2018 European Championships Statistics – Women’s 1500m by K Ken Nakamura Summary All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 3:56.91 RUS 1 Göteborg 2006 2 2 3:57.61 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS 2 Göteborg 2006 3 3 3:57.80 URS 1 Athinai 1982 4 4 3:58.79 Süreya Ayhan TUR 1 München 2002 5 5 3:58.81 ROU 2 München 2002 6 6 3:58.82 Zamira Zaytseva URS 2 Athinai 1982 7 7 3:59.01 Giana Romanova URS 1 Praha 1978 8 8 3:59.02 Gabreiella Dorio ITA 3 Athinai 1982 9 9 3:59.31 Maricica Puica ROU 4 Athinai 1982 10 10 3:59.37 Daniela Yordanova BUL 3 Göteborg 2006 11 11 3:59.77 Natalia Marasescu ROU 2 Praha 1978

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.72 4:02.25 GDR Roma 1974 Min 0.02 3:58.79 Süreyya Ayhan TUR München 2002

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 3:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS Göteborg 2006 2 3:57.61 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS Göteborg 2006 3 3:59.02 Gabreiella Dorio ITA Athinai 1982 4 3:59.31 Maricica Puica ROU Athinai 1982 5 4:00.55 NOR Praha 1978

No multiple gold medal winner

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze ESP 2010 Nuria Fernandez Natalia Rodriguez RUS 2006 Tatyana Tomashova Yuliya Chizhenko RUS 1994 Lyudmila Rogacheva URS 1986 Ravilya Agletdinova Tatyana Samolenko URS 1982 Olga Dvirna Zamira Zaitseva GDR 1971 Karin Burneleit Gunhilde Hoffmeister

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GDR Klaus Peter Justus Gunhild Hoffmeister Roma 1974

All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 3:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 1 Göteborg 2006 2 2 3:57.61 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS 2 Göteborg 2006 3 3 3:57.80 Olga Dvirna URS 1 Athinai 1982 4 4 3:58.79 Süreya Ayh an TUR 1 München 2002 5 5 3:58.81 Gabriela Szabo ROU 2 München 2002 6 6 3:58.82 Zamira Zaytseva URS 2 Athinai 1982 7 7 3:59.01 Giana Romanova URS 1 Praha 1978 8 8 3:59.02 Gabreiella Dorio ITA 3 Athinai 1982 9 9 3:59.31 Maricica Puica ROU 4 Athinai 198 2 10 10 3:59.37 Daniela Yordanova BUL 3 Göteborg 2006 11 11 3:59.77 Natalia Marasescu ROU 2 Praha 1978 12 12 4:00.15 Totka Petrova BUL 3 Praha 1978 13 13 4:00.18 Valentina Ilyinykh URS 4 Praha 1978 14 14 4:00.20 Nuria Fernandez ESP 1 2010 15 15 4:00.36 RUS 4 Göteborg 2006 16 16 4:00.55 Grete Waitz NOR 5 Praha 1978 17 17 4:00.78 GDR 5 Athinai 1982 18 18 4:01 .17 FRA 2 Barcelona 2010 19 19 4:01.19 Rovilya Agletdinova URS 1 1986 20 20 4: 01.22 Tamara Sorokina URS 6 Athinai 1982 21 4:01.25 6 Praha 1978 22 4:01.28 Tatyana Tomashova 3 München 2002 23 21 4:01.30 Natalia Rodriguez ESP 3 Barcelona 2010 24 22 4:01.43 POL 5 Göteborg 2006 25 23 4:01.54 Lisa D obriskey GBR 4 Barcelona 2010 26 24 4:02.17 Asli Cakir TUR 5 Barcelona 2010 27 4:02.20 Ulrike Bruns 7 Praha 1978 28 25 4:02.24 Corina Dumbravean ROU 6 Göteborg 2006 28 25 4:02.24 RUS 6 Barcelona 2010 30 27 4:02.25 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 1 Roma 1974 31 28 4:02.36 Tatyana Somolenko -Dorovskikh URS 2 Stuttgart 1986 32 29 4:02.37 Judit Varga HUN 4 München 2002 33 30 4:02.44 ROU 3 Stuttgart 1986 34 31 4:02.70 Stepanie Twell GBR 7 Barcelona 2010 35 32 4:02.71 Nataliya Tobia s UKR 7 Göteborg 2006 36 4:03.03 Daniela Yordanova 5 München 2002 37 33 4:03.09 Ivana Walterova TCH 4 Stuttgart 1986 38 4:03.90 Maricica Puica 5 Stuttgart 1986 39 4:04.14 Anna Alminova RUS 1h1 Barcelona 2010 40 34 4:04.16 Fanjanteino Felix FRA 8 Barcelona 2010 41 35 4:04.18 NED 1 Zürich 2014 42 4:04.42 Süreya Ayhan 1h2 München 2002 43 36 4:04.60 Cornelia Bürki SUI 8 Praha 1978 44 37 4:04.73 Vesela Yatsinska BUL 9 Praha 1978 45 38 4:04.74 URS 6 Stuttgart 1986 46 4:04.75 Fanjateino Felix 2h1 Barcelona 2010 47 39 4:04.91 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 9 Barcelona 2010 48 4:04.95 Natalia Rodriguez 3h1 Barcelona 2010 49 40 4:04.97 Lilyana Todorova -Tomova BUL 2 Roma 1974 50 41 4:04.98 UKR 8 Göteborg 2006 51 42 4:04.99 -McDermott GBR 7 Stuttgart 1986 52 4:05.04 Tatyana Tomashova 1h3 München 2002 53 43 4:05.07 GBR 10 Barcelona 2010 54 44 4:05.08 SWE 2 Zürich 2014 55 4:05.14 Gabriela Szabo 2h3 München 200 2 56 4:05.18 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 4h1 Barcelona 2010 57 4:05.21 Grete Waitz 3 Roma 1974

