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1,500 metres, Women

Date	12 – 16 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	41 from 24 countries

The two favorites were Kenya’s Genzebe Dibaba and Faith Kipyegon. They did nothing to dispel that status when they both won their semi-finals. Americans Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury were both considered to have shots at medals. Laura Weightman led the final through 400 metres in a walking pace of 76.57, with the Americans close on her heels. Dibaba moved to the lead at 800 metres, passed in 2:27.11, still very slow. She then put it in another gear, running the third 400 in 56.7, with only Kipyegon and Britain’s Laura Muir on her shoulder. Kipyegon took the lead with 200 left, and simply moved ahead, winning by over 10 metres in 4:08.92, the second-slowest Olympic winning time ever. Dibaba was struggling on the straight, but held on to win silver. Simpson had been sixth at the bell but started to move forward with 250 remaining, and gradually picked off runners to move up to bronze. Rowbury had been eighth at the bell and ran the same sort of pace, finishing just behind her teammate.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	950	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:06.65 (2 h2)	4:03.95 (1 h1)	4:08.92 (1)	Gold
2	643	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:10.61 (1 h1)	4:03.06 (1 h2)	4:10.27 (2)	Silver
3	1372	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:06.99 (4 h2)	4:05.07 (4 h2)	4:10.53 (3)	Bronze
4	1370	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:06.47 (2 h3)	4:04.46 (3 h1)	4:11.05 (4)
5	1032	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:06.64 (1 h2)	4:03.62 (2 h2)	4:11.23 (5)
6	1222	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:06.82 (5 h3)	4:06.41 (5 h2)	4:12.59 (6)
7	710	Laura Muir	GBR	4:06.53 (3 h3)	4:04.16 (3 h2)	4:12.88 (7)
8	648	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:05.33 (1 h3)	4:04.23 (2 h1)	4:13.14 (8)
9	647	Besu Sado	ETH	4:08.11 (6 h2)	4:05.19 (4 h1)	4:13.58 (9)
10	1095	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:06.90 (3 h2)	4:05.29 (6 h1)	4:14.72 (10)
11	728	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:08.37 (7 h2)	4:05.28 (5 h1)	4:14.95 (11)
12	993	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:06.63 (4 h3)	4:05.60 (7 h1)	4:15.16 (12)
6 h2 r2/3	951	Viola Lagat	KEN	4:08.09 (8 h3)	4:06.83 (6 h2)	–
7 h2 r2/3	491	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4:07.43 (7 h3)	4:08.53 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	324	Linden Hall	AUS	4:11.75 (4 h1)	4:05.81 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	992	Malika Akkaoui	MAR	4:07.42 (5 h2)	4:08.55 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r2/3	322	Zoe Buckman	AUS	4:06.93 (6 h3)	4:06.95 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	783	Diana Sujew	GER	4:09.07 (10 h3)	4:10.15 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	757	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	GER	4:11.76 (6 h1)	4:07.26 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	1119	Danuta Urbanik	POL	4:08.67 (9 h3)	4:11.34 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	844	Ciara Mageean	IRL	4:11.51 (2 h1)	4:08.07 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	318	Jenny Blundell	AUS	4:09.05 (8 h2)	4:13.25 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	1355	Brenda Martinez	USA	4:11.74 (3 h1)	4:10.41 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r2/3	1093	Angelika Cichocka	POL	4:11.76 (5 h1)	4:17.83 (12 h2)	–
7 h1 r1/3	494	Hilary Stellingwerff	CAN	4:12.00 (7 h1)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	1035	Maureen Koster	NED	4:13.15 (8 h1)	–	–
9 h1 r1/3	996	Siham Hilali	MAR	4:13.46 (9 h1)	–	–
9 h2 r1/3	492	Gabriela Stafford	CAN	4:09.45 (9 h2)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	1195	Amela Terzić	SRB	4:15.17 (10 h1)	–	–
10 h2 r1/3	548	Muriel Coneo	COL	4:09.50 (10 h2)	–	–
11 h1 r1/3	944	Nancy Chepkwemoi	KEN	4:15.41 (11 h1)	–	–
11 h2 r1/3	448	Tigist Gashaw	BRN	4:10.96 (11 h2)	–	–
11 h3 r1/3	867	Margherita Magnani	ITA	4:09.74 (11 h3)	–	–
12 h1 r1/3	1133	Marta Pen Freitas	POR	4:18.53 (12 h1)	–	–
12 h2 r1/3	1158	Florina Pierdevară	ROU	4:11.55 (12 h2)	–	–
12 h3 r1/3	605	Kadra Mohamed	DJI	4:42.67 (12 h3)	–	–
13 h1 r1/3	1049	Saraswati Bhattarai	NEP	4:33.94 (13 h1)	–	–
13 h2 r1/3	1075	Nikki Hamblin	NZL	4:11.88 (13 h2)	–	–
13 h3 r1/3	1241	Nelia Martins	TLS	5:00.53 (13 h3)	–	–
14 h1 r1/3	1199	Celma Bonfim	STP	4:38.86 (14 h1)	–	–
14 h2 r1/3	1147	Anjelina Nadai Lohalith	EOR	4:47.38 (14 h2)	–	–
DNS	1266	Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh	UAE	– (DNS h3)	–	–		DQ	1

