2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	41 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 12, 2016 (preliminary) August 14, 2016 (semi-finals) August 16, 2016 (final)
Medalists Faith Kipyegon ( KEN )   Genzebe Dibaba ( ETH )   Jenny Simpson ( USA )

The women's 1,500 meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 12, 14 and 16, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 41 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Kenyan Faith Kipyegon , who won ahead of the Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba . Bronze went to the American Jenny Simpson .

Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Diana Sujew started for Germany, both of whom were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Anjelina Lohalith from South Sudan started for the refugee team under the Olympic flag and the abbreviation ROT .

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Gamze Bulut ( Turkey )	4: 10.40 min	London 2012
world champion	Genzebe Dibaba ( Ethiopia )	4: 08.09 min	Beijing 2015
European champion	Angelika Cichocka ( Poland )	4: 33.00 min	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Rachel Schneider ( USA )	4: 14.78 min	San José 2015
South America Champion	Muriel Coneo ( Colombia )	4: 10.14 min	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Betlhem Desalegn ( United Arab Emirates )	4: 29.39 min	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Caster Semenya ( South Africa )	4: 01.99 min	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Coreena Cleland ( Australia )	4: 27.36 min	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Genzebe Dibaba ( Ethiopia )	3: 50.07 min	Monaco , Monaco	17th July 2015
Olympic record	Paula Ivan ( Romania )	3: 53.96 min	Final from Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. 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.

Run 1

The Canadian Hilary Stellingwerff was eliminated as seventh of her preliminary run

August 12, 2016, 8:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4: 10.61
2	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 11.51
3	Brenda Martinez	United States	4: 11.74
4th	Linden Hall	Australia	4: 11.75
5	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4: 11.76
6th	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	4: 11.76
7th	Hilary Stellingwerff	Canada	4: 12.00
8th	Maureen Koster	Netherlands	4: 13.15
9	Siham Hilali	Morocco	4: 13.46
10	Amela Terzić	Serbia	4:15, 17
11	Nancy Chepkwemoi	Kenya	4: 15.41
12	Marta Pen	Portugal	4: 18.53
13	Saraswati Bhattarai	Nepal	4: 33.94	NO
14th	Celma Bonfim da Graça	Sao Tome and Principe	4: 38.86

Run 2

The Romanian Florina Pierdevară failed as twelfth of their preliminary round in the preliminary round

The Serbian Amela Terzić the tenth place in her run was not enough for advancement

August 12, 2016, 8:41 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4: 06.64
2	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 06.65
3	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4: 06.90
4th	Jenny Simpson	United States	4: 06.99
5	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	4: 07.42
6th	Visit Sado	Ethiopia	4: 08.11
7th	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 08.37
8th	Jenny Blundell	Australia	4: 09.05
9	Gabriela Stafford	Canada	4: 09.45
10	Muriel Coneo	Colombia	4: 09.50
11	Tigist Gashaw	Bahrain	4: 10.96
12	Florina Pierdevară	Romania	4: 11.55
13	Nikki Hamblin	New Zealand	4: 11.88
14th	Anjelina Lohalith	Refugee Olympic Team	4: 47.38	Homeland: South Sudan

Run 3

August 12, 2016, 8:52 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4: 05.33
2	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 06.47
3	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4: 06.53
4th	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4: 06.63
5	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	4: 06.82
6th	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4: 06.93
7th	Nicole Sifuentes	Canada	4: 07.43
8th	Viola Lagat	Kenya	4: 08.09
9	Danuta Urbanik	Poland	4: 08.67
10	Diana Sujew	Germany	4: 09.07
11	Margherita Magnani	Italy	4: 09.74
12	Kadra Mohamed Dembil	Djibouti	4: 42.67	NO
13	Nélia Martins	East Timor	5: 00.53
DNS	Bethlhem Deslagn	United Arab Emirates

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  The Dutch Maureen Koster was eighth in the first heat and was eliminated

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  The South Sudanese Anjelina Lohalith, who started for the Refugee Olympic Team, did not reach the next round with 14th place in her preliminary run

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  The New Zealander Nikki Hamblin failed with thirteenth place in her preliminary round

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  The Italian Margherita Magnani did not reach the semifinals with her eleventh place in the third heat

Semifinals

In each of the two semi-finals, the five best athletes qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , also advanced. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

