2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 1500 metres 01.jpg
The final underway
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates23 March
Winning time3:54.86 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Gudaf Tsegay  Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg   Diribe Welteji  Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Georgia Hunter Bell  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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The women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's 1500 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gudaf Tsegay  (ETH)3:53.09 Liévin, France9 February 2021
Championship record [2] 3:57.19 Belgrade, Serbia19 March 2022
World leading [3] 3:53.92 Toruń, Poland8 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 4:03.00, or 4:22.50 in the mile. [5] Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 30 athletes. [5]

Results

The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 18:33 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] The first 3 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4:11.87 Q
2 Sinclaire Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:12.18 Q
3 Susan Ejore Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:12.41 Q
4 Simone Plourde Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:13.97
5 Sintayehu Vissa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:14.25
6 Joceline Wind Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:17.81
7 Anita Poma Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:21.77 NR
8 July Ferreira da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:22.24 PB
[7]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Georgia Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:09.21 Q
2 Georgia Griffith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:09.78 Q, PB
3 Esther Guerrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:09.90 Q
4 Worknesh Mesele Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4:10.61
5 Gabija Galvydytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4:11.69
6 Maia Ramsden Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:14.89
7 Vera Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:17.35
8 María Pía Fernández Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 4:21.39 SB
[7]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Diribe Welteji Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4:12.25 Q
2 Heather MacLean Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:13.26 Q
3 Salomé Afonso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:13.39 Q
4 Lucia Stafford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:13.45
5 Revée Walcott-Nolan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:15.76
6 Sophie O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4:16.68 PB
7 Claire Uwitonze Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 4:17.33 NR
8 Laura Nagel Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:18.61 PB
9 Xu Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:33.65
[7]

Final

The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:28 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:54.86 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Diribe Welteji Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3:59.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgia Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:59.84 PB
4 Georgia Griffith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:00.80 AR
5 Susan Lokayo Ejore Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:03.89
6 Sinclaire Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:04.07 PB
7 Heather MacLean Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:05.45
8 Salomé Afonso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:07.67
9 Esther Guerrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:07.76
[8]

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Results 1500 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 3 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "1500 Metres Women - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "1500 Metres Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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