Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | |||||||||
Dates | 5 August 1992 (heats) 6 August 1992 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:55.30 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 43 participating athletes. The three qualifying heats were held on August 5, followed by the two semi-finals on August 6. The final was held on August 8, 1992. [1]
This field was stacked with the world championship podium of Algerian Hassiba Boulmerka with Tetyana Dorovskikh and Lyudmila Rogachova, who had represented the Soviet Union, but after the demise of that political entity just over eight months earlier were representing the "Unified Team." Other key competitors look to be '84 silver medalist / 800 metre gold medalist Doina Melinte, and the wild card of 800 meter specialist Maria Mutola moving up in distance. Another wild card were two young Chinese athletes, 21 year old Liu Li and 19 year old Qu Yunxia who had qualified for the final. While the Soviet Union had virtually owned the event for the previous two decades, the Chinese had no history in this event. In the World Championships the previous year, the only, token, Chinese representative finished dead last in her qualifying heat.
This was not going to be a slow tactical final. Rogachova went to the front, quickly marked by Melinte and a third former Soviet, double 1983 medalist Yekaterina Podkopayeva. Left behind at the line, Liu rushed forward on the outside, chased by Boulmerka. In dead last place, Qu had to work her way around PattiSue Plumer and Mutola who had dropped back expecting to pick up the pieces with her finishing kick. Dorovskikh rushed to join the party at the front, followed by Qu who had a noticeably less refined running style, rocking from side to side, looking strained. Boulmerka aggressively stuck behind Rogachova at the front, the only one to break up the Unified former Soviet bloc at the front of the pack. 700 metres into the race, Qu rocked her way past Melinte and Liu onto third place Podkopayeva's back. As the two leaders started to break, Qu followed onto Boulmerka's back. With a lap to go, the field had strung out. Only the remaining green Unified team members were able to struggle to hold on to the three leaders with a gap back to Plummer and Mutola leading the second group. As she was falling back through the field, Melinte walked off the track at the end of the third lap. Mutola launched into what would be a long final kick, but after leaving Plummer, she wasn't making any headway. Down the backstretch, Boulmerka made her one move, accelerating past Rogachova. Rogachova couldn't answer, just holding her same speed. Dorovskikh stuck to Qu's back and made her move for bronze off the final turn. Qu looked at her and sprinted away gaining rapidly on Rogachova toward the finish. Boulmerka celebrated, flexing her muscles while the rest of the field looked exhausted. A little over a year later, Qu would set the world record that would last for 22 years.
Gold | Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria |
Silver | Lyudmila Rogachova Unified Team |
Bronze | Qu Yunxia China |
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 3:52.47 | Tatyana Kazankina | Zürich (SUI) | August 13, 1980 |
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Olympic Record | 3:53.96 | Paula Ivan | Seoul (KOR) | September 26, 1988 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria | 3:55.30 | ||
Lyudmila Rogachova | Unified Team | 3:56.91 | ||
Qu Yunxia | China | 3:57.08 | ||
4 | Tetyana Dorovskikh | Unified Team | 3:57.92 | |
5 | Liu Li | China | 4:00.20 | |
6 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 4:00.59 | |
7 | Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 4:01.91 | |
8 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Unified Team | 4:02.03 | |
9 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 4:02.60 | |
10 | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 4:03.42 | |
11 | Elena Fidatov | Romania | 4:06.44 | |
— | Doina Melinte | Romania | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria | 4:03.81 | |
2 | Lyudmila Rogachova | Unified Team | 4:03.85 | |
3 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 4:04.20 | |
4 | Liu Li | China | 4:04.35 | |
5 | Elena Fidatov | Romania | 4:04.55 | |
6 | Angela Chalmers | Canada | 4:04.87 | |
7 | Violeta Beclea | Romania | 4:05.46 | |
8 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 4:09.64 | |
9 | Kirsty Wade | Great Britain | 4:11.36 | |
10 | Maria Akraka | Sweden | 4:14.30 | |
11 | Anna Brzezińska | Poland | 4:15.53 | |
12 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 4:21.55 | |
13 | Marie Pierre Duros | France | 4:26.61 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tetyana Dorovskikh | Unified Team | 4:03.79 | |
2 | Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 4:03.83 | |
3 | Qu Yunxia | China | 4:03.86 | |
4 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Unified Team | 4:03.93 | |
5 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 4:04.00 | |
6 | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 4:04.23 | |
7 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 4:04.42 | |
8 | Paula Schnurr | Canada | 4:04.80 | |
9 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:05.54 | |
10. | Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | 4:06.05 | |
11 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:06.24 | |
12 | Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 4:07.46 | |
13 | Debbie Bowker | Canada | 4:12.50 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria | 4:09.91 | |
2 | Tetyana Dorovskikh | Unified Team | 4:09.94 | |
3 | Paula Schnurr | Canada | 4:09.99 | |
4 | Elena Fidatov | Romania | 4:10.00 | |
5 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:10.01 | |
6 | Liu Li | China | 4:10.08 | |
7 | Marie-Pierre Duros | France | 4:10.14 | |
8 | Maxine Newman | Great Britain | 4:15.16 | |
9 | Simone Meier | Switzerland | 4:15.64 | |
10 | Susan Sirma | Kenya | 4:17.73 | |
11 | Suzy Favor | United States | 4:22.36 | |
12 | Laurence Niyonsaba | Rwanda | 4:24.87 | |
13 | Bigna Samuel | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4:33.41 | |
14 | Mantokoane Pitso | Lesotho | 4:39.96 | |
15 | Rosemary Turare | Papua New Guinea | 5:10.52 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 4:07.82 | |
2 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 4:08.58 | |
3 | Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 4:09.47 | |
4 | Lyudmila Rogachova | Unified Team | 4:09.54 | |
5 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 4:10.63 | |
6 | Debbie Bowker | Canada | 4:11.27 | |
7 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 4:13.87 | |
8 | Sriyani Dhammika Manike | Sri Lanka | 4:26.22 | |
9 | Carol Galea | Malta | 4:33.41 | |
10 | Rosalie Gangué | Chad | 5:06.31 | |
— | Ann Williams | Great Britain | DQ | |
— | Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | DNF | |
— | Maria Akraka | Sweden | DNF | |
— | Ellen Kießling | Germany | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Qu Yunxia | China | 4:07.40 | |
2 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Unified Team | 4:07.55 | |
3 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 4:07.59 | |
4 | Violeta Beclea | Romania | 4:07.60 | |
5 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:07.70 | |
6 | Angela Chalmers | Canada | 4:07.75 | |
7 | Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 4:07.81 | |
8 | Kirsty Wade | Great Britain | 4:08.30 | |
9 | Anna Brzezińska | Poland | 4:08.35 | |
10. | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 4:09.47 | |
11 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 4:18.09 | |
12 | Khin Khin Htwe | Myanmar | 4:18.81 | |
13 | Brigitte Nganaye | Central African Republic | 4:33.57 (NR) | |
14 | Ana Isabel Elias | Angola | 4:33.66 |
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