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2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates19 August (heats)
20 August (semi-finals)
22 August (final)
Competitors56 from 31 nations
Winning time3:54.87
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Netherlands
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 19 to 22 August 2023.[1]

Summary

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Since 2015 when she lost to the world record holder Genzebe Dibaba, the only time Faith Kipyegon has lost a World title race was 2019, when Sifan Hassan ran away from the field. Both Hassan and Kipyegon were back, but Kipyegon was now the world record holder, and not only in the 1500 m; she had also taken down Hassan's mile record and the 5000 m record as well, all this year.

This year, Hassan dropped to the back as usual, but Kipyegon went right to the front, sub-31 for the first 200m. Taking her cue, Ciara Mageean, Diribe Welteji and Nelly Chepchirchir rushed to the front, later joined by Laura Muir. The pace relaxed to a more realistic 65 by the end of the first lap, and 66 for the second. It wasn't until 500 to go that Hassan made any serious effort to move forward. Ten metres before the bell, Kipyegon began to accelerate, starting to put a slight gap on the next pursuer Welteji. Hassan started the last lap 5 metres down, passing Jessica Hull into 6th place, with the fastest women in the world sprinting ahead of her. She moved into lane 2 and started passing in the turn. With 200 to go, Hassan got by Mageean into third place, but Kipyegon still had the 5-metre gap. Through the final turn, Hassan managed to get to Welteji's shoulder, but having spent so much effort to get there, she would get no further. Kipyegon still had her gap, now over both of them, which would prove to be insurmountable all the way to the finish. Hassan couldn't find another gear to overtake Welteji for silver.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.11 Firenze, Italy 2 June 2023
Championship record  Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
World Leading  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.11 Firenze, Italy 2 June 2023
African Record
Asian Record  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46 Beijing, China 11 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Shelby Houlihan (USA) 3:54.99 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
South American Record  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 4:05.67 Tokyo, Japan 31 August 1991
European Record  Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
Oceanian record  Linden Hall (AUS) 3:57.27 Chorzów, Poland 16 July 2023

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:03.50.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC +2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
19 August 13:15 Heats
20 August 17:05 Semi-finals
22 August 21:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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First 6 of each heat (Q) qualified to the semi-finals.[4][5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya (KEN) 4:00.87 Q
2 3 Sinclaire Johnson  United States (USA) 4:01.09 Q, SB
3 3 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:01.12 Q
4 3 Katie Snowden  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:01.15 Q
5 3 Marta Pérez  Spain (ESP) 4:01.41 Q, SB
6 3 Linden Hall  Australia (AUS) 4:01.45 Q
7 3 Sintayehu Vissa  Italy (ITA) 4:01.66 PB
8 3 Sophie O'Sullivan  Ireland (IRL) 4:02.15 PB
9 2 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 4:02.62 Q
10 2 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:02.72 Q
11 1 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED) 4:02.92 Q
12 2 Sarah Healy  Ireland (IRL) 4:03.00 Q
13 2 Gaia Sabbatini  Italy (ITA) 4:03.04 Q
14 2 Melissa Courtney-Bryant  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:03.14 Q
15 4 Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:03.47 Q
16 1 Laura Muir  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:03.50 Q
17 4 Jessica Hull  Australia (AUS) 4:03.50 Q
18 4 Ciara Mageean  Ireland (IRL) 4:03.52 Q
19 4 Cory McGee  United States (USA) 4:03.61 Q
20 4 Adelle Tracey  Jamaica (JAM) 4:03.67 Q
21 1 Nikki Hiltz  United States (USA) 4:03.76 Q
22 4 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy (ITA) 4:03.81 Q
23 1 Edinah Jebitok  Kenya (KEN) 4:04.09 Q
24 1 Abbey Caldwell  Australia (AUS) 4:04.16 Q
25 2 Esther Guerrero  Spain (ESP) 4:04.33 Q
26 1 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan (JPN) 4:04.36 Q, SB
27 4 Purity Chepkirui  Kenya (KEN) 4:04.51 PB
28 1 Lucia Stafford  Canada (CAN) 4:05.21
29 2 Sofia Thøgersen  Denmark (DEN) 4:05.34 NR
30 1 Alma Cortes [de]  Mexico (MEX) 4:06.03 SB
31 1 Claudia Bobocea  Romania (ROM) 4:06.07
32 2 Agathe Guillemot  France (FRA) 4:06.18
33 2 Aleksandra Płocińska  Poland (POL) 4:06.39 PB
34 4 Águeda Marqués  Spain (ESP) 4:06.41
35 2 Hanna Hermansson  Sweden (SWE) 4:06.42 SB
36 1 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland (POL) 4:06.47
37 2 Salomé Afonso  Portugal (POR) 4:06.55
38 3 Kristiina Mäki  Czech Republic (CZE) 4:06.90
39 1 Nathalie Blomqvist  Finland (FIN) 4:06.93 PB
40 3 Simone Plourde  Canada (CAN) 4:07.04
41 4 Kate Current  Canada (CAN) 4:07.23 PB
42 4 Marta Pen  Portugal (POR) 4:07.74
43 4 Amalie Sæten [no]  Norway (NOR) 4:08.08 PB
44 3 Eliza Megger  Poland (POL) 4:09.22
45 1 Vera Hoffmann  Luxembourg (LUX) 4:09.76
46 3 Yume Goto  Japan (JPN) 4:10.22
47 4 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda (UGA) 4:10.55
48 2 Carina Viljoen [de]  South Africa (RSA) 4:11.02
49 2 Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth  Hungary (HUN) 4:11.08 =PB
50 2 Elise Vanderelst  Belgium (BEL) 4:11.55
51 3 Nguyễn Thị Oanh  Vietnam (VIE) 4:12.28 PB
52 1 Jaqueline Weber  Brazil (BRA) 4:14.46 PB
53 3 Joceline Wind  Switzerland (SUI) 4:14.86
54 1 Şilan Ayyıldız  Turkey (TUR) 4:14.96
55 4 Fedra Luna  Argentina (ARG) 4:19.00
4 Gresa Bakraçi [no]  Kosovo (KOS) DNF

