Reversing the order from the previous year's World Championships isn't accurate - even only 2 of the 3 on the podium were the same runners. The edit focused on the change in finishing position between the top 2 runners.
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[[File:Faith Kipyegon at 2016 Rio Olympics (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Kipyegon celebrates her first Olympic 1500 m victory in [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].]] |
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[[File:Faith Kipyegon at 2016 Rio Olympics (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Kipyegon celebrates her first Olympic 1500 m victory in [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].]] |
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The then 22-year-old became the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] 1500 m champion in [[Rio de Janeiro]], reversing the order from the previous year's World Championships. She outsprinted Dibaba in the final 200 m in what was initially a very slow tactical [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|race]], with a third lap in 56.80 and last 800 m in a fast 800 m races pace of 1:57.2.[{{Cite web|date=2016-08-16|title=Rio 2016 {{!}} Women's 1500m Final – Race Analysis|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW015101_RaceAnalysis_2016_08_16_df5ab359_86c9_449b_92e3_2a7bc56bcf4f.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920164354/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW015101_RaceAnalysis_2016_08_16_df5ab359_86c9_449b_92e3_2a7bc56bcf4f.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}] Kipyegon clocked 4:08.92, Dibaba 4:10.27 and [[Jenny Simpson]] was third in 4:10.53.[{{Cite web|last=Koech|first=B. M.|title=Faith Chepngetich: Gold Medalist {{!}} Athletes of Kenya|url=http://athletesofkenya.com/2016/08/17/faith-chepngetich-kipyegon-becomes-kenyas-third-gold-medallist/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826141629/http://athletesofkenya.com/2016/08/17/faith-chepngetich-kipyegon-becomes-kenyas-third-gold-medallist/|archive-date=26 August 2016|access-date=17 August 2016}}][{{Cite news|last=Phillips|first=Mitch|date=2016-08-17|title=Kenyan Kipyegon in late charge for 1,500m gold|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-athletics-w-1500m-idUSKCN10S06N|access-date=2018-05-03}}] |
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The then 22-year-old became the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] 1500 m champion in [[Rio de Janeiro]], avenging her loss to Dibaba in the previous year's World Championships. She outsprinted Dibaba in the final 200 m in what was initially a very slow tactical [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|race]], with a third lap in 56.80 and last 800 m in a fast 800 m races pace of 1:57.2.[{{Cite web|date=2016-08-16|title=Rio 2016 {{!}} Women's 1500m Final – Race Analysis|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW015101_RaceAnalysis_2016_08_16_df5ab359_86c9_449b_92e3_2a7bc56bcf4f.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920164354/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW015101_RaceAnalysis_2016_08_16_df5ab359_86c9_449b_92e3_2a7bc56bcf4f.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}] Kipyegon clocked 4:08.92, Dibaba 4:10.27 and [[Jenny Simpson]] was third in 4:10.53.[{{Cite web|last=Koech|first=B. M.|title=Faith Chepngetich: Gold Medalist {{!}} Athletes of Kenya|url=http://athletesofkenya.com/2016/08/17/faith-chepngetich-kipyegon-becomes-kenyas-third-gold-medallist/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826141629/http://athletesofkenya.com/2016/08/17/faith-chepngetich-kipyegon-becomes-kenyas-third-gold-medallist/|archive-date=26 August 2016|access-date=17 August 2016}}][{{Cite news|last=Phillips|first=Mitch|date=2016-08-17|title=Kenyan Kipyegon in late charge for 1,500m gold|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-athletics-w-1500m-idUSKCN10S06N|access-date=2018-05-03}}] |
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===2017: First senior world title=== |
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===2017: First senior world title=== |
