2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 25 and 27 July.[1][2][3][4][5]

Medalists

Gold	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia
Silver	Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia
Bronze	Sheila Chepngetich Keter  Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Lang Yinglai (CHN)	3:51.34	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN)	4:04.96	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Dawit Seyaum (ETH)	3:59.53	Marrakech, Morocco	8 June 2014
Broken records during the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Results

Final

27 July
Start time: 15:54 Temperature: 28 °C Humidity: 37 %

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4:09.86
	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4:10.83
	Sheila Chepngetich Keter	Kenya	4:11.21	PB
4	Elise Cranny	United States	4:12.82
5	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4:13.06
6	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:13.31
7	Winfred Mbithe	Kenya	4:13.80	PB
8	Bobby Clay	United Kingdom	4:16.47	SB
9	Katelyn Ayers	Canada	4:17.01	PB
10	Cassandre Beaugrand	France	4:17.04	PB
11	Amy Griffiths	United Kingdom	4:17.54
12	Anna Laman	Australia	4:18.70

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:08.96 Gudaf Tsegay
800m: 2:17.13 Dawit Seyaum
1200m: 3:23.91 Dawit Seyaum

Heats

25 July
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4:14.72	Q
2	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4:15.07	Q
3	Winfred Mbithe	Kenya	4:15.12	Q PB
4	Elise Cranny	United States	4:15.21	Q
5	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4:15.62	Q
6	Sheila Chepngetich Keter	Kenya	4:16.13	Q
7	Amy Griffiths	United Kingdom	4:16.22	q
8	Bobby Clay	United Kingdom	4:16.56	Q SB
9	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:16.87	Q
10	Cassandre Beaugrand	France	4:18.56	q
11	Katelyn Ayers	Canada	4:18.87	q PB
12	Anna Laman	Australia	4:18.89	q
13	Ekaterina Sokolova	Russia	4:19.88
14	Anastasía-Panayióta Marinákou	Greece	4:20.50
15	Marege Hayelom	Azerbaijan	4:20.58
16	Maria Larsen	Denmark	4:21.68
17	Sara Souhi	Morocco	4:23.17	PB
18	Josephine Thestrup	Denmark	4:23.60
19	Maria Claudia Florea	Romania	4:25.12	PB
20	Rima Chenah	Algeria	4:25.97	PB
21	Elisabeth Angell Bergh	Norway	4:26.14
22	Emine Hatun Tuna	Turkey	4:26.28
23	Arantza Hernández	Mexico	4:29.06
24	Giulia Aprile	Italy	4:29.43
25	Mokulube Makatisi	Lesotho	4:32.43
26	Síofra Cléirigh Büttner	Ireland	4:33.49
27	Johanna Geyer Carles	France	4:33.84
28	Alexandra Lucki	Canada	4:36.90
29	Enlitha Ncube	Zimbabwe	4:40.06	PB

Details

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Heat 1

27 July
Start time: 12:14 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4:15.62	Q
2	Sheila Chepngetich Keter	Kenya	4:16.13	Q
3	Bobby Clay	United Kingdom	4:16.56	Q SB
4	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:16.87	Q
5	Ekaterina Sokolova	Russia	4:19.88
6	Anastasía-Panayióta Marinákou	Greece	4:20.50
7	Maria Larsen	Denmark	4:21.68
8	Sara Souhi	Morocco	4:23.17	PB
9	Rima Chenah	Algeria	4:25.97	PB
10	Emine Hatun Tuna	Turkey	4:26.28
11	Arantza Hernández	Mexico	4:29.06
12	Giulia Aprile	Italy	4:29.43
13	Johanna Geyer Carles	France	4:33.84
14	Alexandra Lucki	Canada	4:36.90

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:09.60 Ekaterina Sokolova
800m: 2:20.89 Alexa Efraimson
1200m: 3:28.35 Sheila Chepngetich Keter

Heat 2

27 July
Start time: 12:24 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4:14.72	Q
2	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	4:15.07	Q
3	Winfred Mbithe	Kenya	4:15.12	Q PB
4	Elise Cranny	United States	4:15.21	Q
5	Amy Griffiths	United Kingdom	4:16.22	q
6	Cassandre Beaugrand	France	4:18.56	q
7	Katelyn Ayers	Canada	4:18.87	q PB
8	Anna Laman	Australia	4:18.89	q
9	Marege Hayelom	Azerbaijan	4:20.58
10	Josephine Thestrup	Denmark	4:23.60
11	Maria Claudia Florea	Romania	4:25.12	PB
12	Elisabeth Angell Bergh	Norway	4:26.14
13	Mokulube Makatisi	Lesotho	4:32.43
14	Síofra Cléirigh Büttner	Ireland	4:33.49
15	Enlitha Ncube	Zimbabwe	4:40.06	PB

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:05.01 Dawit Seyaum
800m: 2:16.58 Dawit Seyaum
1200m: 3:25.57 Dawit Seyaum

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Denmark (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Zimbabwe (1)

References

1. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OREGON 2014 - TEAM MANUAL (PDF), IAAF, 27 June 2014, retrieved 21 August 2015
2. IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 21 August 2015
3. IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - DAY 4 25 JUL FULL RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 August 2015
4. IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - DAY 6 27 JUL FULL RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 August 2015
5. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/timetable/bydiscipline/men/400-metres

External links

• WJC14 1500 metres schedule