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]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Faith Kipyegon Kenya |
Amela Terzić Serbia |
Senbere Teferi Ethiopia |
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
More information Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics ...
| 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 |
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Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
More information Rank, Heat ...
| 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 |  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 |  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 |  Mauritania | DNF | ||
| 1 | Winnie Nanyondo |  Uganda | DNS |
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Final
More information Rank, Order ...
| 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 | Axumawit 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 |
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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)
- 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