The women's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 11th, 13th and 15th of August.Start list
From the start of the final, two Americans, defending champion Jennifer Simpson and super high-schooler Mary Cain bracketed the field and closed to fill in the front of the pack. But most of the pack stayed in close order formation throughout with much jockeying for position and flying elbows. Cain tried to stay on the curb but kept getting moved back as new suitors moved forward then fell back. Zoe Buckman came forward then went to the curb to suffer the same fate ahead of Cain. Throughout world leader Abeba Aregawi hovered near the front but not passing Simpson. With 300 to go, Aregawi went around Simpson and made a break for it. But Simpson and the rest of the pack didn't go away. Just 100 meters later, Simpson looked like she would go by, but Aregawi wouldn't let her by. Then Hellen Obiri moved up with momentum, but couldn't make her way around either of them. Aregawi gained a couple of steps around the final turn, but Simpson came back to make it a close finish. Obiri lost ground but held on to keep the bronze. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon tried to hang on to her teammate but Hannah England made an impressive run from back in the pack to pass her on the inside to get fourth.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record3:50.46Beijing, People's Republic of China11 September 1993Championship record3:58.52Paris, France31 August 2003World Leading3:56.60Paris, France10 May 2013African Record3:55.30Barcelona, Spain8 August 1992Asian Record3:50.46Beijing, People's Republic of China11 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record3:57.12Stockholm, Sweden26 July 1983South American record4:05.67Tokyo, Japan31 August 1991European Record3:52.47Zürich, Switzerland13 August 1980Oceanian record4:00.93Stockholm, Sweden25 July 2006
Qualification standards A timeB time 4:05.50 4:09.00
Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2013 10:25 Heats13 August 2013 20:40 Semifinals15 August 2013 21:20 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Genzebe Dibaba 4:06.78 Q 2 3 Hellen Obiri 4:06.98 Q 3 2 Zoe Buckman 4:06.99 Q 4 2 Jennifer Simpson 4:07.16 Q 5 2 Yekaterina Sharmina 4:07.17 DQ 6 1 Abeba Aregawi 4:07.66 Q 7 1 Siham Hilali 4:07.82 Q 8 2 Rababe Arafi 4:07.84 Q 9 1 Svetlana Podosenova 4:07.87 Q 10 1 Nancy Langat 4:07.98 Q 11 3 Hannah England 4:08.05 Q 12 1 Renata Pliś 4:08.20 Q 13 1 Mary Cain 4:08.21 Q 14 3 Yelena Korobkina 4:08.33 DQ 15 3 Natalia Rodríguez 4:08.44 Q 16 3 Nicole Sifuentes 4:08.54 Q 17 3 Sonja Roman 4:08.58 q 18 1 Kate van Buskirk 4:08.65 q 19 2 Faith Kipyegon 4:08.66 Q 20 1 Luiza Gega 4:08.76 q 21 1 Maureen Koster 4:08.99 q 22 3 Sarah Brown 4:09.00 q 23 3 Btissam Lakhouad 4:09.15 q 24 2 Mimi Belete 4:09.27 Q 25 3 Diana Sujew 4:09.40 26 3 Ioana Doagă 4:09.78 27 2 Sheila Reid 4:10.90 28 2 Margherita Magnani 4:11.15 29 1 Gelete Burka 4:11.26 30 2 Senbere Teferi 4:11.41 31 2 Cory McGee 4:12.33 32 2 Betlhem Desalegn 4:12.97 33 1 Laura Weightman 4:14.38 34 1 Rosibel García 4:15.38 35 3 Tuğba Koyuncu 4:15.56 36 2 Eliane Saholinirina 4:18.04 SB 37 1 Amela Terzić 4:27.89
Semifinals Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals Results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Zoe Buckman 4:04.82 Q, PB 2 1 Faith Kipyegon 4:04.83 Q 3 1 Yelena Korobkina 4:05.18 DQ 4 1 Mary Cain 4:05.21 Q 5 1 Genzebe Dibaba 4:05.23 Q 6 1 Nancy Langat 4:05.30 q 7 1 Siham Hilali 4:05.32 q 8 1 Svetlana Podosenova 4:05.36 9 2 Abeba Aregawi 4:05.66 Q 10 2 Hellen Obiri 4:05.76 Q 11 2 Jennifer Simpson 4:05.79 Q 12 1 Nicole Sifuentes 4:06.30 13 2 Yekaterina Sharmina 4:06.49 DQ 14 2 Hannah England 4:06.80 Q 15 2 Kate van Buskirk 4:07.36 PB 16 2 Renata Pliś 4:08.02 17 1 Maureen Koster 4:08.15 18 1 Sonja Roman 4:08.63 19 1 Luiza Gega 4:08.79 20 2 Natalia Rodríguez 4:09.18 21 2 Rababe Arafi 4:09.86 22 2 Sarah Brown 4:12.16 23 2 Mimi Belete 4:14.22 2 Btissam Lakhouad
Final The final was started at 21:20.Final Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abeba Aregawi 4:02.67 Jennifer Simpson 4:02.99 Hellen Obiri 4:03.86 Hannah England 4:04.98 Faith Kipyegon 4:05.08 Zoe Buckman 4:05.77 Genzebe Dibaba 4:05.99 Nancy Langat 4:06.01 Mary Cain 4:07.19 10 Siham Hilali 4:09.16 DQ Yekaterina Sharmina 4:05.49 doping violationEuropean Athletics banned athletes DQ Yelena Korobkina 4:10.18 doping violation
References
External links 1500 metres results at IAAF website