2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
Introduction The ''' women's 1500 metres''' at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium between 18–23 August. It was originally won by Natalia Rodríguez of Spain, but she was disqualified for tripping Gelete Burka of Ethiopia. Burka had been in the lead for the majority of the race, but Rodríguez had caught up and tripped Burka. Burka ended up finishing last and was visibly upset of what had happened. Rodríguez was disqualified. Defending champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain received the gold, Lisa Dobriskey of Great Britain received the silver, and Shannon Rowbury of the United States received the bronze. In addition, Mariem Alaoui Selsouli of Morocco was disqualified before the final for testing positive for Erythropoietin. She was not replaced.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''Maryam Yusuf Jamal''''Lisa Dobriskey''''Shannon Rowbury ''''
Records '''World record''''''3:50.46'''Beijing, China 11 September 1993'''Championship record''''''3:58.52'''Paris, France31 August 2003'''World leading''''''3:56.55'''Rome, Italy10 July 2009'''African record''''''3:55.30'''Barcelona, Spain8 August 1992'''Asian record''''''3:50.46'''Beijing, China 11 September 1993'''North American record''''''3:57.12'''Stockholm, Sweden26 July 1983'''South American record''''''4:05.67'''Tokyo, Japan31 August 1991'''European record''''''3:52.47'''Zürich, Switzerland13 August 1980'''Oceanian record''''''4:00.93'''Stockholm, Sweden25 July 2006
Qualification standards A timeB time 4:06.00 4:09.00
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 18, 2009  '''12:05'''   '''Heats'''August 21, 2009  '''20:00'''   '''Semifinals'''August 23, 2009  '''17:00'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Heats===Qualification: First 6 in each heat ('''Q''') and the next 6 fastest ('''q''') advance to the semifinals.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  2  Gelete Burka    4:07.75  Q  2  2  Natalia Rodríguez    4:07.84  Q 3  2  Lisa Dobriskey    4:07.90  Q 4  2  Natalya Yevdokimova    4:08.06  Q   5  3  Anna Alminova    4:08.13  Q 5  2  Anna Willard    4:08.13  Q 7  3  Nancy Lagat    4:08.16  Q 8  2  Btissam Lakhouad    4:08.21  Q  9  3  Kalkidan Gezahegne    4:08.23  Q 9  3  Christin Wurth-Thomas    4:08.23  Q 11  2  Mimi Belete    4:08.36  q 12  3  Sylwia Ejdys    4:08.59  Q  13  3  Sonja Roman    4:08.65  Q 14  1  Maryam Yusuf Jamal    4:08.76  Q  15  1  Nuria Fernández    4:08.79  Q  16  1  Meskerem Assefa    4:08.86  Q  16  1  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli    4:08.86  Q  18  1  Iryna Lishchynska    4:08.95  Q  19  1  Irina Krakoviak    4:08.96  Q 20  1  Viola Kibiwot    4:09.18  q  21  3  Anna Mishchenko    4:09.26  q  22  1  Lidia Chojecka    4:09.38  q   23  2  Nikki Hamblin    4:09.60  q  24  3  Iris Fuentes-Pila    4:09.71  q    25  1  Oksana Zbrozhek    4:09.84    26  1  Charlene Thomas    4:09.91    27  3  Adrienne Herzog    4:10.10   28  1  Shannon Rowbury    4:10.30   q 29  3  Siham Hilali    4:10.57    30  2  Hind Déhiba Chahyd    4:11.41   q 31  3  Deirdre Byrne    4:12.19    32  2  Tamara Tverdostup    4:13.36   33  2  Alemitu Bekele    4:13.69   SB 34  1  Marina Munćan    4:15.18     35  1  Eliane Saholinirina    4:16.63    36  2  Susan Kuijken    4:18.10    37  3  Stephanie Twell    4:18.23   38  2  Irene Jelagat    4:27.36     39  3  Sladjana Pejovic    4:28.67   40  3  Francine Nzilampa    4:30.56  '''NR'''  41  2  Aldy Villalobos    4:50.55    PB 42  1  Eva Pereira    5:04.95   PB'''Key''':  NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Semifinals===Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal ('''Q''') and the next 2 fastest ('''q''') advance to the final.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   1  Maryam Yusuf Jamal    4:03.64   Q    1  Natalia Rodríguez    4:03.73    Q, SB    1  Lisa Dobriskey    4:03.84    Q    1  Christin Wurth-Thomas    4:04.16    Q   1  Kalkidan Gezahegne    4:04.75   Q   1  Natalya Yevdokimova    4:04.93    q   1  Lidia Chojecka    4:06.53    q   1  Viola Kibiwot    4:06.88        1  Iris Fuentes-Pila    4:07.10     10   1  Sonja Roman    4:07.10     11   1  Btissam Lakhouad    4:08.72    12  2  Gelete Burka    4:10.19     Q 13   2  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli    4:10.46    Q 14  2  Anna Willard    4:10.47  Q 15   2  Shannon Rowbury    4:10.51    Q 16   2  Nuria Fernández    4:10.64    Q 17  2  Nikki Hamblin    4:10.96     18   1  Anna Mishchenko    4:11.02     19   2  Nancy Lagat    4:11.10    20   2  Hind Déhiba Chahyd    4:11.22     21  2  Sylwia Ejdys    4:11.33    22   1  Irina Krakoviak    4:12.54    23   2  Anna Alminova    4:12.55    24  2  Mimi Belete    4:13.30         2  Meskerem Assefa         DNS   2  Iryna Lishchynska        DNF===Final===Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes    Maryam Yusuf Jamal     4:03.74      Lisa Dobriskey    4:03.75      Shannon Rowbury    4:04.18       Nuria Fernández    4:04.91         Christin Wurth-Thomas    4:05.21      Anna Willard    4:06.19      Lidia Chojecka    4:07.17       Kalkidan Gezahegne    4:08.81  9  Gelete Burka    4:11.21     Natalia Rodríguez    4:03:37   '''DQ'''     Natalya Yevdokimova    4:07.71  '''DQ'''    Mariem Alaoui Selsouli      '''DNS'''/'''DQ'''
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