2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres
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The Girls' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 13 July.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' 1500m |  Tigist Gashaw (ETH) | Dawit Seyaum (ETH) |  Alexa Efraimson (USA) |
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 |  Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:09.48 | Lille, France | 9 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Mary Cain (USA) | 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 | Tigist Gashaw | Ethiopia | 4:18.55 | |
| 2 | Maki Izumida |  Japan | 4:20.60 | |
| 3 | Maria Dietz |  Germany | 4:20.68 | |
| 4 | Bobby Clay |  Great Britain | 4:21.18 | |
| 5 | Line Kalstrup Schulz |  Denmark | 4:23.16 | |
| 6 | Carina Viljoen |  South Africa | 4:28.42 | |
| 7 | Zheng Zhiling | China | 4:28.57 | |
| 8 | Anna Maxwell |  United States | 4:28.92 | |
| 9 | Antonina Ilchyk |  Ukraine | 4:29.04 | |
| 10 | Silvia Salera |  Italy | 4:34.48 | |
| 11 | Fatma Arik |  Turkey | 4:36.04 | |
| 12 | Elisabeth Bergh |  Norway | 4:36.39 | |
| 13 | Megan Rempel |  Canada | 4:40.56 | |
| 14 | Lorena Gómez Espinoza |  Mexico | 4:46.31 | |
| Kidanu Teweldemed |  Eritrea | DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:14.40 | |
| 2 | Ivine Chepkemoi | Kenya | 4:17.81 | |
| 3 | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:23.27 | |
| 4 | Lizerie Ferreira | South Africa | 4:24.80 | |
| 5 | Mary Joy Mudyiravanji |  Zimbabwe | 4:29.80 | |
| 6 | Sara Takahashi | Japan | 4:30.29 | |
| 7 | Xu Shuangshuang | China | 4:30.68 | |
| 8 | Federica Zenoni | Italy | 4:33.51 | |
| 9 | Rachael Zena Chebet |  Uganda | 4:34.27 | |
| 10 | Rosa Flanagan |  New Zealand | 4:36.00 | |
| 11 | Rima Chenah |  Algeria | 4:38.86 | |
| 12 | Heather Jaros | Canada | 4:45.21 | |
| 13 | Nuran Satlimis | Turkey | 4:47.22 | |
| 14 | Karina Hernandez | Mexico | 4:49.33 | |
| Weini Frezghi | Eritrea | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tigist Gashaw | Ethiopia | 4:14.25 | |
 | Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:15.51 | |
 | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:16.07 | |
| 4 | Bobby Clay | Great Britain | 4:16.41 | |
| 5 | Maria Dietz | Germany | 4:19.71 | |
| 6 | Ivine Chepkemoi | Kenya | 4:20.55 | |
| 7 | Lizerie Ferreira | South Africa | 4:22.43 | |
| 8 | Maki Izumida | Japan | 4:22.46 | |
| 9 | Anna Maxwell | United States | 4:23.75 | |
| 10 | Line Kalstrup Schulz | Denmark | 4:25.17 | |
| 11 | Carina Viljoen | South Africa | 4:30.36 | |
| 12 | Zheng Zhiling | China | 4:31.91 |
References
- ^ iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations
