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The women's 1500 metre of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 12-16 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 42 athletes competing, the event was won by Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon from Kenya, with Genzebe Dibaba from Ethiopia taking the silver medal and Jennifer Simpson from United States taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to fifteen athletes. In each round, the top five with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Forty-two athletes qualified for the event with world champion and world record holder Genzebe Dibaba and world lead Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon as the big favorites for the title. Some other big names were the world indoor champion Sifan Hassan, the best non-African runner at the recent world championships Laura Muir, the indoor silver medalist Dawit Sayaum, and the European champion Angelika Cichocka. With the Ethiopian, Kenyan, and American runners as other favorites, some outsiders included former world champion Jennifer Simpson, and former world medalist Shannon Rowbury.

Athlete Nationality
Amela Terzic Serbia
Celma Bonfim da Graca Sao Tome and Principe
Marta Pen Freitas Portugal
Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya
Angelika Cichocka Poland
Linden Hall Australia
Saraswati Bhattarai Nepal
Maureen Koster Netherlands
Hilary Stellingswerff Canada
Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany
Siham Hilali Morocco
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia
Ciara Mageean Ireland
Brenda Martinez United States
Malika Akkaoui Morocco
Sofia Ennaoui Poland
Anjelina Nadai Lohalith Refugee Olympic Team
Gabriela Stafford Canada
Laura Weightman Great Britain
Nikki Hamblin New Zealand
Tigist Gashaw Bahrain
Sifan Hassan Netherlands
Muriel Coneo Colombia
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Kenya
Florina Pierdevara Romania
Jennifer Simpson United States
Besu Sado Ethiopia
Jenny Blundell Australia
Dawit Seyaum Ethiopia
Nicole Sifuentes Canada
Violah Cheptoo Lagat Kenya
Meraf Bahta Sweden
Zoe Buckman Australia
Laura Muir Great Britain
Danuta Urbanik Poland
Kadra Mohamed Dembil Djibouti
Shannon Rowbury United States
Diana Sujew Germany
Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates
Margherita Magnani Italy
Rababe Arafi Morocco
Nelia Martins Timor Leste

Current Records[]

Record Date Nat. Name Time
WR 17 July 2015 Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba 3:50.07
OR 1 October 1988 Romania Paula Ivan 3:53.96

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba 4:10.61 Q
2 Ireland Ciara Mageean 4:11.51 Q
3 United States Brenda Martinez 4:11.74 Q
4 Australia Linden Hall 4:11.75 Q
5 Poland Angelika Cichocka 4:11.76 Q
6 Germany Konstanze Klosterhalfen 4:11.76 Q
7 Canada Hilary Stellingwerff 4:12.00
8 Netherlands Maureen Koster 4:13.15
9 Morocco Siham Hilali 4:13.46
10 Serbia Amela Terzic 4:15.17
11 Kenya Nancy Chepkwemoi 4:15.41
12 Portugal Marta Pen Freitas 4:18.53
13 Nepal Saraswati Bhattarai 4:33.94 NR
14 Sao Tome and Principe Celma Bonfim da Graca 4:38.86
Heat 2 Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Netherlands Sifan Hassan 4:06.64 Q
2 Kenya Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon 4:06.65 Q
3 Poland Sofia Ennaoui 4:06.90 Q
4 United States Jennifer Simpson 4:06.99 Q
5 Morocco Malika Akkaoui 4:07.42 Q
6 Ethiopia Besu Sado 4:08.11 Q
7 Great Britain Laura Weightman 4:08.37 q
8 Australia Jenny Blundell 4:09.05 q
9 Canada Gabriela Stafford 4:09.45
10 Colombia Muriel Coneo 4:09.50
11 Bahrain Tigist Gashaw 4:10.96
12 Romania Florina Pierdevara 4:11.55
13 New Zealand Nikki Hamblin 4:11.88
14 Refugee Olympic Team Anjelina Nadai Lohalith 4:47.38
Heat 3 Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Ethiopia Dawit Seyaum 4:05.33 Q
2 United States Shannon Rowbury 4:06.47 Q
3 Great Britain Laura Muir 4:06.53 Q
4 Morocco Rababe Arafi 4:06.63 Q
5 Sweden Meraf Bahta 4:06.82 Q
6 Australia Zoe Buckman 4:06.93 Q
7 Canada Nicole Sifuentes 4:07.43 q
8 Kenya Violah Cheptoo Lagat 4:08.09 q
9 Poland Danuta Urbanik 4:08.67 q
10 Germany Diana Sujew 4:09.07 q
11 Italy Margherita Magnani 4:09.74
12 Djibouti Kadra Mohamed Dembil 4:42.67 NR
13 Timor Leste Nelia Martins 5:00.53
14 United Arab Emirates Betlhem Desalegn DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Kenya Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon 4:03.95 Q
2 Ethiopia Dawit Seyaum 4:04.23 Q
3 United States Shannon Rowbury 4:04.46 Q
4 Ethiopia Besu Sado 4:05.19 Q
5 Great Britain Laura Weightman 4:05.28 Q
6 Poland Sofia Ennaoui 4:05.29 q
7 Morocco Rababe Arafi 4:05.60 q
8 Australia Linden Hall 4:05.81
9 Australia Zoe Buckman 4:06.95
10 Germany Konstanze Klosterhalfen 4:07.26
11 Ireland Ciara Mageean 4:08.07
12 United States Brenda Martinez 4:10.41
Semifinal 2 Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba 4:03.06 Q
2 Netherlands Sifan Hassan 4:03.62 Q
3 Great Britain Laura Muir 4:04.16 Q
4 United States Jennifer Simpson 4:05.07 Q
5 Sweden Meraf Bahta 4:06.41 Q
6 Kenya Violah Cheptoo Lagat 4:06.83
7 Canada Nicole Sifuentes 4:08.53
8 Morocco Malika Akkaoui 4:08.55
9 Germany Diana Sujew 4:10.15
10 Poland Danuta Urbanik 4:11.34
11 Australia Jenny Blundell 4:13.25
12 Poland Angelika Cichocka 4:17.83

