The women's

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at the

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was held at the

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on the 11th, 13th and 15th of August. From the start of the final, two Americans, defending champion

Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Simpson (married and maiden names, née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is a retired American Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres, 1500 meters at t ...

and super high-schooler Mary Cain bracketed the field and closed to fill in the front of the pack. But most of the pack stayed in close order formation throughout with much jockeying for position and flying elbows. Cain tried to stay on the curb but kept getting moved back as new suitors moved forward then fell back. Zoe Buckman came forward then went to the curb to suffer the same fate ahead of Cain. Throughout world leader

Abeba Aregawi Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic: አበባ አረጋዊ; born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres, 1,500 metres. She won the silver medal in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

hovered near the front but not passing Simpson. With 300 to go, Aregawi went around Simpson and made a break for it. But Simpson and the rest of the pack didn't go away. Just 100 meters later, Simpson looked like she would go by, but Aregawi wouldn't let her by. Then

Hellen Onsando Obiri Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the only woman to have won world titles in Track and field#Indoor, indoor Running track, track, Tra ...

moved up with momentum, but couldn't make her way around either of them. Aregawi gained a couple of steps around the final turn, but Simpson came back to make it a close finish. Obiri lost ground but held on to keep the bronze.

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle and Long-distance running, long distance runner. Kipyegon is the current List of world records in athletics, world record holder for the 1500 metres, 1 ...

tried to hang on to her teammate but Hannah England made an impressive run from back in the pack to pass her on the inside to get fourth.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started at 21:20.Final Results
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References

External links

1500 metres results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 1500 metres

1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2013 in women's athletics