2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Adanech Anbesa
 Ethiopia
Silver Fantu Worku
 Ethiopia
Bronze Anthony Kiptoo
 Kenya

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record  Lang Yinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997
Championship Record  Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 4:04.96 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012
World Junior Leading  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 4:00.18 Eugene, United States 28 May 2016

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Winfred Nzisa Mbithe  Kenya 4:12.39 Q
2 2 Alexa Efraimson  United States 4:13.12 Q
3 2 Fantu Worku  Ethiopia 4:13.84 Q
4 1 Adanech Anbesa  Ethiopia 4:15.53 Q
5 2 Bobby Clay  Great Britain 4:15.79 Q
6 1 Joyline Cherotich  Kenya 4:16.41 Q, SB
7 1 Beatha Nishimwe  Rwanda 4:17.85 Q
8 1 Christina Aragon  United States 4:18.93 Q
9 2 Lili Das  India 4:19.48 q, PB
10 2 Olivia Burdon  New Zealand 4:21.49 q
11 1 Fatma Arık  Turkey 4:21.81 q, PB
12 1 Harriet Knowles-Jones  Great Britain 4:21.91 q
13 1 Lucia Stafford  Canada 4:22.38
14 1 Salomé Afonso  Portugal 4:22.68 PB
15 2 Nicole Hutchinson  Canada 4:22.88 PB
16 2 Chiara Ferdani  Italy 4:23.07 PB
17 2 Lucía Rodríguez  Spain 4:24.04
18 1 Saija Seppä  Finland 4:24.36
19 2 Dilyana Minkina  Bulgaria 4:25.12
20 2 Amy Harding-Delooze  Australia 4:25.38
21 2 Alondra Negrón  Puerto Rico 4:26.02
22 1 Lauren Ryan  Australia 4:26.60
23 1 Hala Hamdi  Tunisia 4:28.04 SB
24 1 Harmilan Kaur Bains  India 4:28.19
25 1 Aliaksandra Sakalouskaya  Belarus 4:28.52
26 2 Damla Çelik  Turkey 4:28.64
27 1 Lara Alemanni  Switzerland 4:31.42
28 2 Dawajila  China 4:43.38 SB
1 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany DNS

Final[edit]

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adanech Anbesa  Ethiopia 4:08.07
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fantu Worku  Ethiopia 4:08.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Aragon  United States 4:08.71 PB
4 Winfred Nzisa Mbithe  Kenya 4:09.25 PB
5 Alexa Efraimson  United States 4:10.23
6 Beatha Nishimwe  Rwanda 4:12.33
7 Bobby Clay  Great Britain 4:13.09
8 Harriet Knowles-Jones  Great Britain 4:15.49 PB
9 Joyline Cherotich  Kenya 4:15.72 SB
10 Lili Das  India 4:17.29 PB
11 Fatma Arık  Turkey 4:20.90 PB
12 Olivia Burdon  New Zealand 4:25.94

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2017.