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)
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be 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), is 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  (AUS)	4:04.40	Q
2	Sinclaire Johnson	United States  (USA)	4:04.59	Q
3	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy  (ITA)	4:04.93	Q
4	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya  (KEN)	4:04.99	Q
5	Marta Pérez	Spain  (ESP)	4:05.14	Q
6	Weronika Lizakowska	Poland  (POL)	4:05.35	Q
7	Vera Sjöberg	Sweden  (SWE)	4:06.01
8	Erin Wallace	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	4:06.07
9	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia  (ETH)	4:07.06
10	Nozomi Tanaka	Japan  (JPN)	4:07.34
11	Amina Maatoug	Netherlands  (NED)	4:09.25
12	Lilly Nägeli	Switzerland  (SUI)	4:12.30
13	Laura Nicholson	Ireland  (IRL)	4:14.12
14	María Pía Fernández	Uruguay  (URU)	4:28.10
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya  (KEN)	4:07.01	Q
2	Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland  (POL)	4:07.34	Q
3	Salomé Afonso	Portugal  (POR)	4:07.44	Q
4	Linden Hall	Australia  (AUS)	4:07.61	Q
5	Emily Mackay	United States  (USA)	4:08.19	Q
6	Revée Walcott-Nolan	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	4:08.67	Q
7	Lucia Stafford	Canada  (CAN)	4:08.98
8	Şilan Ayyıldız	Turkey  (TUR)	4:09.50
9	Anne Gine Løvnes  [ de; no ]	Norway  (NOR)	4:10.61
10	Marissa Damink	Netherlands  (NED)	4:11.18
11	Pooja Olla	India  (IND)	4:13.75
12	Wilma Nielsen	Sweden  (SWE)	4:13.98
13	Bahiya El Arfaoui	Morocco  (MAR)	4:17.17
14	Lodkeo Inthakoumman	Laos  (LAO)	4:45.13	SB
[4]

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya  (KEN)	4:02.55	Q
2	Sarah Madeleine	France  (FRA)	4:02.66	Q
3	Sarah Healy	Ireland  (IRL)	4:02.67	Q
4	Marta Zenoni	Italy  (ITA)	4:02.77	Q
5	Gabija Galvydytė	Lithuania  (LTU)	4:02.81	Q
6	Nele Weßel	Germany  (GER)	4:03.57	Q, PB
7	Águeda Marqués	Spain  (ESP)	4:04.13
8	Laura Muir	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	4:05.59
9	Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann	Luxembourg  (LUX)	4:06.11
10	Kate Current	Canada  (CAN)	4:07.52
11	Sofia Thøgersen	Denmark  (DEN)	4:08.48	SB
12	Micaela Levaggi	Argentina  (ARG)	4:09.76	NR
13	Mia Barnett	Sweden  (SWE)	4:16.71
14	Gresa Bakraçi  [ de; it; no ]	Kosovo  (KOS)	4:22.06
15	Ingeborg Østgård	Norway  (NOR)	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  (KEN)	4:00.34	Q
2	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya  (KEN)	4:00.65	Q
3	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia  (ETH)	4:01.03	Q
4	Sinclaire Johnson	United States  (USA)	4:01.08	Q
5	Marta Pérez	Spain  (ESP)	4:01.19	Q
6	Sarah Madeleine	France  (FRA)	4:01.30	Q
7	Linden Hall	Australia  (AUS)	4:01.65
8	Gabija Galvydytė	Lithuania  (LTU)	4:01.79
9	Weronika Lizakowska	Poland  (POL)	4:03.39
10	Emily Mackay	United States  (USA)	4:12.80
11	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy  (ITA)	4:12.93
12	Sophie O'Sullivan	Ireland  (IRL)	4:18.18
[5]

Heat 2

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

Final

The final will take place on 16 September.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya  (KEN)
	Dorcus Ewoi	Kenya  (KEN)
	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia  (ETH)
	Sinclaire Johnson	United States  (USA)
	Marta Pérez	Spain  (ESP)
	Sarah Madeleine	France  (FRA)
	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya  (KEN)
	Jessica Hull	Australia  (AUS)
	Nikki Hiltz	United States  (USA)
	Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland  (POL)
	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada  (CAN)
	Sarah Healy	Ireland  (IRL)
	Salomé Afonso	Portugal  (POR)
	Nele Weßel	Germany  (GER)

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women 1500 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "1500 Metres Women − 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. "RESULTS / リザルト 1500 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.