2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres

Girls' 1500 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates	6 July (heats) 9 July (final)
Competitors	22
Winning time	4:09.48 CR
Medalists
Faith Kipyegon    Kenya   Senbere Teferi    Ethiopia   Genet Tibieso    Ethiopia

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Faith Kipyegon  Kenya	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia	Genet Tibieso  Ethiopia

Records

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

World Youth Best	Zhang Ling (CHN)	3:54.52	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record	Sheila Chepkirui (KEN)	4:12.29	Marrakesh, Morocco	15 July 2005
World Youth Leading	Genet Tibieso (ETH)	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	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	4:21.44	Q
2	3	Sheila Chepngetich Keter	Kenya	4:25.03	Q
3	7	Hannah Meier	United States	4:25.28	Q
4	11	Anna Laman	Australia	4:25.53	Q
5	5	Maya Rehberg	Germany	4:25.70	q
6	8	Shiho Takada	Japan	4:25.89	q
7	9	Lenuta Simiuc	Romania	4:32.47
8	1	Jaimie Phelan	Canada	4:33.28
9	10	Emine Hatun Tuna	Turkey	4:34.91
10	6	Margot Gibson	New Zealand	4:34.96
11	4	Kelly Hennessy	Canada	4:46.49

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4:16.95	Q, PB
2	5	Genet Tibieso	Ethiopia	4:17.68	Q
3	1	Georgia Peel	Great Britain	4:19.14	Q
4	9	Yui Fukuda	Japan	4:21.76	Q
5	7	Katelyn Simpson	Australia	4:22.27	q
6	3	Camille Chapus	United States	4:22.69	q, PB
7	10	Prescilia Duponcheel	France	4:26.26	PB
8	4	Yohana Zemuy	Eritrea	4:27.71	PB
9	11	Frida Berge	Norway	4:31.61
10	8	Meropi Panagiotou	Cyprus	4:32.82
11	2	Kriszta Kószás	Hungary	4:46.66

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4:09.48	CR
	12	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	4:10.54	PB
	8	Genet Tibieso	Ethiopia	4:11.56	PB
4	10	Georgia Peel	Great Britain	4:16.36	SB
5	4	Camille Chapus	United States	4:17.12	PB
6	2	Sheila Chepngetich Keter	Kenya	4:17.34
7	9	Yui Fukuda	Japan	4:19.27
8	11	Shiho Takeda	Japan	4:20.62	PB
9	5	Hannah Meier	United States	4:20.65	PB
10	3	Katelyn Simpson	Australia	4:20.75	PB
11	7	Anna Laman	Australia	4:21.06
12	1	Maya Rehberg	Germany	4:23.70	PB

References

1. Timetable
2. "1500 Metres Girls - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
3. "1500 Metres Girls - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 9 July 2011.