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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

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, 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
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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 Faith Kipyegon   Kenya 4:10.17 Q
2 2 Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia 4:10.78 Q
3 2 Amela Terzić   Serbia 4:11.53 Q, NJ
4 3 Nancy Chepkwemoi   Kenya 4:13.43 Q
5 2 Sofia Ennaoui   Poland 4:13.68 Q, PB
6 3 Alem Embaye   Ethiopia 4:14.03 Q
7 1 Jessica Judd   Great Britain 4:14.64 Q, SB
8 1 Mary Cain   United States 4:14.77 Q
9 3 Jennifer Walsh   Great Britain 4:16.08 Q
10 2 Maruša Mišmaš   Slovenia 4:17.14 q, PB
11 1 Luminita Achim   Romania 4:18.25 q, PB
12 3 Saki Yoshimizu   Japan 4:18.30 q, PB
13 3 Frida Berge   Norway 4:18.66 PB
14 3 Nataliya Soltan   Ukraine 4:20.92 PB
15 1 Marta Pen   Portugal 4:20.95 PB
16 1 Caterina Granz   Germany 4:21.25
17 1 Rebekah Greene   New Zealand 4:21.99 SB
18 2 Andrina Schläpfer   Switzerland 4:22.29 SB
19 2 Emine Hatun Tuna   Turkey 4:23.08
20 1 Marta Pérez   Spain 4:23.57 PB
21 2 Jenny Blundell   Australia 4:24.35
22 2 Lee Da-mi   South Korea 4:24.78 PB
23 2 Meropi Panagiotou   Cyprus 4:25.10
24 3 Maria Bernard   Canada 4:25.47
25 2 Anežka Drahotová   Czech Republic 4:26.77 PB
26 1 Choi Soo-mi   South Korea 4:28.01
27 3 Federica Del Buono   Italy 4:28.66
28 1 Nataliia Pryshchepa   Ukraine 4:29.00
29 1 Sofía Pitoúli   Greece 4:29.36
30 3 Oona Kettunen   Finland 4:29.60
31 3 Hannah Meier   United States 4:31.20
32 2 Zsanett Kenesei   Hungary 4:31.63
33 3 Teodora Simovic   Serbia 4:32.22
34 3 Beatriz Álvarez   Spain 4:34.25
35 1 Darine Benamer   Algeria 4:40.85
36 2 Iuliana Madalina Leonte   Romania 4:43.83
3 Aicha Bilal Fall   Mauritania DNF
1 Winnie Nanyondo   Uganda DNS

Final edit

Rank Order Name Nationality Time Note
  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

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Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  4. ^ Results Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

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