The women's
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
at the
2022 World Athletics Championships
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...
was held at the
Hayward Field
Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. It has been the home of the university's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campus ho ...
in
Eugene from 15 to 18 July 2022.
Summary
Championship 1500 races typically are not fast, instead most athletes bide their time and save their energy to kick for the medals at the end.
Gudaf Tsegay
Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres i ...
didn't get the memo. From the gun, she took off at a serious fast pace. Only her Ethiopian teammate
Hirut Meshesha
Hirut Meshesha (born 20 January 2001) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Meshesha took gold for the 800 metres at the 2019 African Game ...
, Olympic Champion
Faith Kipyegon
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio Olympic and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history t ...
and Olympic silver medalist
Laura Muir
Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Muir won the bronze meda ...
chose to go with her. 150 metres into the race, a gap was already formed. The first 400 metres was covered in under 59 seconds, which would be a good opening lap of an 800 metres. The gap was 15 metres to the others. On the second lap, Meshesha was struggling to stay on the back of the breakaway group, then as compensation, sped up to pull even with Tsegay causing Kipyegon to tighten up to the group. But that burst was Meshesha's last gasp as she began to fall off the back. The medals looked settled. The second lap pace dropped off to a little more reasonable 64.3. After 1 kilometer, Tsegay looked back at Kipyegon in frustration with her just hanging on behind. Coming in to the bell, Kipyegon obliged and pulled even. The two ran virtually shoulder to shoulder, Kipyegon around the outside of the turn, then on the backstretch, Kipyegon pulled ahead. From there Kipyegon continued to widen her lead to almost 10 metres by the finish. Tsegay opened up about 5 metres on Muir to take silver.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:04.20.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Results
Heats
The first 6 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the heats.
Semi-finals
The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Final
The final was started on 18 July at 19:50.
Final results
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References
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1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships