2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
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110 m hurdlesmen
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3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
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High jumpmenwomen
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Triple jumpmenwomen
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Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya 		Amela Terzić
 Serbia 		Senbere Teferi
 Ethiopia

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Lang Yinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997
Championship Record  Liu Dong (CHN) 4:05.14 Seoul, South Korea 20 September 1992
World Junior Leading  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 4:03.82 Shanghai, China 19 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 4:04.96 Barcelona, Spain 25 July 2012

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 4:10.17 Q
2 2 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 4:10.78 Q
3 2 Amela Terzić  Serbia 4:11.53 Q, NJ
4 3 Nancy Chepkwemoi  Kenya 4:13.43 Q
5 2 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 4:13.68 Q, PB
6 3 Alem Embaye  Ethiopia 4:14.03 Q
7 1 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 4:14.64 Q, SB
8 1 Mary Cain  United States 4:14.77 Q
9 3 Jennifer Walsh  Great Britain 4:16.08 Q
10 2 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 4:17.14 q, PB
11 1 Luminita Achim  Romania 4:18.25 q, PB
12 3 Saki Yoshimizu  Japan 4:18.30 q, PB
13 3 Frida Berge  Norway 4:18.66 PB
14 3 Nataliya Soltan  Ukraine 4:20.92 PB
15 1 Marta Pen  Portugal 4:20.95 PB
16 1 Caterina Granz  Germany 4:21.25
17 1 Rebekah Greene  New Zealand 4:21.99 SB
18 2 Andrina Schläpfer  Switzerland 4:22.29 SB
19 2 Emine Hatun Tuna  Turkey 4:23.08
20 1 Marta Pérez  Spain 4:23.57 PB
21 2 Jenny Blundell  Australia 4:24.35
22 2 Lee Da-mi  South Korea 4:24.78 PB
23 2 Meropi Panagiotou  Cyprus 4:25.10
24 3 Maria Bernard  Canada 4:25.47
25 2 Anežka Drahotová  Czech Republic 4:26.77 PB
26 1 Choi Soo-mi  South Korea 4:28.01
27 3 Federica Del Buono  Italy 4:28.66
28 1 Nataliia Pryshchepa  Ukraine 4:29.00
29 1 Sofía Pitoúli  Greece 4:29.36
30 3 Oona Kettunen  Finland 4:29.60
31 3 Hannah Meier  United States 4:31.20
32 2 Zsanett Kenesei  Hungary 4:31.63
33 3 Teodora Simovic  Serbia 4:32.22
34 3 Beatriz Álvarez  Spain 4:34.25
35 1 Darine Benamer  Algeria 4:40.85
36 2 Iuliana Madalina Leonte  Romania 4:43.83
3 Aicha Bilal Fall  Mauritania DNF
1 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda DNS

Final

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Rank Order Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 4:04.96 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Amela Terzić  Serbia 4:07.59 PB, NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 4:08.28 PB
4 9 Nancy Chepkwemoi  Kenya 4:09.72
5 10 Jessica Judd  GBR 4:09.93 PB
6 3 Mary Cain  USA 4:11.01 PB NHSR
7 12 Axumawit Embaye  Ethiopia 4:12.92 PB
8 8 Jennifer Walsh  GBR 4:12.96 PB
9 4 Maruša Mišmaš  SLO 4:14.96 PB
10 5 Sofia Ennaoui  POL 4:15.23
11 11 Saki Yoshimizu  JPN 4:16.84 PB
12 2 Luminita Achim  ROU 4:22.07

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Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  4. ^ Results Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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