Slowest winning (auto) time: 4:33.00 by (POL) in 2016 4:18.93 by (RUS) in 1994

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.72 4:02.25 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR Roma 1974 Min 0.02 3:58.79 Süreyya Ayhan TUR München 2002

Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.96 4:02.25 4:05.21 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR Roma 1974 Min 0.44 4:18.93 4:19.37 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 1994

Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.30 4:10.35 FRG Helsinki 1971 Min 0.03 4:10.15 Totka Petrova BUL Praha 1978

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 3:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS Göteborg 2006 2 3:57.61 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS Göteborg 2006 3 3:59.02 Gabreiella Dorio ITA Athinai 1982 4 3:59.31 Maricica Puica ROU Athinai 1982 5 4:00.55 Grete Waitz NOR Praha 1978 6 4:01.22 Tamara Sorokina URS Athinai 1982 7 4:02.20 Ulrike Bruns GDR Praha 1978 8 4:04.16 Fanjanteino Felix FRA Barcelona 2010 9 4:04.73 Vesela Yatsinska BUL Praha 1978

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue DayMonthYear 1 3:50.07 ETH 17 July 2015 3:50.46 CHN 11 Sept 1993 2 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai CHN Shanghai 18 Oct 1997 3:51.92 CHN Beijing 11 Sept 1993 3 3:53.91 Yin Lili CHN Shanghai 18 Oct 1997 3:55.47 Zhang Ling (heat) CHN Shanghai 17 Oct 1997 3:56.29 USA Monaco 17 July 2015 4 3:53.97 Lan Lixin CHN Shanghai 18 Oct 1997 3:55.82 Dong Yanmei (heat) CHN Shanghai 17 Oct 1997 3:56.9 Zamira Zaytseva URS Moskva 6 July 1980 5 3:54.52 Zhang Ling CHN Shanghai 18 Oct 1997 3:56.31 (heat) CHN Shanghai 17 Oct 1997 3:57.4 Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS Moskva 6 July 1980 6 3:55.07 Dong Yanmei CHN Shanghai 18 Oct 1997 3:57.03 Liu Jing CHN Shanghai 17 Oct 1997 3:58.19 Jennifer Simpson USA Saint Denis 27 Aug 2016

Fastest time in each round (Straight final in 1982) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 3:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS Göteborg 2006 First round 4:04.14 Anna Alminova RUS Barcelona 2010

