Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc |
| Dates | 5 August 1992 (heats) 6 August 1992 (final) |
| Competitors | 43 from 35 nations |
| Winning time | 3:55.30 |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 43 participating athletes. The three qualifying heats were held on August 5, followed by the two semi-finals on August 6. The final was held on August 8, 1992.[1] This field was stacked with the world championship podium of Algerian Hassiba Boulmerka with Tetyana Dorovskikh and Lyudmila Rogachova, who had represented the Soviet Union, but after the demise of that political entity just over eight months earlier were representing the "Unified Team." Other key competitors look to be '84 silver medalist / 800 metre gold medalist Doina Melinte, and the wild card of 800 meter specialist Maria Mutola moving up in distance. Another wild card were two young Chinese athletes, 21 year old Liu Li and 19 year old Qu Yunxia who had qualified for the final. While the Soviet Union had virtually owned the event for the previous two decades, the Chinese had no history in this event. In the World Championships the previous year, the only, token, Chinese representative finished dead last in her qualifying heat. This was not going to be a slow tactical final. Rogachova went to the front, quickly marked by Melinte and a third former Soviet, double 1983 medalist Yekaterina Podkopayeva. Left behind at the line, Liu rushed forward on the outside, chased by Boulmerka. In dead last place, Qu had to work her way around PattiSue Plumer and Mutola who had dropped back expecting to pick up the pieces with her finishing kick. Dorovskikh rushed to join the party at the front, followed by Qu who had a noticeably less refined running style, rocking from side to side, looking strained. Boulmerka aggressively stuck behind Rogachova at the front, the only one to break up the Unified former Soviet bloc at the front of the pack. 700 metres into the race, Qu rocked her way past Melinte and Liu onto third place Podkopayeva's back. As the two leaders started to break, Qu followed onto Boulmerka's back. With a lap to go, the field had strung out. Only the remaining green Unified team members were able to struggle to hold on to the three leaders with a gap back to Plummer and Mutola leading the second group. As she was falling back through the field, Melinte walked off the track at the end of the third lap. Mutola launched into what would be a long final kick, but after leaving Plummer, she wasn't making any headway. Down the backstretch, Boulmerka made her one move, accelerating past Rogachova. Rogachova couldn't answer, just holding her same speed. Dorovskikh stuck to Qu's back and made her move for bronze off the final turn. Qu looked at her and sprinted away gaining rapidly on Rogachova toward the finish. Boulmerka celebrated, flexing her muscles while the rest of the field looked exhausted. A little over a year later, Qu would set the world record that would last for 22 years.
Medalists
| Gold | Hassiba Boulmerka File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
| Silver | Lyudmila Rogachova File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team |
| Bronze | Qu Yunxia File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:52.47 | Soviet Union Tatyana Kazankina | Zürich (SUI) | August 13, 1980 |
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| Olympic Record | 3:53.96 | Romania Paula Ivan | Seoul (KOR) | September 26, 1988 |
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Hassiba Boulmerka | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | 3:55.30 | |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Lyudmila Rogachova | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 3:56.91 | |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Qu Yunxia | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 3:57.08 | |
| 4 | Tetyana Dorovskikh | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 3:57.92 | |
| 5 | Liu Li | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 4:00.20 | |
| 6 | Maite Zúñiga | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 4:00.59 | |
| 7 | Małgorzata Rydz | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4:01.91 | |
| 8 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 4:02.03 | |
| 9 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 4:02.60 | |
| 10 | PattiSue Plumer | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 4:03.42 | |
| 11 | Elena Fidatov | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:06.44 | |
| — | Doina Melinte | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | DNF |
Semi finals
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | 4:03.81 | |
| 2 | Lyudmila Rogachova | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 4:03.85 | |
| 3 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 4:04.20 | |
| 4 | Liu Li | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 4:04.35 | |
| 5 | Elena Fidatov | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:04.55 | |
| 6 | Angela Chalmers | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4:04.87 | |
| 7 | Violeta Beclea | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:05.46 | |
| 8 | Letitia Vriesde | File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname | 4:09.64 | |
| 9 | Kirsty Wade | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 4:11.36 | |
| 10 | Maria Akraka | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4:14.30 | |
| 11 | Anna Brzezińska | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4:15.53 | |
| 12 | Regina Jacobs | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 4:21.55 | |
| 13 | Marie Pierre Duros | File:Flag of France.svg France | 4:26.61 |
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| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Tetyana Dorovskikh | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 4:03.79 | |
| 2 | Małgorzata Rydz | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4:03.83 | |
| 3 | Qu Yunxia | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 4:03.86 | |
| 4 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 4:03.93 | |
| 5 | Maite Zúñiga | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 4:04.00 | |
| 6 | PattiSue Plumer | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 4:04.23 | |
| 7 | Doina Melinte | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:04.42 | |
| 8 | Paula Schnurr | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4:04.80 | |
| 9 | Carla Sacramento | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 4:05.54 | |
| 10. | Fabia Trabaldo | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 4:06.05 | |
| 11 | Sonia O'Sullivan | File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland | 4:06.24 | |
| 12 | Theresia Kiesl | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 4:07.46 | |
| 13 | Debbie Bowker | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4:12.50 |
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Heats
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| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Maite Zúñiga | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 4:07.82 | |
| 2 | Doina Melinte | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:08.58 | |
| 3 | Małgorzata Rydz | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4:09.47 | |
| 4 | Lyudmila Rogachova | File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team | 4:09.54 | |
| 5 | Letitia Vriesde | File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname | 4:10.63 | |
| 6 | Debbie Bowker | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4:11.27 | |
| 7 | Regina Jacobs | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 4:13.87 | |
| 8 | Sriyani Dhammika Manike | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 4:26.22 | |
| 9 | Carol Galea | File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta | 4:33.41 | |
| 10 | Rosalie Gangué | File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad | 5:06.31 | |
| — | Ann Williams | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | DQ | |
| — | Fabia Trabaldo | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | DNF | |
| — | Maria Akraka | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | DNF | |
| — | Ellen Kießling | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | DNF |
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See also
- 1990 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Tokyo)
- 1993 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Stuttgart)
- 1994 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Helsinki)
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Games: Women's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
