Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 1500 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	46 athletes from 26 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 6, 2012 (preliminary round) August 8, 2012 (semi-finals) August 10, 2012 (final)
Medalists Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( BRN )   Tatiana Tomaschowa ( RUS )   Abeba Aregawi ( ETH )

The 1500 Meters of women in the 2012 Olympic Games in London was on the 6th, 8th and 10th August 2012 at the Olympic Stadium London discharged. 46 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Maryam Yusuf Jamal from Bahrain. The Russian Tatiana Tomaschowa won the silver medal, bronze went to the Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi .

Corinna Harrer started for Germany and was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Nancy Langat ( Kenya )	4:00:03 min	Beijing 2008
world champion	Jenny Simpson ( USA )	4: 05.40 min	Daegu 2011
European champion	Gamze Bulut ( Turkey )	4: 06.04 min	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Sandra López ( Mexico )	4: 22.65 min	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	Rosibel García ( Colombia )	4: 22.18 min	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Genzeb Shumi ( Bahrain )	4: 15.91 min	Kobe 2011
African champion	Rababe Arafi ( Morocco )	4: 05.80 min	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Christina Taylor ( New Zealand )	4: 40.21 min	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Qu Yunxia ( People's Republic of China )	3: 50.46 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	September 11, 1993
Olympic record	Paula Ivan ( Romania )	3: 53.96 min	Final from Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988

Notes: All times in this post are given after London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).

Doping and those who suffer

In this competition, a total of five athletes, including four finalists, were gradually disqualified for violating the doping regulations:

• The Moroccan Mariem Alaoui Selsouli , who was the world's best of the year so far in 2012, was suspended for doping shortly before the games. During a control in July 2012, she tested positive for the diuretic furosemide , which can be used to disguise other doping substances. The result was a ban for eight years until July 24, 2020
• In May 2013 it became public that Aslı Çakır Alptekin, who crossed the finish line first with 4: 10.23 min, had blood values ​​that indicate doping. Since the Turkish federation did not impose a ban, the IAAF sued the international sports court CAS . A decision was made in August 2015: Alptekin was banned for eight years, and its results from July 29, 2010 were annulled.
• The Belarusian Natallja Karejwa had manipulated her athlete passport, which resulted in her suspension until August 2016 and the cancellation of her results since 2010.
• The same allegation also concerned the Russian Yekaterina Kostezkaja, who had become conspicuous in August 2011. She received a ban until January 2015, her results since 2011 have been canceled.
• At the end of March 2017, the winner, Gamze Bulut from Turkey, was banned by the IAAF because of blood irregularities in her blood passport, and the gold medal was withdrawn from her.

In addition to the athletes, who sometimes only received their medals several years later, the ones who suffered were the runners who were denied progress in the heats and semi-finals.

• Prelims:
  • Ekaterina Scharmina, Russia - She should have started in the semifinals based on her placement.
  • Faith Kipyegon, Kenya - She would also have been eligible because of her placement in the semi-finals.
  • Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopia - She would have obtained her right to start the semi-finals through her time.
  • Marina Munćan, Serbia - She too would have qualified for the semi-finals through her time.
• Semifinals:
  • Hilary Stellingwerff, Canada - She should have started because of her placement in the final.
  • Corinna Harrer, Germany - Due to her placement, she too would have been eligible to start the final.
  • Siham Hilali, Morocco - She would have been eligible to start in the final because of her time.
  • Zoe Buckman, Australia - Your time in the semi-finals would have been enough to go to the finals.

Prelims

Three preliminary runs were carried out. The first six athletes of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

Scene from prelude 1 ( from right to left ):
Obiri, Jamal, England, Harrer, Rowbury, Aregawi, Tomaschowa, Munćan, Stellingwerff, Lakhouad, van Dalen, Shevchenko, Rodríguez, Capkova, Karakaya, Klocová

August 6, 2012, 11:50 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
0 1	Ababa Aregawi	Ethiopia	4: 04.55
0 2	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Russia	4: 05.10
0 3	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	4: 05.39
0 4th	Bright Obiri	Kenya	4: 05.40
0 5	Hannah England	Great Britain	4: 05.73
0 6th	Hilary Stellingwerff	Canada	4: 05.79
0 7th	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 06.03
0 8th	Lucy van Dalen	New Zealand	4: 07.04
0 9	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	4: 07.79	NO
10	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4: 07.83
11	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4: 11.25	actually qualified for the semi-finals
12	Tereza Capkova	Czech Republic	4: 12.15
13	Anselika Shevchenko	Ukraine	4: 12.97
14th	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4: 16.18
15th	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4: 29.21
DNF	Btissam Lakhouad	Morocco

Forward 2

The Kenyan Eunice Sum was eliminated in ninth place in her preliminary run

August 6, 2012, 12:01 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
0 1	Lisa Dobriskey	Great Britain	4: 13.32
0 2	Siham Hilali	Morocco	4: 13.34
0 3	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 13.72
0 4th	Kaila McKnight	Australia	4: 13.80
0 5	Jennifer Simpson	United States	4: 13.81
0 6th	Ekaterina Sharmina	Russia	4: 13.86	actually qualified for the semi-finals
0 7th	Genzeb Shumi	Bahrain	4: 14.02
0 8th	Meskerem Assefa	Ethiopia	4: 15.52
0 9	Eunice Sum	Kenya	4: 19.17
10	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4: 19.46
11	Eliane Sahlinirina	Madagascar	4: 19.46
12	Renata Pliś	Poland	4: 19.62
13	Chancel Ilunga Sankuru	Democratic Republic of Congo	5: 05.25
DNS	Ingvill Nakestad Bovim	Norway
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey		admitted to the semifinals

Forward 3

Her seventh place in the preliminary run was not enough for Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba to advance

August 6, 2012, 12:12 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
0 1	Morgan Uceny	United States	4: 06.87
0 2	Mimi Belete	Bahrain	4: 07.01
0 3	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 07.29
0 4th	Nicole Sifuentes	Canada	4: 07.65
0 5	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4: 07.83
0 6th	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 08.78	actually qualified for the semi-finals
0 7th	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4: 11.15	actually qualified for the semi-finals
0 8th	Janet Achola	Uganda	4: 11.64
0 9	Isabel Macías	Spain	4: 13.07
10	Hanna Mishchenko	Ukraine	4: 13.63
11	Bethlhem Desalegn	United Arab Emirates	4: 14.07
12	Gladys Landaverde	El Salvador	4: 18.26	NO
DOP	Gamze Bulut	Turkey		admitted to the semifinals
	Natallja Karejwa	Belarus		admitted to the semifinals
	Ekaterina Kostetskaya	Russia		admitted to the semifinals

Semifinals

In the two semi-finals, the first five athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green. Due to the equality of time in the second semi-final, there were finally three fastest female athletes who reached the final.

Run 1

Without the participation of the doped athletes, Corinna Harrer from Germany - here in the foreground - would have been eligible to start in the final

August 8, 2012, 7:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
0 1	Morgan Uceny	United States	4: 05.34
0 2	Lisa Dobriskey	Great Britain	4: 05.35
0 3	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 05.47
0 4th	Hilary Stellingwerff	Canada	4: 05.57	actually qualified for the final
0 5	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4: 05.70	actually qualified for the final
0 6th	Mimi Belete	Bahrain	4: 05.91
0 7th	Hannah England	Great Britain	4: 06.35
0 8th	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4: 06.57
0 9	Lucy van Dalen	New Zealand	4: 06.97
10	Kaila McKnight	Australia	4: 08.44
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey		admitted in the final
	Ekaterina Kostetskaya	Russia		admitted in the final

Run 2

The Canadian Nicole Sifuentes was eliminated in the semifinals

August 8, 2012, 7:56 p.m.

