The women's 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 was held at the Olympic Stadium between 18–23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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... '	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.... '	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...   '

Records

World record		3:50.46	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	11 September 1993
Championship record		3:58.52	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	31 August 2003
World leading		3:56.55	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	10 July 2009
African record		3:55.30	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	8 August 1992
Asian record		3:50.46	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
North American record		3:57.12	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	26 July 1983
South American record		4:05.67	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	31 August 1991
European record		3:52.47	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	13 August 1980
Oceanian record		4:00.93	Stockholm, Sweden	25 July 2006

Qualification standards

A time	B time
4:06.00	4:09.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 18, 2009	12:05	Heats
August 21, 2009	20:00	Semifinals
August 23, 2009	17:00	Final

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gelete Burka		4:07.75	Q
2	2	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....		4:07.84	Q
3	2	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....		4:07.90	Q
4	2	Natalya Evdokimova		4:08.06	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...		4:08.13	Q
5	2	Anna Willard Anna Willard Anna Pierce is an American middle distance runner.-Personal:Pierce grew up on a farm in Greenwood, Maine. She took up running as a high school student at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine. She competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of...		4:08.13	Q
7	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....		4:08.16	Q
8	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...		4:08.21	Q
9	3	Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She was born in Addis Ababa. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won another junior silver at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, finishing...		4:08.23	Q
9	3	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....		4:08.23	Q
11	2	Mimi Belete Mimi Belete Mimi Belete Gebregeiorges is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. She won the 5000 metres title at the 2010 Asian Games....		4:08.36	q
12	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....		4:08.59	Q
13	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....		4:08.65	Q
14	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...		4:08.76	Q
15	1	Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specializes in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors....		4:08.79	Q
16	1	Meskerem Assefa		4:08.86	Q
16	1	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...		4:08.86	Q
18	1	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...		4:08.95	Q
19	1	Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....		4:08.96	Q
20	1	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...		4:09.18	q
21	3	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...		4:09.26	q
22	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:09.38	q
23	2	Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres. Born in England, Hamblin ran for the Dorchester Athletics Club before moving to New Zealand in 2006. She gained New Zealand citizenship in 2009...		4:09.60	q
24	3	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...		4:09.71	q
25	1	Oksana Zbrozhek Oksana Zbrozhek Oksana Zbrozhek is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships...		4:09.84
26	1	Charlene Thomas Charlene Thomas Charlene Thomas is an English middle distance runner who competes internationally for Great Britain....		4:09.91
27	3	Adrienne Herzog		4:10.10
28	1	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...		4:10.30	q
29	3	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...		4:10.57
30	2	Hind Déhiba Chahyd		4:11.41	q
31	3	Deirdre Byrne		4:12.19
32	2	Tamara Tverdostup		4:13.36
33	2	Alemitu Bekele		4:13.69	SB
34	1	Marina Muncan		4:15.18
35	1	Eliane Saholinirina		4:16.63
36	2	Susan Kuijken		4:18.10
37	3	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...		4:18.23
38	2	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...		4:27.36
39	3	Sladjana Pejovic		4:28.67
40	3	Francine Nzilampa		4:30.56	NR Congolese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Democratic Republic of the Congo maintained by DR Congo's national athletics federation: Fédération d'Atlétisme du Congo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timingOT = oversized track...
41	2	Aldy Villalobos		4:50.55	PB
42	1	Eva Pereira		5:04.95	PB

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		4:03.64	Q
	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....		4:03.73	Q, SB
	1	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....		4:03.84	Q
	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....		4:04.16	Q
	1	Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She was born in Addis Ababa. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won another junior silver at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, finishing...		4:04.75	Q
	1	Natalya Evdokimova		4:04.93	q
	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:06.53	q
	1	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...		4:06.88
	1	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...		4:07.10
10	1	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....		4:07.10
11	1	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...		4:08.72
12	2	Gelete Burka		4:10.19	Q
13	2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...		4:10.46	Q
14	2	Anna Willard Anna Willard Anna Pierce is an American middle distance runner.-Personal:Pierce grew up on a farm in Greenwood, Maine. She took up running as a high school student at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine. She competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of...		4:10.47	Q
15	2	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...		4:10.51	Q
16	2	Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specializes in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors....		4:10.64	Q
17	2	Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres. Born in England, Hamblin ran for the Dorchester Athletics Club before moving to New Zealand in 2006. She gained New Zealand citizenship in 2009...		4:10.96
18	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...		4:11.02
19	2	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....		4:11.10
20	2	Hind Déhiba Chahyd		4:11.22
21	2	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....		4:11.33
22	1	Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....		4:12.54
23	2	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...		4:12.55
24	2	Mimi Belete Mimi Belete Mimi Belete Gebregeiorges is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. She won the 5000 metres title at the 2010 Asian Games....		4:13.30

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		4:03.74
	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....		4:03.75
	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...		4:04.18
	Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specializes in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors....		4:04.91
	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....		4:05.21
	Anna Willard Anna Willard Anna Pierce is an American middle distance runner.-Personal:Pierce grew up on a farm in Greenwood, Maine. She took up running as a high school student at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine. She competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of...		4:06.19
	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:07.17
	Natalya Evdokimova		4:07.71
	Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne Kalkidan Gezahegne is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She was born in Addis Ababa. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won another junior silver at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, finishing...		4:08.81
10	Gelete Burka		4:11.21
	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....

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