2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	13 September (heats) 14 September (semi-finals) 16 September (final)
Winning time	3:52.15
Medalists
Faith Kipyegon    Kenya   Dorcus Ewoi    Kenya   Jessica Hull    Australia
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13, 14 and 16 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Faith Kipyegon  (KEN)	3:48.68	Eugene, United States	5 July 2025
Championship record	Sifan Hassan  (NED)	3:51.95	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019
World Leading	Faith Kipyegon  (KEN)	3:48.68	Eugene, United States	5 July 2025
African Record
Asian Record	Qu Yunxia  (CHN)	3:50.46	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
European Record	Sifan Hassan  (NED)	3:51.95	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Shelby Houlihan  (USA)	3:54.99
Oceanian record	Jessica Hull  (AUS)	3:50.83	Paris, France	7 July 2024
South American Record	Letitia Vriesde  (SUR)	4:05.67	Tokyo, Japan	31 August 1991

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:01.50. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
13 September	19:50	Heats
14 September	21:07	Semi-finals
16 September	22:05	Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 13 September. The first six athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Hull	Australia	4:04.40	Q
2	Sinclaire Johnson	United States	4:04.59	Q
3	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy	4:04.93	Q
4	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya	4:04.99	Q
5	Marta Pérez	Spain	4:05.14	Q
6	Weronika Lizakowska	Poland	4:05.35	Q
7	Vera Sjöberg	Sweden	4:06.01
8	Erin Wallace	Great Britain & N.I.	4:06.07
9	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia	4:07.06
10	Nozomi Tanaka	Japan	4:07.34
11	Amina Maatoug	Netherlands	4:09.25
12	Lilly Nägeli	Switzerland	4:12.30
13	Laura Nicholson	Ireland	4:14.12
14	María Pía Fernández	Uruguay	4:28.10
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya	4:07.01	Q
2	Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland	4:07.34	Q
3	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	4:07.44	Q
4	Linden Hall	Australia	4:07.61	Q
5	Emily Mackay	United States	4:08.19	Q
6	Revée Walcott-Nolan	Great Britain & N.I.	4:08.67	Q
7	Lucia Stafford	Canada	4:08.98
8	Şilan Ayyıldız	Turkey	4:09.50
9	Anne Gine Løvnes  [ de; no ]	Norway	4:10.61
10	Marissa Damink	Netherlands	4:11.18
11	Pooja Olla	India	4:13.75
12	Wilma Nielsen	Sweden	4:13.98
13	Bahiya El Arfaoui	Morocco	4:17.17
14	Lodkeo Inthakoumman	Laos	4:45.13	SB
[4]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	4:01.23	Q
2	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4:01.73	Q
3	Susan Ejore	Kenya	4:01.99	Q
4	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4:02.00	Q
5	Agathe Guillemot	France	4:02.05	Q
6	Sophie O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:02.12	Q, SB
7	Esther Guerrero	Spain	4:02.20
8	Joceline Wind	Switzerland	4:04.29
9	Sarah Billings	Australia	4:06.22
10	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	4:08.71
11	Knight Aciru	Uganda	4:09.79
12	Ludovica Cavalli	Italy	4:09.91
13	Adelle Tracey	Jamaica	4:11.87
14	Tomoka Kimura	Japan	4:15.70
[4]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4:02.55	Q
2	Sarah Madeleine	France	4:02.66	Q
3	Sarah Healy	Ireland	4:02.67	Q
4	Marta Zenoni	Italy	4:02.77	Q
5	Gabija Galvydytė	Lithuania	4:02.81	Q
6	Nele Weßel	Germany	4:03.57	Q, PB
7	Águeda Marqués	Spain	4:04.13
8	Laura Muir	Great Britain & N.I.	4:05.59
9	Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann	Luxembourg	4:06.11
10	Kate Current	Canada	4:07.52
11	Sofia Thøgersen	Denmark	4:08.48	SB
12	Micaela Levaggi	Argentina	4:09.76	NR
13	Mia Barnett	Sweden	4:16.71
14	Gresa Bakraçi  [ de; it; no ]	Kosovo	4:22.06
15	Ingeborg Østgård	Norway	4:27.56
[4]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 13 September. The first six athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4:00.34	Q
2	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya	4:00.65	Q
3	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	4:01.03	Q
4	Sinclaire Johnson	United States	4:01.08	Q
5	Marta Pérez	Spain	4:01.19	Q
6	Sarah Madeleine	France	4:01.30	Q
7	Linden Hall	Australia	4:01.65
8	Gabija Galvydytė	Lithuania	4:01.79
9	Weronika Lizakowska	Poland	4:03.39
10	Emily Mackay	United States	4:12.80
11	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy	4:12.93
12	Sophie O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:18.18
[5]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya	4:06.86	Q
2	Jessica Hull	Australia	4:06.87	Q
3	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4:07.04	Q
4	Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland	4:07.83	Q
5	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4:08.29	Q
6	Sarah Healy	Ireland	4:08.78	Q
7	Susan Ejore	Kenya	4:09.28
8	Revée Walcott-Nolan	Great Britain & N.I.	4:11.07
9	Agathe Guillemot	France	4:11.33
10	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	4:15.08	qJ
11	Nele Weßel	Germany	4:18.21	qR
—	Marta Zenoni	Italy	DQ	17.1.2
[5]

Final

The final took place on 16 September.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	3:52.15
	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya	3:54.92	PB
	Jessica Hull	Australia	3:55.16
4	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya	3:55.25	PB
5	Nikki Hiltz	United States	3:57.08
6	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	3:57.33
7	Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland	3:57.95	PB
8	Sarah Madeleine	France	3:58.09	PB
9	Marta Pérez	Spain	3:58.54	SB
10	Sarah Healy	Ireland	3:59.14
11	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	3:59.65	SB
12	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	4:00.47
13	Sinclaire Johnson	United States	4:00.92
14	Nele Weßel	Germany	4:10.31
[6]

References

1. "Women's 1500 Metres - Schedule". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "Women's 1500 Metres - Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Women's 1500 metres - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
5. "Women's 1500 Metres - Semi-finals results" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
6. "Women's 1500 Metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.