The time achieved here of 4: 02.99 minutes actually only allowed one runner to participate in the finals via the time qualification. Since Laura Weightman and Lucia Klocová finished with exactly this result at the same time, both starters were allowed to participate in the finals.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
0 1	Ababa Aregawi	Ethiopia	4: 01.03
0 2	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Russia	4: 02.10
0 3	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	4: 02.18
0 4th	Bright Obiri	Kenya	4: 02.30
0 5	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 02.99
0 6th	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	4: 02.99	NO
0 7th	Siham Hilali	Morocco	4: 04.79	actually qualified for the final
0 8th	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4: 05.03	actually qualified for the final
0 9	Nicole Sifuentes	Canada	4: 06.33
10	Jennifer Simpson	United States	4: 06.89
DOP	Gamze Bulut	Turkey		admitted in the final
	Natallja Karejwa	Belarus		admitted in the final

final

August 10, 2012, 8:55 pm

In the final, two US-Americans and two athletes from Great Britain faced one athlete each from Ethiopia, Bahrain, Kenya, Russia and Slovakia. In addition, with two Turkish women, one Russian and one Belarusian, four doping sinners were among the finalists. These will not play a role in the description of the course of the final.

The outcome of this race seemed pretty open, the runners who had been at the forefront at the last major events were not in this final.

The pace of the final was not fast, so the field of runners stayed together until the last lap. The first round was completed in 1: 15.12 minutes. Then it got a little faster - second lap 1: 08.85 min. On the third four hundred meters it got really fast - third lap 1: 02.91 min. At the beginning of the final lap, the American Morgan Uceny fell through a touch in the still dense field and gave up the race. With three hundred meters to go, the pace kept picking up. Maryam Yusuf Jamal from Bahrain and the Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi were significantly involved here. Six runners had pulled away in the target curve. Jamal finally prevailed on the home stretch and was Olympic champion ahead of Russian Tatyana Tomaschowa. Aregawi could not keep up the pace in the last meters, but saved third place from the US-American Shannon Rowbury and the Slovakian Lucia Klocová.

Maryam Yusuf Jamal became the first ever female Olympic champion and at the same time the first ever medalist for the desert state of Bahrain at the Olympic Games.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	4: 10.74
2	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Russia	4: 10.90
3	Ababa Aregawi	Ethiopia	4: 11.03
4th	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 11.26
5	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	4: 12.64
6th	Lisa Dobriskey	Great Britain	4: 13.02
7th	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 15.60
8th	Bright Obiri	Kenya	4: 16.57
DNF	Morgan Uceny	United States
DOP	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey
	Natallja Karejwa	Belarus
	Ekaterina Kostetskaya	Russia
	Gamze Bulut	Turkey

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahrain

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  Silver medalist Tatiana Tomaschowa from Russia

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  Bronze medalist Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopia

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  The US Olympic gold medalist Shannon Rowbury

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  The Slovakian Lucia Klocová finished fifth in the final

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  The British Lisa Dobrisky came in sixth place

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  The Kenyan Hellen Obiri reached eighth place in the final

Web links

• SportsReference 1500 m (English) , accessed September 20, 2018
• Official report , accessed September 20, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English) , accessed on September 20, 2018

Videos

• Women's 1500m Heats - Full Replay - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 6, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018
• Women's 1500m Semi-Finals - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 8, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018
• Women's 1500m Final - Full Replay | London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 10, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015 page 795 , accessed on September 20, 2018
2. ↑ 2012: Prominent doping case from Morocco: Mariem Alaoui Selsouli on sportschau.de August 17, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2018
3. ↑ Simon Hart: London Olympic 1,500m champion Asli Cakir Alptekin facing life ban after doping charge . In: The Daily Telegraph . May 3, 2013, accessed September 20, 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin stripped of Olympic 1500m title for doping . In: The Guardian . August 17, 2015, accessed September 20, 2018
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} IAAF: Doping sanctions News 156 September 2014 ( Memento from October 21, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules as at 2014
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Doping - the new winner Bulut also has to hand in Olympic gold , Hamburger Abendblatt from March 29, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2018