Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 21–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 21 August 2008 (heats) 23 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:00.23 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The qualifying standards were 4:07.00 (A standard) and 4:08.00 (B standard).[2]
This event was hit hard by the Russian doping scandal on 31 July 2008, as all three Russian entrants, Yuliya Fomenko, Tatyana Tomashova and Yelena Soboleva, were suspended from competition.[3] These athletes were three of the favourites to take the medals in Beijing.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Qu Yunxia (CHN) | 3:50.46 | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 |
Olympic record | Paula Ivan (ROU) | 3:53.96 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the final.
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes[4] |
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Nancy Langat | Kenya | 4:00.03 | PB | |
Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 4:01.63 | ||
Nataliya Tobias | Ukraine | 4:01.78 | PB | |
4 | Lisa Dobriskey | Great Britain | 4:02.10 | PB |
5 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | 4:02.71 | |
6 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:03.19 | SB |
7 | Shannon Rowbury | United States | 4:03.58 | |
8 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 4:04.86 | |
9 | Anna Mishchenko | Ukraine | 4:05.13 | PB |
10 | Siham Hilali | Morocco | 4:05.57 | |
11 | Anna Alminova | Russia | 4:06.99 | |
12 | Btissam Lakhouad | Morocco | 4:07.25 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
Splits
Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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400m | Anna Alminova | Russia | 1:05.90 |
800m | Anna Alminova | Russia | 2:13.70 |
1200m | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | 3:16.41 |
References
- "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes.IAAF.org. 31 July 2008.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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