
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4: 13.95 |
10 | Abebech Negussie |
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4: 29.57 |
DNF | Suzy Favor Hamilton |
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DNS | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
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final
August 7, 2001, 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Gabriela Szabo |
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4: 00.57 |
2 | Violeta Szekely |
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4: 01.70 |
3 | Natalia Gorelova |
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4: 02.40 |
4th | Carla Sacramento |
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4: 03.96 |
5 | Lidia Chojecka |
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4: 06.70 |
6th | Natalia Rodríguez |
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4: 07.10 |
7th | Alessja Turawa |
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4: 07.25 |
8th | Süreyya Ayhan |
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4: 08.17 |
9 | Julia Kosenkowa |
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4: 08.84 |
10 | Mardrea Hyman |
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4: 12.48 |
11 | Leah Pells |
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4: 15.34 |
12 | Nuria Fernández |
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4: 17.86 |
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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 18, 2020