2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres explained

Event:	Girls' 1500 metres
Competition:	2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates:	10 July (heats) 13 July (final)
Competitors:	30
Win Value:	4:14.25
Gold:	Tigist Gashaw
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Dawit Seyaum
Silvernoc:	ETH
Bronze:	Alexa Efraimson
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The girls' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 13 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tigist Gashaw	Dawit Seyaum	Alexa Efraimson

Records

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

World Youth Best		3:54.52	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record		4:09.48	Lille, France	9 July 2011
World Youth Leading		4:04.62	Los Angeles, CA, United States	17 May 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			4:18.55	Q
2			4:20.60	Q, SB
3			4:20.68	Q
4			4:21.18	Q
5			4:23.16	q, PB
6			4:28.42	q, PB
7			4:28.57	q, PB
8			4:28.92	q
9			4:29.04
10			4:34.48	PB
11			4:36.04
12			4:36.39
13			4:40.56
14			4:46.31
			DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			4:14.40	Q, PB
2			4:17.81	Q, PB
3			4:23.27	Q
4			4:24.80	Q, PB
5			4:29.80	PB
6			4:30.29
7			4:30.68
8			4:33.51
9			4:34.27
10			4:36.00
11			4:38.86
12			4:45.21
13			4:47.22
14			4:49.33
			DNS

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:14.25
			4:15.51
			4:16.07
4			4:16.41	PB
5			4:19.71
6			4:20.55
7			4:22.43	PB
8			4:22.46
9			4:23.75	PB
10			4:25.17
11			4:30.36
12			4:31.91

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Round 1 . . 10 July 2013.
2. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Final . . 13 July 2013.