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The Women's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 & 30, and September 1.
Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain, the gold medallist in 2009 , had the two fastest times of the year prior to the competition. American Morgan Uceny entered as the Diamond League leader and her compatriot Shannon Rowbury (bronze in 2009) was also present. The 2010 World Indoor champion Kalkidan Gezahegne , Russia's Ekaterina Gorbunova and Btissam Lakhouad of Morocco completed the top four fastest runners that year.[1] Other prominent entrants included 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat , 2009 runner-up Lisa Dobriskey and world indoor medallists Natalia Rodríguez and Gelete Burka .[2]
The final was a tight pack, disrupted in the turn less than a lap and a half before the finish when Hellen Onsando Obiri fell taking out Uceny along with her. With a pack of 9 remaining, the competitors jockeyed for position on the final lap. As they entered the final straightaway Natalia Rodríguez had a slight edge on the pack almost four wide. Jennifer Barringer Simpson and Hannah England were trailing the pack but Simpson went wide and passed the field as Rodríguez started to falter. England followed Simpson in full sprint across the finish line.
Nataliya Tobias was disqualified for doping in 2012 after further analysis of a sample of hers from the Daegu Championships.[3] Olesya Syreva , Anzhela Shevchenko and Natallia Kareiva have later had their results disqualified after they were found to be doping based on abnormalities in their biological passport profiles.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Records [ edit ]
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record
Yunxia Qu (CHN )
3:50.46
Beijing , China
11 September 1993
Championship record
Tatyana Tomashova (RUS )
3:58.52
Paris , France
31 August 2003
World Leading
Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR )
4:00.33
Hengelo , Netherlands
29 May 2011
African Record
Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG )
3:55.30
Barcelona , Spain
8 August 1992
Asian Record
Yunxia Qu (CHN )
3:50.46
Beijing, China
11 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record
Mary Slaney (USA )
3:57.12
Stockholm , Sweden
26 July 1983
South American record
Letitia Vriesde (SUR )
4:05.67
Tokyo , Japan
31 August 1991
European Record
Tatyana Kazankina (URS )
3:52.47
Zürich , Switzerland
13 August 1980
Oceanian record
Sarah Jamieson (AUS )
4:00.93
Stockholm, Sweden
25 July 2006
Qualification standards [ edit ]
A time
B time
4:05.90
4:08.90
Schedule [ edit ]
Date
Time
Round
August 28, 2011
10:40
Heats
August 30, 2011
20:35
Semifinals
September 1, 2011
20:55
Final
Results [ edit ]
KEY:
q
Fastest non-qualifiers
Q
Qualified
NR
National record
PB
Personal best
SB
Seasonal best
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q ) and the next 6 fastest (q ) advance to the semifinals .
Semifinals [ edit ]
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q ) and the next 2 fastest (q ) advance to the final .
References [ edit ]
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