2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 1500m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
 |  KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:08.92 |
 |  ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:10.27 |
 |  USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:10.53 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:11.05 |
| 5 |  NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:11.23 |
| 6 |  SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:12.59 |
| 7 |  GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:12.88 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:13.14 |
| 9 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:13.58 |
| 10 |  POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:14.72 |
| 11 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:14.95 |
| 12 |  MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:15.16 |
| 13 |  AUSAustralia | Linden Hall | 4:05.81 |
| 14 | KENKenya | Violah Lagat | 4:06.83 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Zoe Buckman | 4:06.95 |
| 16 |  GERGermany | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 4:07.26 |
| 17 |  IRLIreland | Ciara Mageean | 4:08.07 |
| 18 |  CANCanada | Nicole Sifuentes | 4:08.53 |
| 19 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 4:08.55 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Diana Sujew | 4:10.15 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Brenda Martinez | 4:10.41 |
| 22 | POLPoland | Danuta Urbanik | 4:11.34 |
| 23 | AUSAustralia | Jenny Blundell | 4:13.25 |
| 24 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 4:17.83 |
| 25 | CANCanada | Gabriela Stafford | 4:09.45 |
| 26 |  COLColombia | Muriel Coneo | 4:09.50 |
| 27 |  ITAItaly | Margherita Magnani | 4:09.74 |
| 28 |  BRNBahrain | Tigist Gashaw | 4:10.96 |
| 29 |  ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 4:11.55 |
| 30 |  NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 4:11.88 |
| 31 | CANCanada | Hilary Stellingwerff | 4:12.00 |
| 32 | NEDNetherlands | Maureen Koster | 4:13.15 |
| 33 | MARMorocco | Siham Hilali | 4:13.46 |
| 34 |  SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 4:15.17 |
| 35 | KENKenya | Nancy Chepkwemoi | 4:15.41 |
| 36 |  PORPortugal | Marta Pen | 4:18.53 |
| 37 |  NEPNepal | Saraswati Bhattarai | 4:33.94 |
| 38 |  STPSao Tome and Principe | Celma Bonfim Da Graça | 4:38.86 |
| 39 |  DJIDjibouti | Kadra Mohamed Dembil | 4:42.67 |
| 40 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | Anjelina Lohalith | 4:47.38 |
| 41 |  TLSEast Timor | Nelia Martins | 5:00.53 |
 UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Betlhem Desalegn | DNS | |
| Women's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:10.61 Q |
| 2 | IRLIreland | Ciara Mageean | 4:11.51 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Brenda Martinez | 4:11.74 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Linden Hall | 4:11.75 Q |
| 5 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 4:11.76 Q |
| 6 | GERGermany | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 4:11.76 Q |
| 7 | CANCanada | Hilary Stellingwerff | 4:12.00 |
| 8 | NEDNetherlands | Maureen Koster | 4:13.15 |
| 9 | MARMorocco | Siham Hilali | 4:13.46 |
| 10 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 4:15.17 |
| 11 | KENKenya | Nancy Chepkwemoi | 4:15.41 |
| 12 | PORPortugal | Marta Pen | 4:18.53 |
| 13 | NEPNepal | Saraswati Bhattarai | 4:33.94 |
| 14 | STPSao Tome and Principe | Celma Bonfim Da Graça | 4:38.86 |
| Women's 1500m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:05.33 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:06.47 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:06.53 Q |
| 4 | MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:06.63 Q |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:06.64 Q |
| 6 | KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:06.65 Q |
| 7 | SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:06.82 Q |
| 8 | POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:06.90 Q |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Zoe Buckman | 4:06.93 Q |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:06.99 Q |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 4:07.42 Q |
| 12 | CANCanada | Nicole Sifuentes | 4:07.43 q |
| 13 | KENKenya | Violah Lagat | 4:08.09 q |
| 14 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:08.11 Q |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:08.37 q |
| 16 | POLPoland | Danuta Urbanik | 4:08.67 q |
| 17 | AUSAustralia | Jenny Blundell | 4:09.05 q |
| 18 | GERGermany | Diana Sujew | 4:09.07 q |
| 19 | CANCanada | Gabriela Stafford | 4:09.45 |
| 20 | COLColombia | Muriel Coneo | 4:09.50 |
| 21 | ITAItaly | Margherita Magnani | 4:09.74 |
| 22 | ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:10.61 Q |
| 23 | BRNBahrain | Tigist Gashaw | 4:10.96 |
| 24 | IRLIreland | Ciara Mageean | 4:11.51 Q |
| 25 | ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 4:11.55 |
| 26 | USAUnited States | Brenda Martinez | 4:11.74 Q |
| 27 | AUSAustralia | Linden Hall | 4:11.75 Q |
| 28 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 4:11.76 Q |
| 29 | GERGermany | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 4:11.76 Q |
| 30 | NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 4:11.88 |
| 31 | CANCanada | Hilary Stellingwerff | 4:12.00 |
| 32 | NEDNetherlands | Maureen Koster | 4:13.15 |
| 33 | MARMorocco | Siham Hilali | 4:13.46 |
| 34 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 4:15.17 |
| 35 | KENKenya | Nancy Chepkwemoi | 4:15.41 |
| 36 | PORPortugal | Marta Pen | 4:18.53 |
| 37 | NEPNepal | Saraswati Bhattarai | 4:33.94 |
| 38 | STPSao Tome and Principe | Celma Bonfim Da Graça | 4:38.86 |
| 39 | DJIDjibouti | Kadra Mohamed Dembil | 4:42.67 |
| 40 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Anjelina Lohalith | 4:47.38 |
| 41 | TLSEast Timor | Nelia Martins | 5:00.53 |
| UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Betlhem Desalegn | DNS | |
| Women's 1500m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:08.92 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:10.27 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:10.53 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:11.05 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:11.23 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:12.59 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:12.88 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:13.14 |
| 9 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:13.58 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:14.72 |
| 11 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:14.95 |
| 12 | MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:15.16 |
| Women's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:03.06 Q |
| 2 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:03.62 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:04.16 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:05.07 Q |
| 5 | SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:06.41 Q |
| 6 | KENKenya | Violah Lagat | 4:06.83 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Nicole Sifuentes | 4:08.53 |
| 8 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 4:08.55 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Diana Sujew | 4:10.15 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Danuta Urbanik | 4:11.34 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | Jenny Blundell | 4:13.25 |
| 12 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 4:17.83 |
| Women's 1500m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:03.95 Q |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:04.23 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:04.46 Q |
| 4 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:05.19 Q |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:05.28 Q |
| 6 | POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:05.29 |
| 7 | MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:05.60 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Linden Hall | 4:05.81 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Zoe Buckman | 4:06.95 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 4:07.26 |
| 11 | IRLIreland | Ciara Mageean | 4:08.07 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Brenda Martinez | 4:10.41 |
| Women's 1500m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Genzebe Dibaba | 4:03.06 Q |
| 2 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:03.62 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:03.95 Q |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:04.16 Q |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:04.23 Q |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:04.46 Q |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:05.07 Q |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:05.19 Q |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:05.28 Q |
| 10 | POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:05.29 q |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:05.60 q |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Linden Hall | 4:05.81 |
| 13 | SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:06.41 Q |
| 14 | KENKenya | Violah Lagat | 4:06.83 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Zoe Buckman | 4:06.95 |
| 16 | GERGermany | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 4:07.26 |
| 17 | IRLIreland | Ciara Mageean | 4:08.07 |
| 18 | CANCanada | Nicole Sifuentes | 4:08.53 |
| 19 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 4:08.55 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Diana Sujew | 4:10.15 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Brenda Martinez | 4:10.41 |
| 22 | POLPoland | Danuta Urbanik | 4:11.34 |
| 23 | AUSAustralia | Jenny Blundell | 4:13.25 |
| 24 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 4:17.83 |
| Women's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Dawit Seyaum | 4:05.33 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Shannon Rowbury | 4:06.47 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Muir | 4:06.53 Q |
| 4 | MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | 4:06.63 Q |
| 5 | SWESweden | Meraf Bahta | 4:06.82 Q |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Zoe Buckman | 4:06.93 Q |
| 7 | CANCanada | Nicole Sifuentes | 4:07.43 |
| 8 | KENKenya | Violah Lagat | 4:08.09 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Danuta Urbanik | 4:08.67 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Diana Sujew | 4:09.07 |
| 11 | ITAItaly | Margherita Magnani | 4:09.74 |
| 12 | DJIDjibouti | Kadra Mohamed Dembil | 4:42.67 |
| 13 | TLSEast Timor | Nelia Martins | 5:00.53 |
| UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Betlhem Desalegn | DNS | |
| Women's 1500m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 4:06.64 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Faith Kipyegon | 4:06.65 Q |
| 3 | POLPoland | Sofia Ennaoui | 4:06.90 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Jenny Simpson | 4:06.99 Q |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 4:07.42 Q |
| 6 | ETHEthiopia | Besu Sado | 4:08.11 Q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Weightman | 4:08.37 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Jenny Blundell | 4:09.05 |
| 9 | CANCanada | Gabriela Stafford | 4:09.45 |
| 10 | COLColombia | Muriel Coneo | 4:09.50 |
| 11 | BRNBahrain | Tigist Gashaw | 4:10.96 |
| 12 | ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 4:11.55 |
| 13 | NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 4:11.88 |
| 14 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Anjelina Lohalith | 4:47.38 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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