2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres explained

Event:	Girls' 1500 metres
Competition:	2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates:	6 July (heats) 9 July (final)
Competitors:	22
Win Value:	4:09.48
Gold:	Faith Kipyegon
Goldnoc:	KEN
Silver:	Senbere Teferi
Silvernoc:	ETH
Bronze:	Genet Tibieso
Bronzenoc:	ETH
Prev:	2009
Next:	2013

The girls' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 and 9 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Faith Kipyegon	Senbere Teferi	Genet Tibieso

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		3:54.52		18 October 1997
Championship Record		4:12.29	Marrakesh, Morocco	15 July 2005
World Youth Leading		4:12.50	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	12 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			4:21.44	Q
2	3			4:25.03	Q
3	7			4:25.28	Q
4	11			4:25.53	Q
5	5			4:25.70	q
6	8			4:25.89	q
7	9			4:32.47
8	1			4:33.28
9	10			4:34.91
10	6			4:34.96
11	4			4:46.49

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			4:16.95	Q, PB
2	5			4:17.68	Q
3	1			4:19.14	Q
4	9			4:21.76	Q
5	7			4:22.27	q
6	3			4:22.69	q, PB
7	10			4:26.26	PB
8	4			4:27.71	PB
9	11			4:31.61
10	8			4:32.82
11	2			4:46.66

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			4:09.48	CR
	12			4:10.54	PB
	8			4:11.56	PB
	10			4:16.36	SB
	4			4:17.12	PB
	2			4:17.34
	9			4:19.27
	11			4:20.62	PB
	5			4:20.65	PB
10	3			4:20.75	PB
11	7			4:21.06
12	1			4:23.70	PB

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=09-06-2011/bydate.html Timetable
2. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Round 1 . . 6 July 2011.
3. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Final . . 9 July 2011.