2024 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	25 June (heats) 26 June (final)
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:06.05
Medalists
Saron Berhe    Ethiopia   Caroline Nyaga    Kenya   Esther Chebet    Uganda
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Douala, Cameroon. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [3]	Faith Kipyegon  (KEN)	3:49.11	Florence, Italy	2 June 2023
African record [4]
Championship record	Caster Semenya  (RSA)	4:01.99	Durban, South Africa	24 June 2016
World leading [5]	Gudaf Tsegay  (ETH)	3:50.30	Xiamen, China	20 April 2024
African leading [6]

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Esther Chebet	Uganda	4:14.22	Q
2	1	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia	4:14.28	Q
3	1	Tigist Girma	Ethiopia	4:14.83	Q
4	2	Netsanet Desta	Ethiopia	4:15.12	Q
5	2	Knight Aciru	Uganda	4:15.39	Q
6	2	Teresia Gateri	Kenya	4:15.53	Q
7	1	Carina Viljoen	South Africa	4:15.93	Q
8	1	Caroline Nyaga	Kenya	4:16.24	Q
9	2	Belinda Chemutai	Uganda	4:16.25	Q
10	2	Kadra Mohamed Dembil	Djibouti	4:17.06	Q
11	1	Roza Haile	Eritrea	4:20.36	Q
12	2	Comfort James	Nigeria	4:20.51	Q
13	1	Fraida Hassanatte	Chad	4:26.88
14	1	Liliane Nguetsa	Cameroon	4:28.51
15	2	Odette Sawekoua	Benin	4:33.75
16	2	Kerlane Dane Nassourou	Cameroon	4:52.51
	1	Soukaina Hajji	Morocco	DNS
	1	Joana Heleca	Angola	DNS
	2	Mercy Wanjiru Gitahi	Kenya	DNS
	2	Ajith Thalang Juli	South Sudan	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia	4:06.05
	Caroline Nyaga	Kenya	4:06.76
	Esther Chebet	Uganda	4:06.90
4	Knight Aciru	Uganda	4:08.09
5	Teresia Gateri	Kenya	4:08.90
6	Tigist Girma	Ethiopia	4:10.49
7	Netsanet Desta	Ethiopia	4:12.49
8	Belinda Chemutai	Uganda	4:12.89
9	Carina Viljoen	South Africa	4:13.27
10	Kadra Mohamed Dembil	Djibouti	4:20.82
11	Roza Haile	Eritrea	4:24.06
	Comfort James	Nigeria	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's 1500 metres

References

1. Official results
2. Results at World Athletics
3. "1500 Metres women - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
4. "1500 Metres women - African record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. "1500 Metres women - 2024 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
6. "1500 Metres women - 2024 African leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.