2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Genzebe Dibaba celebrating her win.

The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. Four of the fifteen participants were later found out to be doping, including the original bronze medallist, Aslı Çakır Alptekin.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco	Hind Déhiba France

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Elena Soboleva (RUS)	3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
Championship record	Gelete Burka (ETH)	3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
World Leading	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	4:00.13	Karlsruhe, Germany	12 February 2012
African record	Gelete Burka (ETH)	3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
Asian record	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	3:59.79	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record	Elena Soboleva (RUS)	3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Regina Jacobs (USA)	3:59.98	Boston, United States	1 February 2003
Oceanian Record	Sarah Jamieson (AUS)	4:11.08	Boston, United States	7 February 2009
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	4:14.05	Budapest, Hungary	12 February 1992

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
4:14.00 or 4:31.00 (Mile)	4:03.50 or 4:22.00 (Mile)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	18:30	Heats
March 10, 2012	18:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest qualified (q). 15 athletes from 12 countries participated.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:08.56	Q
2	2	Hind Dehiba	France	4:08.78	Q
3	2	Tizita Bogale	Ethiopia	4:08.91	Q
DQ	2	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	4:09.15	q, SB, Doping
DQ	2	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey	4:09.30	q, NR, Doping
4	2	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4:09.50	q
5	1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4:11.17	Q
6	2	Brenda Martinez	United States	4:11.30
7	1	Isabel Macías	Spain	4:11.53	Q
DQ	1	Natallia Kareiva	Belarus	4:11.64	Q, Doping
8	1	Siham Hilali	Morocco	4:11.69
DQ	1	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	4:12.78	Doping
9	1	Luiza Gega	Albania	4:13.45
10	1	Sara Vaughn	United States	4:17.46
11	1	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:17.50

Final

9 athletes from 8 countries participated.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4:05.78
	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	4:07.78
DQ	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey	4:08.74	NR, Doping
DQ	Natallia Kareiva	Belarus	4:10.12	Doping
	Hind Déhiba	France	4:10.30
4	Tizita Bogale	Ethiopia	4:10.98
DQ	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	4:13.04	Doping
5	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4:14.57
6	Isabel Macías	Spain	4:22.40