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The women's 1,500-metre race was first added to the Summer Olympics in 1972, and the winner of the first gold medal was Lyudmila Bragina of the Soviet Union. During the Olympic Games of 1972 through 2008, the women's 1,500-metre race has been won by three Soviets plus one Russian, one Italian, one Romanian, one Briton, one Kenyan, and two ...
1.2 Final. 2 References. ... The women's 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 1 and 3 March 2024. ... Time Notes 1: 2:
The women's 1500 metres event qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [9] 45 athletes can qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 4:02.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [9]
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [ 1 ] 45 athletes from 25 nations competed. [ 2 ] Kenya's Faith Kipyegon successfully defended her Olympic title, to become one of only two women, along with Tatyana Kazankina , to win two Olympic 1500 metres titles.
The women's event was not introduced until over seventy years later, but it has been a permanent fixture since it was first held in 1972. The Olympics final and the World Athletics Championships final are the most prestigious 1500 m races at an elite level. The competition format comprises three rounds: a heats stage, semi-finals, then a final ...
The championship records for the event are 3:27.65 minute for men, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999, and 3:51.95 minutes for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2019. [1] The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship ...
Women's 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 22 August (heats) 23 August (semifinals) 25 August (final) Competitors 35 from 20 nations Winning time 4:08.09 Medalists Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia Faith Kipyegon Kenya Sifan Hassan Netherlands ← 2013 2017 → Events at the 2015 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men ...
Gudaf Tsegay took the lead soon after the start with only her Ethiopian teammate Hirut Meshesha, Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon and Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir following closely with a gap opening quickly back to the rest.