2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

On 25 February 2016, the IAAF announced, that Mischenko, the silver medal winner, had been banned from competition for two years until 17 August 2017, and all her results since June 28, 2012 will be voided. This resulted from irregularities in her biological passport.^[1] If confirmed, this will strip Mishchenko of the silver medal won in this event. After the disqualification of the 4 firsts, the Spanish Fernández is the winner of the race.

Medalists

Gold	Nuria Fernández  Spain
Silver	Diana Sujew  Germany
Bronze	Czech Republic

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	3:50.46	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
European record	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	3:52.47	Zürich, Switzerland	13 August 1980
Championship record	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	3:56.91	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 August 2006
World Leading	Abeba Aregawi (ETH)	3:56.54	Rome, Italy	31 May 2012
European Leading	Svetlana Podosyonova (RUS)	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	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Anna Mishchenko	Ukraine	4:08.95	Q
2	1	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey	4:09.44	DSQ
2	1	Kristina Khaleyeva	Russia	4:09.69	Q
3	1	Isabel Macías	Spain	4:10.06	Q
4	1	Tereza Čapková	Czech Republic	4:10.22	q
5	1	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:10.72	q
6	2	Ekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	4:11.58	DSQ
6	2	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4:11.59	Q
7	2	Gamze Bulut	Turkey	4:11.68	Q
8	2	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:11.77	Q
9	2	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway	4:11.97	q
10	1	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4:12.33	q
11	2	Luiza Gega	Albania	4:12.54
12	1	Hind Dehiba	France	4:12.79	SB
13	1	Denise Krebs	Germany	4:12.85
14	1	Ioana Doaga	Romania	4:13.73
15	1	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	4:14.59
16	2	Johanna Lehtinen	Finland	4:14.83	SB
17	2	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	4:15.95
18	2	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	4:16.68
19	2	Anzhela Shevchenko	Ukraine	4:17.41
20	1	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:19.23
21	2	Tuğba Karakaya	Turkey	4:19.58	SB
22	2	Orla Drumm	Ireland	4:19.61
23	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:20.66
24	1	Charlene Thomas	Great Britain	DQ	[2]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Gamze Bulut	Turkey	DQ
	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:08.80	SB
	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:09.28
	Tereza Čapková	Czech Republic	4:10.17
6	Kristina Khaleyeva	Russia	4:10.26
7	Corinna Harrer	Germany	4:10.38
8	Isabel Macías	Spain	4:11.12
9	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway	4:13.32
10	Marina Munćan	Serbia	4:15.63
12	Anna Mishchenko	Ukraine	DSQ
12	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Turkey	DSQ
12	Ekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	DSQ

References

1. Positive cases in athletics iaaf.org 19 February 2016
2. Stepping off the track

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results
• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012