Round One

Date	12 August 2016
Format	Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:05.33	Q
2	9	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:06.47	Q
3	6	Laura Muir	GBR	4:06.53	Q
4	13	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:06.63	Q
5	8	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:06.64	Q
6	10	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:06.65	Q
7	4	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:06.82	Q
8	2	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:06.90	Q
9	5	Zoe Buckman	AUS	4:06.93	Q
10	12	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:06.99	Q
11	1	Malika Akkaoui	MAR	4:07.42	Q
12	2	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4:07.43	q
13	3	Viola Lagat	KEN	4:08.09	q
14	13	Besu Sado	ETH	4:08.11	Q
15	5	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:08.37	q
16	7	Danuta Urbanik	POL	4:08.67	q
17	14	Jenny Blundell	AUS	4:09.05	q
18	10	Diana Sujew	GER	4:09.07	q
19	4	Gabriela Stafford	CAN	4:09.45
20	9	Muriel Coneo	COL	4:09.50
21	12	Margherita Magnani	ITA	4:09.74
22	12	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:10.61	Q
23	7	Tigist Gashaw	BRN	4:10.96
24	13	Ciara Mageean	IRL	4:11.51	Q
25	11	Florina Pierdevară	ROU	4:11.55
26	14	Brenda Martinez	USA	4:11.74	Q
27	6	Linden Hall	AUS	4:11.75	Q
28	5	Angelika Cichocka	POL	4:11.76	Q
29	10	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	GER	4:11.76	Q
30	6	Nikki Hamblin	NZL	4:11.88
31	9	Hilary Stellingwerff	CAN	4:12.00
32	8	Maureen Koster	NED	4:13.15
33	11	Siham Hilali	MAR	4:13.46
34	1	Amela Terzić	SRB	4:15.17
35	4	Nancy Chepkwemoi	KEN	4:15.41
36	3	Marta Pen Freitas	POR	4:18.53
37	7	Saraswati Bhattarai	NEP	4:33.94
38	2	Celma Bonfim	STP	4:38.86
39	8	Kadra Mohamed	DJI	4:42.67
40	3	Anjelina Nadai Lohalith	EOR	4:47.38
41	14	Nelia Martins	TLS	5:00.53
DNS / DQ	1266	Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh	UAE	–		2

Heat #1

Time	20:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:10.61	Q
2	–	Ciara Mageean	IRL	4:11.51	Q
3	–	Brenda Martinez	USA	4:11.74	Q
4	–	Linden Hall	AUS	4:11.75	Q
5	–	Angelika Cichocka	POL	4:11.76	Q
6	–	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	GER	4:11.76	Q
7	–	Hilary Stellingwerff	CAN	4:12.00
8	–	Maureen Koster	NED	4:13.15
9	–	Siham Hilali	MAR	4:13.46
10	–	Amela Terzić	SRB	4:15.17
11	–	Nancy Chepkwemoi	KEN	4:15.41
12	–	Marta Pen Freitas	POR	4:18.53
13	–	Saraswati Bhattarai	NEP	4:33.94
14	–	Celma Bonfim	STP	4:38.86

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Nancy Chepkwemoi	1:12.77
800 m	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	2:21.20
1200 m	Genzebe Dibaba	3:24.93

Heat #2

Time	20:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:06.64	Q
2	–	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:06.65	Q
3	–	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:06.90	Q
4	–	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:06.99	Q
5	–	Malika Akkaoui	MAR	4:07.42	Q
6	–	Besu Sado	ETH	4:08.11	Q
7	–	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:08.37	q
8	–	Jenny Blundell	AUS	4:09.05	q
9	–	Gabriela Stafford	CAN	4:09.45
10	–	Muriel Coneo	COL	4:09.50
11	–	Tigist Gashaw	BRN	4:10.96
12	–	Florina Pierdevară	ROU	4:11.55
13	–	Nikki Hamblin	NZL	4:11.88
14	–	Anjelina Nadai Lohalith	EOR	4:47.38