Semi-finals

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First 6 of each semi-final (Q) qualified to the final.[6][7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 3:55.14 Q
2 2 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:55.18 Q
3 2 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED) 3:55.48 Q
4 2 Laura Muir  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:56.36 Q
5 2 Katie Snowden  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:56.72 Q
6 2 Jessica Hull  Australia (AUS) 3:57.85 Q
7 2 Adelle Tracey  Jamaica (JAM) 3:58.77 NR
8 2 Sarah Healy  Ireland (IRL) 3:59.68
9 2 Abbey Caldwell  Australia (AUS) 3:59.79
10 2 Esther Guerrero  Spain (ESP) 4:00.13
11 2 Nikki Hiltz  United States (USA) 4:00.84
12 1 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya (KEN) 4:02.14 Q
13 1 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:02.46 Q
14 1 Ciara Mageean  Ireland (IRL) 4:02.70 Q
15 1 Cory McGee  United States (USA) 4:02.71 Q
16 1 Melissa Courtney-Bryant  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:02.79 Q
17 1 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy (ITA) 4:02.83 Q
18 1 Marta Pérez  Spain (ESP) 4:02.96
19 1 Linden Hall  Australia (AUS) 4:03.96
20 1 Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:04.27
21 1 Edinah Jebitok  Kenya (KEN) 4:05.41
22 1 Sinclaire Johnson  United States (USA) 4:06.39
23 1 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan (JPN) 4:06.71
2 Gaia Sabbatini  Italy (ITA) DNF

Final

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The final was started on 22 August at 21:33.[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 3:54.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:55.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED) 3:56.00
4 Ciara Mageean  Ireland (IRL) 3:56.61 NR
5 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya (KEN) 3:57.90 PB
6 Laura Muir  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:58.58
7 Jessica Hull  Australia (AUS) 3:59.54
8 Katie Snowden  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:59.65
9 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:01.51
10 Cory McGee  United States (USA) 4:01.60
11 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy (ITA) 4:01.84 PB
12 Melissa Courtney-Bryant  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 4:03.31

References

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  1. ^ "Women 1500 Metres Timetable". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ "1500 Metres Women − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Results 1500 metres Women - Heats" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Summary 1500 metre Women - Heats" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Results 1500 metres Women - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Summary 1500 metre Women - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Results 1500 metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.