2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Faith Kipyegon Kenya |
Amela Terzić Serbia |
Senbere Teferi Ethiopia |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record |  Lang Yinglai (CHN) |
3:51.34 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| Championship Record | Liu Dong (CHN) |
4:05.14 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) |
4:03.82 | Shanghai, China | 19 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) |
4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 25 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:10.17 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia | 4:10.78 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Amela Terzić | Serbia | 4:11.53 | Q, NJ |
| 4 | 3 | Nancy Chepkwemoi | Kenya | 4:13.43 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sofia Ennaoui |  Poland | 4:13.68 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | Alem Embaye | Ethiopia | 4:14.03 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Jessica Judd |  Great Britain | 4:14.64 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Mary Cain |  United States | 4:14.77 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jennifer Walsh | Great Britain | 4:16.08 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš |  Slovenia | 4:17.14 | q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Luminita Achim |  Romania | 4:18.25 | q, PB |
| 12 | 3 | Saki Yoshimizu |  Japan | 4:18.30 | q, PB |
| 13 | 3 | Frida Berge |  Norway | 4:18.66 | PB |
| 14 | 3 | Nataliya Soltan |  Ukraine | 4:20.92 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Marta Pen |  Portugal | 4:20.95 | PB |
| 16 | 1 | Caterina Granz |  Germany | 4:21.25 | |
| 17 | 1 | Rebekah Greene |  New Zealand | 4:21.99 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Andrina Schläpfer |  Switzerland | 4:22.29 | SB |
| 19 | 2 | Emine Hatun Tuna |  Turkey | 4:23.08 | |
| 20 | 1 | Marta Pérez |  Spain | 4:23.57 | PB |
| 21 | 2 | Jenny Blundell | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 4:24.35 | |
| 22 | 2 | Lee Da-mi |  South Korea | 4:24.78 | PB |
| 23 | 2 | Meropi Panagiotou |  Cyprus | 4:25.10 | |
| 24 | 3 | Maria Bernard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 4:25.47 | |
| 25 | 2 | Anežka Drahotová |  Czech Republic | 4:26.77 | PB |
| 26 | 1 | Choi Soo-mi | South Korea | 4:28.01 | |
| 27 | 3 | Federica Del Buono |  Italy | 4:28.66 | |
| 28 | 1 | Nataliia Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 4:29.00 | |
| 29 | 1 | Sofía Pitoúli |  Greece | 4:29.36 | |
| 30 | 3 | Oona Kettunen |  Finland | 4:29.60 | |
| 31 | 3 | Hannah Meier | United States | 4:31.20 | |
| 32 | 2 | Zsanett Kenesei |  Hungary | 4:31.63 | |
| 33 | 3 | Teodora Simovic | Serbia | 4:32.22 | |
| 34 | 3 | Beatriz Álvarez | Spain | 4:34.25 | |
| 35 | 1 | Darine Benamer |  Algeria | 4:40.85 | |
| 36 | 2 | Iuliana Madalina Leonte | Romania | 4:43.83 | |
| 3 | Aicha Bilal Fall | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mauritania | DNF | ||
| 1 | Winnie Nanyondo |  Uganda | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Order | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:04.96 | CR |
 | 6 | Amela Terzić | Serbia | 4:07.59 | PB, NR |
 | 7 | Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia | 4:08.28 | PB |
| 4 | 9 | Nancy Chepkwemoi | Kenya | 4:09.72 | |
| 5 | 10 | Jessica Judd | GBR | 4:09.93 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Mary Cain | USA | 4:11.01 | PB NHSR |
| 7 | 12 | Alem Embaye | Ethiopia | 4:12.92 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Jennifer Walsh | GBR | 4:12.96 | PB |
| 9 | 4 | Maruša Mišmaš | SLO | 4:14.96 | PB |
| 10 | 5 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:15.23 | |
| 11 | 11 | Saki Yoshimizu | JPN | 4:16.84 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Luminita Achim | ROU | 4:22.07 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (1)
- Australia (1)
- Canada (1)
- Cyprus (1)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Finland (1)
- Germany (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (1)
- Japan (1)
- Kenya (2)
Mauritania (1)- New Zealand (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (2)
- Serbia (2)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Korea (2)
- Spain (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Ukraine (2)
- United Kingdom (2)
- United States (2)
References
- http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
- Results Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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