Olympic Track and Field 2016: Women's 1500M Medal Winners, Times and Results

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon still hasn't lost this year, and now she has an Olympic gold medal on her impressive resume.

Kipyegon won the women's 1,500-meter race on Tuesday with a time of four minutes, 8.92 seconds. She surged toward the finish line on the last lap and created space between herself and silver medalist Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia (4:10.27) and bronze medalist Jenny Simpson of the United States (4:10.53). 

Here is a look at the full results, courtesy of the Rio Games' official website:

Place	Runner	Time
1	Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)	4:08.92
2	Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia)	4:10.27
3	Jenny Simpson (United States)	4:10.53
4	Shannon Rowbury (United States)	4:11.05
5	Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)	4:11.23
6	Meraf Bahta (Sweden)	4:12.59
7	Laura Muir (Great Britain)	4:12.88
8	Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia)	4:13.14
9	Besu Sado (Ethiopia)	4:13.58
10	Sofia Ennaoui (Poland)	4:14.72
11	Laura Weightman (Great Britain)	4:14.95
12	Rababe Arafi (Morocco)	4:15.16

According to IAAF.org, Kipyegon was undefeated this year coming into Tuesday's race. She proved why with a formidable showing and was unbeatable down the stretch. 

While the Kenyan set the pace at the end, the field stayed bunched together through the first 800 meters. Chris Chavez of Sports Illustrated said the first 800 was completed in 2:27.2, and Kevin Liao of Sporting News was not impressed with the early speed:

However, Great Britain's Laura Muir, Kipyegon and Dibaba created separation in the third lap. Muir fell off in the finishing kick as Kipyegon and Dibaba made it a two-woman race, and the Kenyan eventually pulled away completely in the final straightaway. 

It was more of a race for bronze, as Simpson and Shannon Rowbury of the United States surpassed Muir. Simpson outlasted her fellow United States representative and earned bronze and American history in the process, per Paul Carr of ESPN Stats & Info:

Olympian Emma Coburn reacted to Simpson's showing:

"

JENNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYY

— emma coburn (@emmajcoburn) August 17, 2016"

Fittingly, Dibaba and Kipyegon were the two notable names entering Tuesday's final. Each won her respective semifinal heats during qualification and carried that momentum into the race for gold. 

According to IAAF.org, Dibaba broke the world record in the event a "little more than a year ago." While the world champion dealt with a toe injury earlier in her season, she recovered enough to win silver on Tuesday. 

As for the Americans, Rowbury is the United States record-holder and has been in the Olympic final in the past three Games. The 31-year-old veteran finished in sixth place in the 2012 London Olympics and improved on that mark Tuesday. Simpson won the 2011 world championships and was also competing in her third Olympics on Tuesday.

It was a loaded field, but Kipyegon delivered on expectations with a gold medal. 

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Kipyegon discussed her performance after the win, per Mitch Phillips of Reuters: “It was an amazing race. I needed to focus for the middle because I knew Genzebe is so fast and I really had to kick on the last lap.”

Simpson was also pleased with her outing, per Paul Myerberg of USA Today: “I love competing. I love feeling that stress on the last lap. I was one of the crowd who could maybe get third so I'm really happy.”

It is no wonder she was so happy after making American history on the Olympic stage.