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 4:06.89 9h1 Natalia Kareiva BLR Barcelona 2010

Multiple Medalists: Sifan Hassan (NED): 2014 Gold, 2016 Silver Nuria Fernandez (ESP) 2010 Gold, 2012 Bronze Tatyana Tomashova (RUS): 2002 Bronze; 2006 Gold Gunhilde Hoffmeister (GDR): 1971 Silver; 1974 Gold

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze URS 3 2 RUS 3 1 2 GDR 2 2 TUR 2 ESP 1 2 TCH 1 YUG 1 POL 1 ROU 2 1 BUL 1 2 NED 1 2 GBR 1 1 POR 1 FRA 1 SWE 1 SUI 2 ITA 2 FRG 1 NOR 1 UKR 1 IRL 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze ESP 2010 Nuria Fernandez Natalia Rodriguez RUS 2006 Tatyana Tomashova Yuliya Chizhenko RUS 1994 Lyudmila Rogacheva Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS 1986 Ravilya Agletdinova Tatyana Samolenko URS 1982 Olga Dvirna Zamira Zaitseva GDR 1971 Karin Burneleit Gunhilde Hoffmeister

800m – 1500m double medalist in the same championships Name Nation 800m 1500m Venue Year Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR Silver Gold Roma 1974 Lilyana Tomova BUL Gold Silver Roma 1974 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS Bronze Gold Helsinki 1994

Average from last eight European Championships Average 2016 2014 2012 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 Winning Time 4:08.75 4:33.00 4:04.18 4:06.04 4:00.20 3:56.91 3:58.79 4:11.91 4:18.93 Winning Medal (3 rd ) 4:10.41 4:33.78 4:06.32 4:08.80 4:01.30 3:59.37 4:01.28 4:13 .06 4:19.37 Missing Medal (4 th ) 4:10.94 4:34.15 4:06.65 4:09.29 4:01.54 4:00.36 4:02.37 4:13.33 4:19.80

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GDR Klaus Peter Justus Gunhild Hoffmeister Roma 1974

Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (Olympic and Euro gold before 1983) Name Nation Olympics World Championships European Championships RUS 1996 1999 1998

European Champion who previously won European Junior gold medal Name Nat European Championships European Junior Championships Snezana Pajkic YUG 1990 1987, 1989

Last ten European Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Angelika Cichocka POL 4:33.00 Sifan Hassan NED 4:33.76 Ciara Mageean IRL 4:33.78 2014 Sifan Hassan NED 4:04.18 Abeba Aregawi SWE 4:05.08 GBR 4:06.32 2012 Gamze Bulut TUR 4;06.04 Anna Mishchenko UKR 4:07.74 Nuria Fernandez ESP 4:08.80 2010 Nuria Fernandez ESP 4:00.20 Hind Dehiba FRA 4:01.17 Natalia Rodriguez ESP 4:01.30 2006 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 3:56.91 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS 3:57.61 Daniela Yordanova BUL 3:59.37 2002 Sureya Ayhan TUR 3:58.79 Gabriela Szabo ROU 3:58.81 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 4:01.28 1998 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 4:11.91 POR 4:12.62 SUI 4:13.06 1994 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 4:18.93 GBR 4:19.30 Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS 4:19.37 1990 Snezana Pajkic YUG 4:08.12 GDR 4:08.67 SUI 4:08.89 1986 Ravilya Agletdinova URS 4;01.19 Tatyana Samolenko URS 4:02.36 Doina Melinte ROU 4:02.44

European U-23 Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 GER 4:10.30 Sofia Ennaoui POL 4:13.54 Martyna Galant POL 4:17.91 2015 Amela Terzic SRB 4:04.77 Sofia Ennaoui POL 4:04.90 Nataliay Pryshchepa UKR 4:06.29 2013 Amela Terzic SRB 4:05.69 GER 4:07.71 GBR 4:08.19 2011 Tugba Koyuncu TUR 4:20.80 Corina Harrer GER 4:21.52 Katarzyna Broniaowska POL 4:22.06 2009 Sultan Haydar TUR 4:14.12 Kristina Khaleyeva RUS 4:14.78 Alena Fesenko RUS 4:15.86 2007 Abby Westley GBR 4:15.48 Lizi Wheater GBR 4:16.45 Tatyana Beltyukova RUS 4:16.49 2005 Corina Dumbravean ROU 4:14.78 RUS 4:16.23 Antje Moldner GER 4:16.34 2003 Olesya Chumakova RUS 4:11.75 GBR 4:12.95 Ingvill Makestad NOR 4:13.58 2001 Alesya Turova BLR 4:09.71 Natlia Rodriguez ESP 4:11.20 Kelly Caffel GBR 4:12.30 1999 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:07.86 RUS 4:09.03 Anca Safta ROU 4:09.78 1997 Andrea Suldesova CZE 4:13.92 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:14.70 Natalya Chernyshova UKR 4:15.43

Last eleven European Junior (U20) Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Jemma Reekie GBR 4:13.25 Liliana Georgieva BUL 4:16.73 Harriet Knowles-Jones GBR 4:17.53 2015 Bobby Clay GBR 4:17.91 Amy Griffiths GBR 4:20.41 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 4:20.84 2013 Nataliya Pryshchepa UKR 4:18.51 Sofia Ennoui POL 4:20.20 Aurora Dybedokken NOR 4:21.27 2011 Amela Terzic SRB 4:15.40 Ciara Magueena IRL 4:16.82 Ioana Doaga ROU 4:20.73 2009 Darya Yachmeneva RUS 4:14.64 Layes Abdullayeva AZE 4:16.63 Elina Sujew GER 4:16.86 2007 Cristina Vasiloiu ROU 4:15.30 GBR 4:16.03 Daniel Donisa ROU 4:18.19 2005 Morag MacLarty GBR 4:15.12 Yekaterina RUS 4:15.46 Azra Eminovic SCG 4:15.77 2003 Nelya Neporadna UKR 4:12.57 DaniMartynova Barnes GBR 4:16.91 Corina Dumbravean ROU 4:17.56 2001 Ljiljana Culibrk CRO 4:13.13 Emma Ward GBR 4:13.51 Riina Tolonen FIN 4:14.48 1999 Sibel Özyurt TUR 4:15.62 Natalya Sidorenko RUS 4:15.91 Yekaterina Noskova RUS 4:16.56 1997 Natalya Yevdokimova UKR 4:23.34 Malgorzata Bury POL 4:24.37 Ljiljana Culibrk CRO 4:24.75

Last ten European Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Laura Muir GBR 4:02.39 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 4:04.45 Sofia Ennaoui POL 4:06.59 2015 Sifan Hassan NED 4:09.04 Angeliak Cichocka POL 4:10.53 Federica Del Buono ITA 4:11.61 2013 Abeba Aregawi SWE 4:04.47 Isabel Macias ESP 4:14.19 Katarzyna POL 4:14.30 2011 Yelena Arzhakova RUS 4:13.78 Nuria Fernandez ESP 4:14.04 YekaterinaBroniatowska Marynova RUS 4:14.16 2009 Anna Alminova RUS 4:07.76 Natalia Rodriguez ESP 4:08.72 Sonja Roman SLO 4:11.42 2007 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:05.13 Natalya Chumakova RUS 4:06.04 Olesya Chumakova RUS 4:06.48 2005 Elena Iagar ROU 4:03.09 Corina Dumbravean ROU 4:05.88 Hind Dehiba FRA 4:07.20 2002 Yekaterina Puzanova RUS 4:06.30 Elena Iagar ROU 4:06.90 Alesya Turova BLR 4:07.69 2000 ROU 4:12.82 Olga Kuznetsova RUS 4:13.45 Yuliya Kosenkova RUS 4:13.60 1998 AUT 4:13.62 Lidia Chojecka POL 4:14.93 Violeta Szekely ROU 4:15.54

