Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres
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Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Nancy Lagat Nancy Lagat Nancy Jebet Langat is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She won the 1500 metre final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a personal best time of 4:00.23.... |
4:03.02 | Q, SB | |
2 | 3 | Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.... |
4:03.19 | Q, SB | |
3 | 3 | Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships.... |
4:03.22 | Q, PB | |
4 | 3 | Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury is an American middle distance runner under contract with Nike currently residing in San Francisco, California. Rowbury competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China... |
4:03.89 | q | |
5 | 3 | Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships... |
4:04.66 | q | |
6 | 1 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo... |
4:05.14 | Q | |
7 | 1 | Natalia Rodríguez Natalia Rodríguez (athlete) Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008.... |
4:05.30 | Q | |
8 | 1 | Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min... |
4:05.36 | Q, SB | |
9 | 1 | Anna Mishchenko Anna Mishchenko Anna Valeriïvna Mishchenko , is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She won the 2006 Ukrainian national championships in the event. In 2008 she took sixth place in the European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow and represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
4:05.61 | q, PB | |
10 | 1 | Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41... |
4:06.64 | ||
11 | 1 | Stephanie Twell Stephanie Twell Stephanie April "Steph" Twell is a Scottish middle distance runner. She was the winner of the 1500 metres at the World Junior Championships in 2008, and is a three time winner of the European Cross Country Championships junior women's race as well as being part of four winning Great Britain... |
4:06.68 | ||
12 | 1 | Anna Jakubczak Anna Jakubczak Anna Jakubczak is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.78 min *1500 metres - 4:00.15 min *3000 metres - 9:17.75 min -External links:... |
4:07.33 | ||
13 | 3 | Sylwia Ejdys Sylwia Ejdys Sylwia Ejdys is a Polish middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She competed in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her personal best for the distance is 4:02.30 minutes.... |
4:08.37 | ||
14 | 3 | René Kalmer René Kalmer René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight... |
4:08.41 | ||
15 | 3 | Sonja Roman Sonja Roman Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event.... |
4:08.52 | ||
16 | 3 | Liu Qing Liu Qing (athlete) Liu Qing is a female Chinese middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.At the 2005 Summer Universiade she finished fourth in the 800 m and won a bronze in the 1500 m, and at the 2006 Asian Games she finished seventh and sixth. She competed in both events at the 2007 World... |
4:09.27 | ||
17 | 1 | Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Wurth-Thomas competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
4:09.70 | ||
18 | 1 | Irene Jelagat Irene Jelagat Irene Jelagat is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, with a personal best time of 4:08.88 minutes, and finished fifth at the 2008 African Championships.Jelegat represented Kenya in the 1500 m at the... |
4:09.92 | ||
19 | 3 | Meskerem Assefa | 4:10.04 | ||
20 | 2 | Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min... |
4:13.60 | Q | |
21 | 2 | Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships... |
4:14.10 | Q | |
22 | 2 | Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.A Khouribga native, she competed in the 1500 m at both the 2007 and 2008 World Athletics Finals, finishing in sixth and eleventh place, respectively... |
4:14.34 | Q | |
23 | 2 | Susan Scott | 4:14.66 | ||
24 | 1 | Konstadína Efedáki | 4:15.02 | ||
25 | 2 | Viola Kibiwot Viola Kibiwot Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is a runner form Kenya who specialises in 1500 metres.Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she took the bronze medal for Kenya... |
4:15.62 | ||
26 | 2 | Gelete Burka | 4:15.77 | ||
27 | 2 | Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s... |
4:15.80 | ||
28 | 2 | Erin Donohue Erin Donohue Erin Donohue is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Donohue qualified for the U.S... |
4:16.05 | ||
29 | 2 | Lisa Corrigan | 4:16.32 | ||
30 | 1 | Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 24.85 s *400 metres - 53.08 s *800 metres - 1:59.65 min... |
4:18.99 | ||
31 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.... |
4:19.57 | ||
32 | 3 | Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics... |
4:19.89 | ||
33 | 2 | Domingas Togna Domingas Togna Domingas Togna is a track and field athlete from Guinea-Bissau. At the 2008 Olympics she competed in the 1500m heats finishing 33rd in the heats.-References:... |
5:05.76 | NR |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Nancy Lagat Nancy Lagat Nancy Jebet Langat is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She won the 1500 metre final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a personal best time of 4:00.23.... |
4:00.03 | PB | ||
Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min... |
4:01.63 | |||
Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.... |
4:01.78 | PB | ||
4 | Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships.... |
4:02.10 | PB | |
5 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo... |
4:02.71 | ||
6 | Natalia Rodríguez Natalia Rodríguez (athlete) Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008.... |
4:03.19 | SB | |
7 | Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury is an American middle distance runner under contract with Nike currently residing in San Francisco, California. Rowbury competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China... |
4:03.58 | ||
8 | Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships... |
4:04.86 | ||
9 | Anna Mishchenko Anna Mishchenko Anna Valeriïvna Mishchenko , is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She won the 2006 Ukrainian national championships in the event. In 2008 she took sixth place in the European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow and represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
4:05.13 | PB | |
10 | Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min... |
4:05.57 | ||
11 | Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships... |
4:06.99 | ||
12 | Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.A Khouribga native, she competed in the 1500 m at both the 2007 and 2008 World Athletics Finals, finishing in sixth and eleventh place, respectively... |
4:07.25 |
Splits
Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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400m | Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships... |
1:05.90 | |
800m | Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships... |
2:13.70 | |
1200m | Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo... |
3:16.41 | |