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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 6 August 2024 (heats)
  • 7 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 8 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 10 August 2024 (final)
Winning time3:51.29 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jessica Hull  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Bell  Great Britain
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 6 and 10 August 2024. This was the fourteenth time the women's 1500 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 45 athletes were able to participate after qualifying by entry standard or their World Athletics Ranking.

Summary

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As the two time defending Olympic champion, two time reigning World Champion and world record holder, improving her own previous world record Just a month before the Olympics, Faith Kipyegon had all the check marks. The returning silver medalist is Laura Muir, who was also bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships. Returning bronze medalist Sifan Hassan was on a different agenda, running the 10,000 metres just 40 minutes after the start of this race and the Marathon, starting less than 36 hours later. Hassan also took bronze in 2023 behind silver medalist Diribe Welteji, while the 2022 silver medalist was Gudaf Tsegay. Earlier in the season, Jessica Hull became the #5 performer in history, while chasing Kipyegon to her world record. Two and a half months earlier, Tsegay became #4 virtually unassisted, beating Birke Haylom by 3 seconds.[2][3] Haylom did not make the final.

As the final started, Tsegay ran out of the field, bumping elbows with Agathe Guillemot, to take the lead 100 metres in. Elle St. Pierre dropped in behind her. After running the first lap in 59.23, Tsegay opened up a small gap. Kipyegon moved up through the pack to fill the gap with Welteji positioning herself on Kipyegon's shoulder. Reaching 700 metres in 1:46.9, four runners had already fallen off the back including Muir. Hull moved up behind Welteji. 800 in 2:03.27, everyone waiting for the first move, Hull racing just to get back to the pack. The move happened 50 metres before the bell when Kipyegon accelerated around Tsegay. In elite invitational races, the meet director frequently employs at least one paid rabbit to sacrifice their chance to win in order to run at a fast pace to set up the runners behind them. Championship races usually are run slowly because there is no paid rabbit. Here Tsegay's fast early pace had served the role perfectly for Kipyegon. Tsegay was no longer a factor. Kipyegon hit the bell at 2:51.7 with Hull following closely. Through the penultimate turn, Welteji went around Hull, bumping elbows in the process. 1200 in 3:07.10, still six runners in the pack but Kipyegon was driving the train. Down the backstretch two more dropped off, only Welteji, Hull and Georgia Bell were still hanging on. Through the final turn, Kipyegon opened up a gap. On the other end, Muir was sprinting to bridge back to the leaders. Coming off the turn, Hull went into full sprint but Kipyegon just continued to spread the gap, opening it up to 7 metres by the finish. Halfway down the home stretch, Hull got past Welteji, with Bell a step behind. In the last 10 metres, Bell got past Welteji for the bronze.[4] With Muir, this race had the fastest 3rd through 5th places in history.[5]

Background

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The women's 1500 metres has been a permanent fixture on the Olympic athletics programme since it was first held in 1972.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04[6] Paris, France 7 July 2024
Olympic record 3:53.11 Tokyo, Japan 6 August 2021
World leading 3:49.04[7] Paris, France 7 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[8]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 WR
Asia (records)  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Shelby Houlihan (USA) 3:54.99
Oceania (records)  Jessica Hull (AUS) 3:50.83
South America (records)  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 4:05.67

Qualification

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The women's 1500 metres event qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[9] 45 athletes can qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 4:02.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[9]


Results

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Heats

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The heats are scheduled for 6 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1] Qualification: first 6 in each heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals, all others (Re) advance to the repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ)

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 3:58.84 Q
2 Laura Muir  Great Britain 3:58.91 Q
3 Susan Ejore  Kenya 3:59.01 Q
4 Georgia Griffith  Australia 3:59.22 (.217) Q
5 Agathe Guillemot  France 3:59.22 (.220) Q
6 Emily Mackay  United States 3:59.63 Q
7 Sophie O'Sullivan  Ireland 4:00.23 PB
8 Sintayehu Vissa  Italy 4:00.69 PB
9 Águeda Marqués  Spain 4:01.60 PB
10 Lucia Stafford  Canada 4:02.22 SB
11 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan 4:04.28 qR
12 Vera Hoffmann  Luxembourg 4:07.64
13 Adelle Tracey  Jamaica 4:09.33 SB
14 Aleksandra Płocińska  Poland 4:10.12
15 Joselyn Brea  Venezuela 4:13.77

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Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 3:59.73 Q
2 Georgia Bell  Great Britain 4:00.29 Q
3 Nikki Hiltz  United States 4:00.42 Q
4 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 4:00.74 Q
5 Weronika Lizakowska  Poland 4:01.54 Q, PB
6 Maia Ramsden  New Zealand 4:02.83 Q
7 Sarah Healy  Ireland 4:02.91
8 Linden Hall  Australia 4:03.89
9 Simone Plourde  Canada 4:06.59
10 Esther Guerrero  Spain 4:06.60
11 Nele Weßel  Germany 4:08.55
12 Sara Lappalainen  Finland 4:08.66
13 Yume Goto  Japan 4:09.41 PB
14 Federica Del Buono  Italy 4:10.14
15 María Pía Fernández  Uruguay 4:19.30