Last nine World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 KEN 4:02.59 Jennifer Simpson USA 4:02.76 RSA 4:02.90 2015 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 4:08.09 Faith Kipyegon KEN 4:08.96 Sifan Hassan NED 4:09.34 2013 Abeba Aregawi SWE 4:02.67 Jennifer Simpson USA 4:02.99 KEN 4:03.86 2011 Jennifer Simpson USA 4:05.40 Hannah England GBR 4:05.68 Natalia Rodriguez ESP 4:05.87 2009 Maryam Jamal BRN 4:03.74 Lisa Dobriskey GBR 4:03.75 Shannon Rowbury USA 4:04.18 2007 Maryam Jamal BRN 3:58.75 Yelena Soboleva RUS 3:58.99 Irya Lishchynska RUS 4:00.69 2005 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 4:00.35 RUS 4:01.46 Bouchra Ghezielle FRA 4:02.45 2003 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 3:58.52 Süreya Ayhan TUR 3:59.04 Hayley Tullett GBR 3:59.95 2001 Gabriela Szabo ROU 4:00.57 Violeta Szekely ROU 4:01.70 RUS 4:02.40

Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Faith Kipyegon KEN 4:08.92 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 4:10.27 Jennifer Simpson USA 4:10.53 2012 Maryam Jamal BRN 4:10.74 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 4:10.90 Abeba Aregawi ETH 4:11.03 2008 Nancy Lagat KEN 4:00.23 Iryna Lischynska UKR 4:01.63 UKR 4:01.78 2004 Kelly Holmes GBR 3:57.90 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 3:58.12 Maria Cioncan ROU 3:58.39 2000 Nouria Merah-Benida ALG 4:05.10 Violeta Szekely ROU 4:05.15 Gabriela Szabo ROU 4:05.27 1996 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 4:00.83 Gabriela Szabo ROU 4:01.54 Theresia Kiesl AUT 4:03.02 1992 ALG 3:55.30 Lyudmila Rogachova EUN 3:56.91 Qu Yunxia CHN 3:57.08 1988 ROU 3:53.96 Laimute Baikauskaite URS 4:00.24 Tatyana Samolenko URS 4:00.30

All time European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 3:52.47 URS 1 Zürich 13 Aug 1980 2 2 3:53.96 Paula Ivan ROU 1 OG- 1 Oct 1988 3 3 3:54.23 Ola Dvirna URS 1 Kiev 27 July 1982 4 3:55.00 Tatyana Kazankina 1 Moskva 6 July 1980

Fastest Performances on European Soil Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1 Monaco 17 July 2015 2 2 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina URS 1 Zürich 13 Aug 1980 3 3:54.11 Genzebe Dibaba 1 Barcelona 8 July 2015 4 3 3:54.23 Ola Dvirna URS 1 Kiev 27 July 1982 5 3:55.00 Tatyana Kazankina 1 Moskva 6 July 1980

Fastest Performances on European Soil by Europeans Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina URS 1 Zürich 13 Aug 1980 2 2 3:54.23 Ola Dvirna URS 1 Kiev 27 July 1982 3 3:55.00 Tatyana Kazankina URS 1 Moskva 6 July 1980

Fastest Performance in Performance Performer Time Name Na t Pos DMY 1 1 3:58.43 Sureya Ayhan TUR 1 6 Sept 2002 2 2 3:58.92 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 1 27 Aug 2017

Fastest Performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina URS 1 13 Aug 1980 2 2 3:55.22 Laura Muir GBR 1 Saint Denis 27 Aug 2016 3 3 3:55.30 Hassiba Boulmerka ALG 1 Barcelona 8 Aug 1992

Combined 2017 & 2018 European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 3:56.14 Sifan Hassan NED 1 Hengelo 11 June 2017 2 3:56.22 Sifan Hassan 1 Roma 8 June 2017 3 3:57.10 Sifan Hassan 1 1 July 2017 4 3:57.22 Sifan Hassan 2 Bruxelles 1 Sept 2017 5 3:57.41e Sifan Hassan 1 22 July 2018 6 2 3:58.18 Laura Muir GBR 2 5 July 2018 7 3:58.39 Sifan Hassan 3 Lausanne 5 July 2018 8 3:58.53 Laura Muir 2 10 June 2018 9 3 3:58.92 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 1 Berlin 27 Aug 2017 10 3:59.30 Konstanze Klosterhalfen 3 Roma 8 June 2017 10 3:59.30 Laura Muir 2 Eugene 26 May 2018

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