Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 10 April 2018.^[1]

Women's 1500 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	9 April (heats) 10 April (final)
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning time	4:00.71 GR
Medalists
Caster Semenya    South Africa   Beatrice Chepkoech    Kenya   Melissa Courtney    Wales
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Caster Semenya won the 1500 m Commonwealth Games title in a Games record and South African record time of 4:00.71 minutes. Her hyperandrogenic condition remained a point of controversy amongst her competitors, with Australian Brittany McGowan saying that it was "tough for a lot of women" to compare in performance.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[3]

World record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	3:50.07	Fontvieille, Monaco	17 July 2015
Games record	Hellen Obiri (KEN)	4:04.43	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 9 April 2018	19:25	First round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	22:04	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of two heats. The four fastest competitors per heat (plus four fastest losers) advanced to the final.^[4]

In addition, the track referee ruled that Zoe Buckman and Sarah McDonald were sufficiently impeded by Winny Chebet (who fell during the second heat) to merit being advanced to the final.^[5]

Heat 1

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	10	Caster Semenya (RSA)	4:05.86		Q
2	2	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	4:06.41	PB	Q
3	6	Mary Wangari Kuria (KEN)	4:06.58	SB	Q
4	1	Melissa Courtney (WAL)	4:06.63		Q
5	9	Eilish McColgan (SCO)	4:06.88		q
6	3	Ciara Mageean (NIR)	4:07.78		q
7	5	Katie Snowden (ENG)	4:08.00		q
8	7	Jessica Judd (ENG)	4:08.87		q
9	4	Beatha Nishimwe (RWA)	4:14.96	SB
10	8	Mokulubete Makatisi (LES)	4:41.19

Heat 2

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)	4:08.29		Q
2	5	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	4:08.49		Q
3	2	Linden Hall (AUS)	4:08.64		Q
4	8	Stephanie Twell (SCO)	4:08.66		Q
5	1	Sarah McDonald (ENG)	4:09.54	R 162.2a	q
6	6	Gabriela Stafford (CAN)	4:09.59
7	4	Natalia Evangelidou (CYP)	4:10.98	NR
8	9	Zoe Buckman (AUS)	4:11.78	R 162.2a	q
9	3	Winny Chebet (KEN)	4:20.67

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	12	Caster Semenya (RSA)	4:00.71	GR, NR
	8	Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)	4:03.09	PB
	1	Melissa Courtney (WAL)	4:03.44	PB
4	7	Linden Hall (AUS)	4:03.67	SB
5	6	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	4:04.17	PB
6	14	Eilish McColgan (SCO)	4:04.30
7	13	Stephanie Twell (SCO)	4:05.56	SB
8	2	Sarah McDonald (ENG)	4:05.77
9	5	Mary Wangari Kuria (KEN)	4:05.88	SB
10	3	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	4:06.05	PB
11	9	Katie Snowden (ENG)	4:06.55
12	11	Zoe Buckman (AUS)	4:06.76
13	4	Ciara Mageean (NIR)	4:07.41
14	10	Jessica Judd (ENG)	4:08.82