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Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya 4:02.67 Q
2 Jessica Hull  Australia 4:02.70 Q
3 Elle St. Pierre  United States 4:03.22 Q
4 Klaudia Kazimierska  Poland 4:03.49 Q
5 Salomé Afonso  Portugal 4:04.42 Q, PB
6 Marta Pérez  Spain 4:04.94 Q
7 Kristiina Sasínek Mäki  Czech Republic 4:06.07
8 Revée Walcott-Nolan  Great Britain 4:06.44
9 Elise Vanderelst  Belgium 4:06.95
10 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 4:07.06
11 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia 4:07.15
12 Kate Current  Canada 4:09.81
13 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy 4:11.68
14 Farida Abaroge  Refugee Olympic Team 4:29.27 SB

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Repechage round

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The repechage round is scheduled for 7 August, starting at 12:45 (UTC+2) in the afternoon.[1] First 3 in each repechage heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia 4:01.47 Q
2 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy 4:02.46 Q
3 Esther Guerrero  Spain 4:03.15 Q
4 Sophie O'Sullivan  Ireland 4:03.73
5 Lucia Stafford  Canada 4:04.26
6 Joselyn Brea  Venezuela 4:05.93
7 Federica del Buono  Italy 4:06.00
8 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 4:06.35
9 Nele Weßel  Germany 4:07.22
10 Kate Current  Canada 4:08.91
11 Yume Goto  Japan 4:10.40
12 Farida Abaroge  Refugee Olympic Team 4:30.53
Sara Lappalainen  Finland DNS

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Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sintayehu Vissa  Italy 4:06.71 Q
2 Revée Walcott-Nolan  Great Britain 4:06.73 Q
3 Águeda Marqués  Spain 4:07.05 Q
4 Sarah Healy  Ireland 4:07.60
5 Kristiina Sasínek Mäki  Czech Republic 4:07.80
6 Simone Plourde  Canada 4:08.49
7 Elise Vanderelst  Belgium 4:08.86
8 Linden Hall  Australia 4:09.05
9 Aleksandra Płocińska  Poland 4:09.47
10 Vera Hoffmann  Luxembourg 4:11.28
11 Adelle Tracey  Jamaica 4:14.52
12 María Pía Fernández  Uruguay 4:16.46

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Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 3:58.64 Q
2 Georgia Bell  Great Britain 3:59.49 Q
3 Elle St. Pierre  United States 3:59.74 Q
4 Laura Muir  Great Britain 3:59.83 Q
5 Klaudia Kazimierska  Poland 4:00.21 Q, PB
6 Águeda Marqués  Spain 4:01.90 Q
7 Esther Guerrero  Spain 4:01.94
8 Maia Ramsden  New Zealand 4:02.20 NR
9 Georgia Griffith  Australia 4:02.69
10 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia 4:03.11
11 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya 4:03.24
12 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy 4:03.59

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Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 3:55.10 Q
2 Jessica Hull  Australia 3:55.40 Q
3 Nikki Hiltz  United States 3:56.17 Q
4 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 3:56.41 Q
5 Susan Ejore  Kenya 3:56.57 Q, PB
6 Agathe Guillemot  France 3:56.69 Q, NR
7 Weronika Lizakowska  Poland 3:57.31 NR
8 Marta Pérez  Spain 3:57.75 NR
9 Revée Walcott-Nolan  Great Britain 3:58.08 PB
10 Sintayehu Vissa  Italy 3:58.11 NR
11 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan 3:59.70 SB
12 Salomé Afonso  Portugal 3:59.96 PB
13 Emily Mackay  United States 4:02.03

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Final

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The final took place on 10 August, starting at 20:15 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 3:51.29 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jessica Hull  Australia 3:52.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Bell  Great Britain 3:52.61 NR
4 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 3:52.75 PB
5 Laura Muir  Great Britain 3:53.37 PB
6 Susan Ejore  Kenya 3:56.07 PB
7 Nikki Hiltz  United States 3:56.38
8 Elle Purrier St. Pierre  United States 3:57.52
9 Agathe Guillemot  France 3:59.08
10 Klaudia Kazimierska  Poland 4:00.12 PB
11 Águeda Marqués  Spain 4:00.31 PB
12 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 4:01.27

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ https://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_1500ok.htm
  3. ^ https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/middlelong/1500-metres/all/women/senior/2024?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229513&ageCategory=senior
  4. ^ https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C77A_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_1500ok.htm
  6. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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  8. ^ "Records – 1500 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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  17. ^ "Women's 1500m - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.