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Muriel Coneo	1:06.54
800 m	Faith Kipyegon	2:15.11
1200 m	Faith Kipyegon	3:21.80

Heat #3

Time	20:52

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:05.33	Q
2	–	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:06.47	Q
3	–	Laura Muir	GBR	4:06.53	Q
4	–	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:06.63	Q
5	–	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:06.82	Q
6	–	Zoe Buckman	AUS	4:06.93	Q
7	–	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4:07.43	q
8	–	Viola Lagat	KEN	4:08.09	q
9	–	Danuta Urbanik	POL	4:08.67	q
10	–	Diana Sujew	GER	4:09.07	q
11	–	Margherita Magnani	ITA	4:09.74
12	–	Kadra Mohamed	DJI	4:42.67
13	–	Nelia Martins	TLS	5:00.53
DNS	11	Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh	UAE	–	DQ	3

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Nicole Sifuentes	1:06.23
800 m	Nicole Sifuentes	2:14.17
1200 m	Nicole Sifuentes	3:20.76

Semi-Finals

Date	14 August 2016
Format	Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	–	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:03.06	Q
2	–	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:03.62	Q
3	–	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:03.95	Q
4	–	Laura Muir	GBR	4:04.16	Q
5	–	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:04.23	Q
6	–	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:04.46	Q
7	–	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:05.07	Q
8	–	Besu Sado	ETH	4:05.19	Q
9	–	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:05.28	Q
10	–	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:05.29	q
11	–	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:05.60	q
12	–	Linden Hall	AUS	4:05.81
13	–	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:06.41	Q
14	–	Viola Lagat	KEN	4:06.83
15	–	Zoe Buckman	AUS	4:06.95
16	–	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	GER	4:07.26
17	–	Ciara Mageean	IRL	4:08.07
18	–	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4:08.53
19	–	Malika Akkaoui	MAR	4:08.55
20	–	Diana Sujew	GER	4:10.15
21	–	Brenda Martinez	USA	4:10.41
22	–	Danuta Urbanik	POL	4:11.34
23	–	Jenny Blundell	AUS	4:13.25
24	–	Angelika Cichocka	POL	4:17.83

Heat #1

Time	21:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:03.95	Q
2	–	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:04.23	Q
3	–	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:04.46	Q
4	–	Besu Sado	ETH	4:05.19	Q
5	–	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:05.28	Q
6	–	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:05.29	q
7	–	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:05.60	q
8	–	Linden Hall	AUS	4:05.81
9	–	Zoe Buckman	AUS	4:06.95
10	–	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	GER	4:07.26
11	–	Ciara Mageean	IRL	4:08.07
12	–	Brenda Martinez	USA	4:10.41

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Laura Weightman	1:09.88
800 m	Laura Weightman	2:15.65
1200 m	Faith Kipyegon	3:19.03

Heat #2

Time	21:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:03.06	Q
2	–	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:03.62	Q
3	–	Laura Muir	GBR	4:04.16	Q
4	–	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:05.07	Q
5	–	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:06.41	Q
6	–	Viola Lagat	KEN	4:06.83
7	–	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4:08.53
8	–	Malika Akkaoui	MAR	4:08.55
9	–	Diana Sujew	GER	4:10.15
10	–	Danuta Urbanik	POL	4:11.34
11	–	Jenny Blundell	AUS	4:13.25
12	–	Angelika Cichocka	POL	4:17.83

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Jenny Barringer-Simpson	1:08.27
800 m	Jenny Barringer-Simpson	2:17.11
1200 m	Genzebe Dibaba	3:19.30

Final Round

Date	16 August 2016 — 22:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	4:08.92
2	–	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4:10.27
3	–	Jenny Simpson	USA	4:10.53
4	–	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:11.05
5	–	Sifan Hassan	NED	4:11.23
6	–	Meraf Bahta	SWE	4:12.59
7	–	Laura Muir	GBR	4:12.88
8	–	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4:13.14
9	–	Besu Sado	ETH	4:13.58
10	–	Sofia Ennaoui	POL	4:14.72
11	–	Laura Weightman	GBR	4:14.95
12	–	Rababe Arafi	MAR	4:15.16

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Laura Weightman	1:16.57
800 m	Genzebe Dibaba	2:27.11
1200 m	Genzebe Dibaba	3:23.90