Her tenth place in the first semifinals was not enough for the German Konstanze Klosterhalfen to take part in the finals

The Canadian Nicole Sifuentes could not qualify for the final with the seventh place in her semifinal race

August 14, 2016, 9:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 03.95
2	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4: 05.33
3	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 04.46
4th	Visit Sado	Ethiopia	4: 05.19
5	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 05.28
6th	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4: 05.29
7th	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4: 05.60
8th	Linden Hall	Australia	4: 05.81
9	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4: 06.95
10	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	4: 07.26
11	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 08.07
12	Brenda Martinez	United States	4: 10.41

Run 2

August 14, 2016, 9:41 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4: 03.06
2	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4: 03.62
3	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4: 04.16
4th	Jenny Simpson	United States	4: 05.07
5	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	4: 06.41
6th	Viola Lagat	Kenya	4: 06.83
7th	Nicole Sifuentes	Canada	4: 08.53
8th	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	4: 08.55
9	Diana Sujew	Germany	4: 10.15
10	Danuta Urbanik	Poland	4: 11.34
11	Jenny Blundell	Australia	4: 13.25
12	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4: 17.83

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  The American Brenda Martinez was eliminated in the first semifinals in 14th place

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  The German Diana Sujew did not reach the final with ninth place in her semi-final race

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  The Polish Danuta Urbanik failed as tenth of her run in the semifinals

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  Angelika Cichocka from Poland was twelfth in her semi-final and was eliminated

final

August 16, 2016, 10:30 p.m.

All three Ethiopians qualified for the final. There were also two US runners and two British runners as well as one starter each from Kenya, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.

A duel was expected between the Ethiopian world champion Genzebe Dibaba, who was also the world record holder , and the Kenyan vice world champion Faith Kipyegon. For the places behind these two, among others, the Dutch World Cup third and European champion from 2014 Sifan Hassan and the two fourth and fifth placed at the last World Championships Dawit Seyaum from Ethiopia and Laura Muir from Great Britain came into question.

The final race started at a leisurely pace - 400 meter split time 1: 16.57 min - and was led by the British Laura Weightman. At the beginning of the second round, the Ethiopian Besu Sado and the British Laura Muir took the lead, but they were soon replaced by Dibaba.

Kipyegon and Hassan worked their way forward together, while Dibaba began to increase the pace - second lap: 1: 10.54 min / third lap: 56.79 s. At the start of the last lap, Dibaba was ahead of Kipyegon and Muir. The trio had created a gap to the chasing field and Muir had to let go a little later. On the back straight, Kipyegon pushed the leader and pulled past her. Hassen, as well as the US runners Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury, fought their way past Muir in the target curve with a clear gap behind them. Dibaba now had nothing more to add, so that Kipyegon crossed the finish line with an advantage of almost one and a half seconds. Behind silver medalist Dibaba, Simpson won bronze in front of her teammate Rowbury. Hassan followed in fifth, followed by the Swedes Meraf Bahta and Muir.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 08.92
2	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4: 10.27
3	Jenny Simpson	United States	4: 10.53
4th	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 11.05
5	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4: 11.23
6th	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	4: 12.59
7th	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4: 12.88
8th	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4: 13.14
9	Visit Sado	Ethiopia	4: 13.58
10	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4: 14.72
11	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	4: 14.95
12	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4: 15.16

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  Olympic Champion:
  Faith Kipyegon, Kenya

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  Silver medalist:
  Genzebe Dibaba from Ethiopia

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  Bronze medalist:
  Jenny Simpson, USA

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  The American Shannon Rowbury finished fourth in the final

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  Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands came in fifth

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  The Swede Meraf Bahta - here on the far right at the award ceremony of the European Championships 2018 - was sixth in the Olympics

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  The British Laura Muir reached seventh place

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  The Ethiopian Dawid Seyaum took eighth place

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  Sofia Ennaoui from Poland - Olympic tenth

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  The Moroccan Rababe Arafi came in twelfth

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, official report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 11, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF 1500 m women (English), accessed on October 11, 2018
• Sports-Reference, result 1500 m women (English), accessed on October 11, 2018

Video

• Rio Replay: Women's 1500m Final on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 11, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF news from the New York Times of July 18, 2015 (English) , accessed on October 11, 2018