2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 August (heats) 5 August (semifinal) 7 August (final)
Competitors	44 from 26 nations

Events at the 2017 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4, 5, & 7 August.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	3:50.07	Fontvieille, Monaco	17 July 2015
Championship record	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	3:58.52	Paris, France	31 August 2003
World leading	Sifan Hassan (NED)	3:56.14	Hengelo, Netherlands	11 June 2017
African record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	3:50.07	Fontvieille, Monaco	17 July 2015
Asian record	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	3:50.46	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
NACAC record	Shannon Rowbury (USA)	3:56.29	Fontvieille, Monaco	17 July 2015
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	4:05.67	Tokyo, Japan	31 August 1991
European record	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	3:52.47	Zürich, Switzerland	13 August 1980
Oceanian record	Sarah Jamieson (AUS)	4:00.93	Stockholm, Sweden	25 July 2006

Qualification standards

Entry standards
4:07.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
4 August 2017	19:35	Heats
5 August 2017	19:35	Semifinals
7 August 2017	21:50	Final

All times are local times (UTC+1)

Results

Heats

Qualification: Best 6 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Jessica Judd	Great Britain (GBR)
	1	Angelika Cichocka	Poland (POL)
	1	Caster Semenya	South Africa (RSA)
	1	Simona Vrzalová	Czech Republic (CZE)
	1	Marta Pérez	Spain (ESP)
	1	Zoe Buckman	Australia (AUS)
	1	Rababe Arafi	Morocco (MAR)
	1	Winny Chebet	Kenya (KEN)
	1	Amela Terzić	Serbia (SRB)
	1	Kate Grace	United States (USA)
	1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia (ETH)
	1	Nicole Sifuentes	Canada (CAN)
	1	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia (ETH)
	1	Ciara Mageean	Ireland (IRL)
	2	Marta Pen Freitas	Portugal (POR)
	2	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar (MAD)
	2	Meryem Akdag	Turkey (TUR)
	2	Esther Chebet	Uganda (UGA)
	2	Jennifer Simpson	United States (USA)
	2	Hanna Klein	Germany (GER)
	2	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco (MAR)
	2	Claudia Bobocea	Romania (ROU)
	2	Linden Hall	Australia (AUS)
	2	Judy Kiyeng	Kenya (KEN)
	2	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia (ETH)
	2	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands (NED)
	2	Sheila Reid	Canada (CAN)
	2	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway (NOR)
	2	Laura Muir	Great Britain (GBR)
	3	Angelina Nadi	Athlete Refugee Team (ART)
	3	Solange Pereira	Spain (ESP)
	3	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon	Kenya (KEN)
	3	Muriel Coneo	Colombia (COL)
	3	Laura Weightman	Great Britain (GBR)
	3	Meraf Bahta	Sweden (SWE)
	3	Besu Sado	Ethiopia (ETH)
	3	Tamara Amroush	Jordan (JOR)
	3	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany (GER)
	3	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland (POL)
	3	Gabriela Stafford	Canada (CAN)
	3	Margherita Magnani	Italy (ITA)
	3	Sara Vaughn	United States (USA)
	3	Georgia Griffith	Australia (AUS)
	3	Sarah McDonald	Great Britain (GBR)