2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
Appearance
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
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Faith Kipyegon Kenya |
Amela Terzić Serbia |
Senbere Teferi Ethiopia |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], 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 | ||||
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Championship Record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 25 July 2012 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
Final
[edit]Rank | Order | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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1 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:04.96 | CR | |
6 | Amela Terzić | Serbia | 4:07.59 | PB, NR | |
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 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (1)
- Australia (1)
- Canada (1)
- Cyprus (1)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Finland (1)
- Germany (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (1)
- Japan (1)
- Kenya (2)
- Mauritania (1)
- New Zealand (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (2)
- Serbia (2)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Korea (2)
- Spain (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Ukraine (2)
- United Kingdom (2)
- United States (2)
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ Results Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine