Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6–10 August
Competitors46 from 26 nations
Winning time4:10.23
Medalists
 Aslı Çakır Alptekin  Turkey
 Gamze Bulut  Turkey
 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain
Official Video
Athletics at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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The women's 1500 metres competition was an event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The competition was held at the Olympic Stadium from 6–10 August.[1]

Summary

The qualifying rounds were typically strategic, with the second heat notably slower than the first and third. Notable for not qualifying was world championship bronze medalist (and 2009 first finisher) Natalia Rodríguez and Genzebe Dibaba, younger sister of 10000 metres gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba.

The semifinals were similarly inconsistent. In the first semi, the race was stringing out behind a last lap charge by Ethiopian born Bahraini Mimi Belete chased by Aslı Çakır Alptekin, the two leaders looking to be sure qualifiers. At the head of the final straight Alptekin passed Belete for the lead and Belete wilted, falling back through the field and changing the dynamic of the rush for qualifying positions, giving Shannon Rowbury a qualifying spot, while Hilary Stellingwerff and Corinna Harrer had to hope the second semi would go slowly. It didn't. Instead the second semi final went out significantly faster with Tatyana Tomashova pushing the pace after the first 200 metres. With 600 to go, Gamze Bulut passed Tomashova to accelerate the pace further. Abeba Aregawi stayed on Bulut's shoulder and sprinted past with 200 to go, stringing out the field, leaving reigning world champion Jennifer Simpson behind.

The final started out slowly, none of the entrants wanting to take the lead. By default Bulut and Maryam Yusuf Jamal found themselves in the lead, Jamal noticeably looking around for someone else to take the pace. The first lap was 1:15.12, literally a jog for athletes of this caliber. The second lap slightly faster, reached in 2:23.97. The two shared the leading duties until the bell, then both accelerated, with the field swarming to join them. Moments after the bell, Aregawi passed behind Morgan Uceny, who stumbled, her knee meeting the back-kick of Ekaterina Kostetskaya. Just like her experience in the 2011 World Championships, Uceny found herself on the ground as the field was sprinting away from her, leaving her in tears. Alptekin passed Bulut with 300 to go. Aregawi joined the lead group on the back stretch with Jamal and Bulut all jockeying for position behind Alptekin. Coming onto the home stretch Jamal looked like she was in position to move past Alptekin, but she never gained enough. Aregawi edged past Jamal with Bulut trying to close the gap. 20 metres before the finish Aregawi suddenly slowed as she was passed by Jamal at the same time as Bulut passed them both.[2]

Doping and aftermath

In May 2013, several news organizations reported that winner Aslı Çakır Alptekin had tested positive for a banned substance.[3][4] As her second doping offense, she would face a lifetime ban if found guilty and be stripped of her gold medal. Neither the IAAF nor WADA made an official confirmation of the positive drug test.[5] On 28 July 2014, IAAF announced that 9th-place finisher Ekaterina Kostetskaya was sanctioned for doping after her biological passport had showed anormalities. Her result was disqualified.[6]

On 17 August 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport approved a settlement agreed to by Alptekin and the IAAF. Alptekin agreed to give up her 1500 m Olympic title and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping.[7] There was no confirmation from the IOC whether the medals would be redistributed.[8]

Fourth-place runner Tatyana Tomashova received a two-year ban from 2008-2010 for manipulating doping samples.[9] In 2016, the IAAF reported that Ethiopian runner Abeba Aregawi, who initially finished the final in fifth place, had also failed a drug test.[10]

Belarusian runner Natallia Kareiva, who finished seventh in the final, received a two-year ban in 2014 for doping after her biological passport showed abnormalities. This voided her result from the 2012 Olympics.[11]

Russian runner Yekaterina Kostetskaya was also sanctioned for doping in 2014, disqualifying her initial ninth-place finish.[6]

Competition format

The women's 1500 m competition consisted of heats (round 1), semifinals and a final. The first 6 competitors in each heat of round 1 along with the next six fastest overall qualified for the semifinals.[12] In the semifinals the first five in each heat along with the next two fastest overall qualified for the final. There was a tie for the 12th fastest overall time and both athletes qualified for the final, making a total of 13 athletes.[13]

Records

Prior to the 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 26 September 1988
2012 World leading  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 3:56.15 Paris, France 6 July 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 2012 11:45Round 1
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:45Semifinals
Friday, 10 August 2012 20:55Finals

Results

Official video of first round

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 6 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Abeba Aregawi Ethiopia 4:04.55 Q
2 Tatyana Tomashova Russia 4:05.10 Q
3 Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain 4:05.39 Q
4 Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya 4:05.40 Q
5 Hannah England Great Britain 4:05.73 Q
6 Hilary Stellingwerff Canada 4:05.79 Q
7 Shannon Rowbury United States 4:06.03 q
8 Lucy van Dalen New Zealand 4:07.04 q
9 Lucia Klocova Slovakia 4:07.79 q, NR
10 Corinna Harrer Germany 4:07.83 q
11 Marina Munćan Serbia 4:11.25
12 Tereza Capkova Czech Republic 4:12.15
13 Anzhelika Shevchenko Ukraine 4:12.97
14 Natalia Rodríguez Spain 4:16.18
15 Tuğba Karakaya Turkey 4:29.21
N/A Btissam Lakhouad Morocco N/A DNF

