2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Location Amsterdam
Dates
  • July 8 (heats)
  • July 10 (final)
Competitors 21 from 16 nations
Winning time 4:33.00
Medalists
gold medal  Angelika Cichocka   Poland
silver medal  Sifan Hassan   Netherlands
bronze medal  Ciara Mageean   Ireland

The women's 1500 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium from 8 and 10 July.

Records

The final
Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 3:50.07 Monaco 17 July 2015
European record Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:52.47 Zürich, Switzerland 13 August 1980
Championship record Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) 3:56.91 Gothenburg, Sweden 13 August 2006
World Leading Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 3:56.41 Eugene, United States 28 May 2016
European Leading Laura Muir (GBR) 4:00.53 Oslo, Norway 9 June 2016

Schedule

Date Time Round
8 July 2016 18:15 Round 1
10 July 2016 17:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 Amela Terzić Serbia 4:09.71 Q
2 2 Lucia Hrivnák Klocová Slovakia 4:10.90 Q
3 2 Sofia Ennaoui Poland 4:10.99 Q
4 2 Sarah McDonald Great Britain 4:11.14 Q
5 2 Solange Andreia Pereira Spain 4:11.48 q
6 2 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim Norway 4:11.54 q
7 2 Maren Kock Germany 4:11.67 q
8 2 Margherita Magnani Italy 4:11.78 q
9 2 Florina Pierdevara Romania 4:12.37
10 1 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 4:13.45 Q
11 1 Angelika Cichocka Poland 4:13.47 Q
12 1 Ciara Mageean Ireland 4:13.61 Q
13 1 Marta Pen Portugal 4:13.74 Q
14 1 Daryia Barysevich Belarus 4:14.06
15 1 Danuta Urbanik Poland 4:14.86
16 2 Anastasia-Panayiota Marinakou Greece 4:16.53
17 1 Marta Pérez Spain 4:17.24
18 1 Melissa Courtney Great Britain 4:18.74
19 1 Claudia Bobocea Romania 4:18.98
20 1 Liina Tšernov Estonia 4:29.47
1 Nataliya Pryshchepa Ukraine DNF

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelika Cichocka Poland 4:33.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sifan Hassan Netherlands 4:33.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ciara Mageean Ireland 4:33.78
4 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim Norway 4:34.15
5 Marta Pen Portugal 4:34.41
6 Maren Kock Germany 4:34.54
7 Sofia Ennaoui Poland 4:34.84
8 Solange Andreia Pereira Spain 4:34.88
9 Sarah McDonald Great Britain 4:34.93
10 Lucia Hrivnák Klocová Slovakia 4:35.61
11 Margherita Magnani Italy 4:36.51
12 Amela Terzić Serbia 4:37.70