2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
Faith Kipyegon Oregon 2022.jpg
Faith Kipyegon shortly after the final.
Venue Hayward Field
Dates15 July (heats)
16 July (semi-finals)
18 July (final)
Competitors46 from 24 nations
Winning time3:52.96
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2019
2023  

The women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 15 to 18 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

Gudaf Tsegay took the lead soon after the start with only her Ethiopian teammate Hirut Meshesha, Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon and Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir following closely with a gap opening quickly back to the rest. The first lap was completed in an electric 55.12 seconds with the first four maintaining a gap over the rest of the field until the end of the second lap, completed in 68 seconds, when Meshesha dropped off the first three, who now looked like confirmed medallists after only 800 metres. Tsegay still led at the bell with Kipyegon only taking the lead halfway down the back straight on the last lap. Kipyegon extended her lead over Tsegay to almost 10 metres by the finish with another five metres back to Muir in third.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)3:50.07 Monte Carlo, Monaco 17 July 2015
Championship record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sifan Hassan  (NED)3:51.95 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
World Leading Flag of Kenya.svg  Faith Kipyegon  (KEN)3:52.59 Eugene, United States 28 May 2022
African Record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)3:50.07 Monte Carlo, Monaco 17 July 2015
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Yunxia  (CHN)3:50.46 Beijing, China 11 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Shelby Houlihan  (USA)3:54.99 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
South American Record Flag of Suriname.svg  Letitia Vriesde  (SUR)4:05.67 Tokyo, Japan 31 August 1991
European Record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sifan Hassan  (NED)3:51.95 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jessica Hull  (AUS)3:58.81 Tokyo, Japan 4 August 2021

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:04.20. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
15 July18:10 Heats
16 July19:05 Semi-finals
18 July19:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first 6 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the heats. [4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:02.68Q
23 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:03.12Q, SB
33 Linden Hall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:03.21Q
43 Sofia Ennaoui Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)4:03.52Q, SB
53 Katharina Trost Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4:03.53Q, PB
63 Cory Ann McGee Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:03.61Q
73 Winnie Nanyondo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)4:03.81q
82 Faith Kipyegon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:04.53Q
92 Jessica Hull Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:04.68Q
102 Freweyni Hailu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:04.85Q
112 Elle St. Pierre Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:04.94Q
122 Hanna Klein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4:05.13Q
132 Adelle Tracey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)4:05.14Q
142 Nozomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)4:05.30q, SB
152 Marta Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:05.92q, SB
162 Hanna Hermansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)4:06.30q, PB
173 Diana Mezuliáníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)4:06.55q, SB
182 Katie Snowden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)4:06.92q
191 Hirut Meshesha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:07.05Q
203 Edinah Jebitok Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:07.12
212 Laura Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)4:07.25
222 Sintayehu Vissa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)4:07.33
232 Natalia Hawthorn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4:07.37
241 Laura Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)4:07.53Q
251 Georgia Griffith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:07.65Q
261 Sinclaire Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:07.68Q
271 Gaia Sabbatini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)4:07.82Q
283 Federica Del Buono Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)4:08.42
291 Kristiina Mäki Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)4:08.43Q
301 Marta Pen Freitas Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)4:08.58
313 Melissa Courtney-Bryant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)4:09.07
321 Yolanda Ngarambe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)4:09.15
331 Judith Kiyeng Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:09.30
341 Lucia Stafford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4:09.67
351 Elise Vanderelst Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)4:10.45
361 Sarah Healy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)4:11.31
373 Nathalie Blomqvist Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)4:11.98
381 Şilan Ayyildiz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)4:12.67
393 Alma Delia Cortes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)4:13.92
401 Ran Urabe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)4:14.82
413 Gresa Bakraçi Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo  (KOS)4:22.77
422 Anjelina Lohalith ART flag (2022).svg  Athlete Refugee Team  (ART)4:23.84 NR

Semi-finals

The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final. [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:01.28Q
21 Laura Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)4:01.78Q, SB
31 Jessica Hull Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:01.81Q
41 Freweyni Hailu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:02.28Q
51 Cory Ann McGee Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:02.74Q
61 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:03.08q, SB
72 Faith Kipyegon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:03.98Q
82 Hirut Meshesha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:04.05Q
91 Marta Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:04.24q, SB
102 Sinclaire Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:04.51Q
111 Hanna Klein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4:04.62
121 Linden Hall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:04.65
132 Georgia Griffith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:05.16Q
142 Sofia Ennaoui Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)4:05.17Q
152 Nozomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)4:05.79
162 Katharina Trost Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4:05.85
171 Hanna Hermansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)4:06.70
182 Adelle Tracey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)4:06.96
191 Diana Mezuliáníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)4:07.62
202 Katie Snowden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)4:08.29
211 Elle St. Pierre Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:09.84
222 Kristiina Mäki Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)4:21.67
232 Winnie Nanyondo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA) DNF qR
2 Gaia Sabbatini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DQ TR17.2.2

Final

The final was started on 18 July at 19:50. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg1 Faith Kipyegon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3:52.96
Silver medal icon.svg4 Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)3:54.52
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Laura Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)3:55.28 SB
46 Freweyni Hailu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:01.28
53 Sofia Ennaoui Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)4:01.43 SB
68 Sinclaire Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:01.63
712 Jessica Hull Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:01.82
85 Winnie Nanyondo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)4:01.98
913 Georgia Griffith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)4:03.26
1010 Cory Ann McGee Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:03.70
117 Marta Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:04.25
129 Hirut Meshesha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)4:05.86
1311 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)4:15.13

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References

  1. Timetable
  2. "1500 Metres Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. Heats Results
  5. Semi-Final Results
  6. Final results