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Lisa Dobriskey Great Britain 4:13.32 Q
2 Siham Hilali Morocco 4:13.34 Q
3 Aslı Çakır Alptekin Turkey 4:13.64 Q
4 Nuria Fernández Spain 4:13.72 Q
5 Kaila McKnight Australia 4:13.80 Q
6 Jennifer Simpson United States 4:13.81 Q
7 Ekaterina Martynova Russia 4:13.86
8 Genzeb Shumi Bahrain 4:14.02
9 Meskerem Assefa Ethiopia 4:15.52
10 Eunice Jepkoech Sum Kenya 4:16.95
11 Sonja Roman Slovenia 4:19.17
12 Eliane Saholinirina Madagascar 4:19.46
13 Renata Pliś Poland 4:19.62
14 Chancel Ilunga Sankuru DR Congo 5:05.25
N/A Ingvill Makestad Bovim Norway N/A DNS

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Gamze Bulut Turkey 4:06.69 Q
2 Morgan Uceny United States 4:06.87 Q
N/A DSQ Natallia Kareiva Belarus 4:06.87 Q, SB
N/A DSQ Ekaterina Kostetskaya Russia 4:06.94 Q
3 Mimi Belete Bahrain 4:07.01 Q, SB
4 Laura Weightman Great Britain 4:07.29 Q
5 Nicole Sifuentes Canada 4:07.65 q
6 Zoe Buckman Australia 4:07.83 q
7 Faith Kipyegon Kenya 4:08.78
8 Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia 4:11.15
9 Janet Achola Uganda 4:11.64
10 Isabel Macías Spain 4:13.07
11 Anna Mishchenko Ukraine 4:13.63
12 Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates 4:14.07
13 Gladys Landaverde El Salvador 4:18.26 NR
Official video semifinal round

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 5 of each semifinal (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Aslı Çakır Alptekin Turkey 4:05.11 Q
N/A DSQ Ekaterina Kostetskaya Russia 4:05.32 Q
2 Morgan Uceny United States 4:05.34 Q
3 Lisa Dobriskey Great Britain 4:05.35 Q
4 Shannon Rowbury United States 4:05.47 Q
5 Hilary Stellingwerff Canada 4:05.57
6 Corinna Harrer Germany 4:05.70
7 Mimi Belete Bahrain 4:05.91 SB
8 Hannah England Great Britain 4:06.35
9 Nuria Fernandez Spain 4:06.57 SB
10 Lucy van Dalen New Zealand 4:06.97
11 Kaila McKnight Australia 4:08.44

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Abeba Aregawi Ethiopia 4:01.03 Q
2 Gamze Bulut Turkey 4:01.18 Q, PB
3 Tatyana Tomashova Russia 4:02.10 Q
4 Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain 4:02.18 Q, SB
5 Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya 4:02.30 Q
N/A DSQ Natallia Kareiva Belarus 4:02.37 q, PB
6 Laura Weightman Great Britain 4:02.99 q, PB
7 Lucia Klocova Slovakia 4:02.99 q, NR
8 Siham Hilali Morocco 4:04.79
9 Zoe Buckman Australia 4:05.03 PB
10 Nicole Sifuentes Canada 4:06.33
11 Jennifer Simpson United States 4:06.89

Finals

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[14]
1st Aslı Çakır Alptekin Turkey 4:10.23
2nd Gamze Bulut Turkey 4:10.40
3rd Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain 4:10.74
4 Tatyana Tomashova Russia 4:10.90
5 Abeba Aregawi Ethiopia 4:11.03
6 Shannon Rowbury United States 4:11.26
N/A DSQ Natallia Kareiva Belarus 4:11.58 Disqualified
7 Lucia Klocová Slovakia 4:12.64
N/A DSQ Ekaterina Kostetskaya Russia 4:12.90 Disqualified
8 Lisa Dobriskey Great Britain 4:13.02
9 Laura Weightman Great Britain 4:15.60
10 Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya 4:16.57
N/A Morgan Uceny United States N/A DNF

References

  1. ↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-10-2012/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detW_1500_hash_f
  3. ↑ Hart, Simon (3 May 2013). "Turkish Olympic champion Cakir Alptekin dopes positive". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Asli Cakir Alptekin Charged With Doping". The New York Times. 3 May 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/womens-olympic-1500-champ-reportedly-fails-drug-test
  6. 1 2 "List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules as at: 28.07.14" (PDF). IAAF. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin stripped of Olympic 1500m title for doping
  8. ↑ 1500m women results – Athletics – London 2012 Olympics
  9. ↑ "Seven Russians handed doping bans". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  10. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/29/abeba-aregawi-1500m-sweden-suspended
  11. ↑ IAAF: Doping sanctins News 156
  12. ↑ Sports Reference. Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's 1,500 metres Round One
  13. ↑ Sports Reference. Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's 1,500 metres Semi-Finals
  14. ↑ Olympic.org LONDON 2012 ATHLETICS,1500M WOMEN
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