Final[]

Final Results
Rank Nat. Athlete Time Info
1 Kenya Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon 4:08.92
2 Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba 4:10.27
3 United States Jennifer Simpson 4:10.53
4 United States Shannon Rowbury 4:11.05
5 Netherlands Sifan Hassan 4:11.23
6 Sweden Meraf Bahta 4:12.59
7 Great Britain Laura Muir 4:12.88
8 Ethiopia Dawit Seyaum 4:13.14
9 Ethiopia Besu Sado 4:13.58
10 Poland Sofia Ennaoui 4:14.72
11 Great Britain Laura Weightman 4:14.95
12 Morocco Rababe Arafi 4:15.16

Results[]

Result Athlete Nationality
Gold Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Kenya
Silver Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia
Bronze Jennifer Simpson United States
4 Shannon Rowbury United States
5 Sifan Hassan Netherlands
6 Meraf Bahta Sweden
7 Laura Muir Great Britain
8 Dawit Seyaum Ethiopia
9 Besu Sado Ethiopia
10 Sofia Ennaoui Poland
11 Laura Weightman Great Britain
12 Rababe Arafi Morocco
13 Linden Hall Australia
14 Violah Cheptoo Lagat Kenya
15 Zoe Buckman Australia
16 Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany
17 Ciara Mageean Ireland
18 Nicole Sifuentes Canada
19 Malika Akkaoui Morocco
20 Diana Sujew Germany
21 Brenda Martinez United States
22 Danuta Urbanik Poland
23 Jenny Blundell Australia
24 Angelika Cichocka Poland
25 Gabriela Stafford Canada
26 Muriel Coneo Colombia
27 Margherita Magnani Italy
28 Tigist Gashaw Bahrain
29 Florina Pierdevara Romania
30 Nikki Hamblin New Zealand
31 Hilary Stellingwerff Canada
32 Maureen Koster Netherlands
33 Siham Hilali Morocco
34 Amela Terzic Serbia
35 Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya
36 Marta Pen Freitas Portugal
37 Saraswati Bhattarai Nepal
38 Celma Bonfim da Graca Sao Tome and Principe
39 Kadra Mohamed Dembil Djibouti
40 Anjelina Nadai Lohalith Refugee Olympic Team
41 Nelia Martins Timor Leste
- Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates
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