2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 1500 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

The dirtiest race in history

In this race, the first four classified were disqualified for doping, meaning the medals went to the athletes who reached the finish line in 5th to 7th place.^[1]

On 25 February 2016, the IAAF announced that Mischenko, the silver medal winner, had been found to have irregularities in her biological passport. She was banned from competition for two years until 17 August 2017, and all her results since June 28, 2012 were deleted from the records, including the silver medal won in this event.^[2]

After the disqualifications, Nuria Fernández of Spain was declared the winner of the event.

Medalists

Gold	Nuria Fernández Spain
Silver	Diana Sujew Germany
Bronze	Tereza Čapková Czech Republic

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	3:50.46	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
European record	3:52.47	Zürich, Switzerland	13 August 1980
Championship record	3:56.91	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 August 2006
World Leading	3:56.54	Rome, Italy	31 May 2012
European Leading	3:59.61	Moscow, Russia	13 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	12:10	Round 1
1 July 2012	16:10	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Time	Note
	1	~~4:08.95~~	Q, Doping
	1	~~4:09.44~~	Q, Doping
	1	~~4:09.69~~	Q, Doping
2	1	4:10.06	Q
3	1	4:10.22	q
4	1	4:10.72	q
	2	~~4:11.58~~	Q, Doping
5	2	4:11.59	Q
	2	~~4:11.68~~	Q, Doping
6	2	4:11.77	Q
7	2	4:11.97	q
8	1	4:12.33	q
9	2	4:12.54
10	1	4:12.79	SB
11	1	4:12.85
12	1	4:13.73
13	1	4:14.59
14	2	4:14.83	SB
15	2	4:15.95
16	2	4:16.68
	2	~~4:17.41~~	Doping
17	1	4:19.23
18	2	4:19.58	SB
19	2	4:19.61
20	2	4:20.66
	1		^[3]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			~~4:05.31~~	Doping
			~~4:06.04~~	Doping
			~~4:07.74~~	Doping
			~~4:08.63~~	Doping
			4:08.80	SB
			4:09.28
			4:10.17
			~~4:10.26~~	Doping
			4:10.38
			4:11.12
			4:13.32
			4:15.63

References

Notes and References

Web site: The dirtiest race in history?. sportsintegrityinitiative.com. In this race, both Alptekin and Bulut finished first and second respectively, while the Ukraine’s Anna Mischenko, who finished third, and Russia’s Ekaterina Ishova, who finished fourth, have both since been disqualified by the IAAF for an ADRV and abnormal ABP results respectively. Should the reports around Bulut’s possible infringement prove correct, it would mean that Spain’s Nuria Fernández, who originally finished fifth, would be crowned champion.. 29 August 2018.
http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=f10ad7f8-b950-4ec5-ad58-789e464312de.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20170 Positive cases in athletics iaaf.org 19 February 2016
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