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2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The final underway | ||||||||
| Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park | ||||||||
| Nanjing, China | ||||||||
| 21 March (heats)23 March (final) | ||||||||
| 3:54.86 CR | ||||||||
| Gudaf Tsegay | ||||||||
| Ethiopia Vacant Georgia Hunter Bell | ||||||||
| Great Britain | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | Vacant | Georgia Hunter Bell | Great Britain | |||
| Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | |||||||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| Georgia Hunter Bell | Great Britain |
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.
The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.
The women's 1500 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) | 3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | |
| 3:57.19 | Belgrade, Serbia | 19 March 2022 | ||
| 3:53.92 | Toruń, Poland | 8 February 2025 |
For the women's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 4:03.00 or 4:22.50 in the mile. 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. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 18:33 (UTC+8). The first 3 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 4:11.87 | Q |
| 2 | Sinclaire Johnson | United States | 4:12.18 | Q |
| 3 | Susan Ejore | Kenya | 4:12.41 | Q |
| 4 | Simone Plourde | Canada | 4:13.97 | |
| 5 | Sintayehu Vissa | Italy | 4:14.25 | |
| 6 | Joceline Wind | Switzerland | 4:17.81 | |
| 7 | Anita Poma | Peru | 4:21.77 | NR |
| 8 | July da Silva Fereira | Brazil | 4:22.24 | PB |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 4:09.21 | Q |
| 2 | Georgia Griffith | Australia | 4:09.78 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 4:09.90 | Q |
| 4 | Worknesh Mesele | Ethiopia | 4:10.61 | |
| 5 | Gabija Galvydytė | Lithuania | 4:11.69 | |
| 6 | Maia Ramsden | New Zealand | 4:14.89 | |
| 7 | Vera Sjöberg | Sweden | 4:17.35 | |
| 8 | María Pía Fernández | Uruguay | 4:21.39 | SB |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 4:12.25 | Q |
| 2 | Heather MacLean | United States | 4:13.26 | Q |
| 3 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 4:13.39 | Q |
| 4 | Lucia Stafford | Canada | 4:13.45 | |
| 5 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | Great Britain | 4:15.76 | |
| 6 | Sophie O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:16.68 | PB |
| 7 | Claire Uwitonze | Rwanda | 4:17.33 | NR |
| 8 | Laura Nagel | New Zealand | 4:18.61 | PB |
| 9 | Xu Hui | China | 4:33.65 | |
The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:28 (UTC+8).
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 3:54.86 | CR | |
| Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 3:59.84 | PB | |
| 4 | Georgia Griffith | Australia | 4:00.80 | AR |
| 5 | Susan Ejore | Kenya | 4:03.89 | |
| 6 | Sinclaire Johnson | United States | 4:04.07 | PB |
| 7 | Heather MacLean | United States | 4:05.45 | |
| 8 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 4:07.67 | |
| 9 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 4:07.76 | |
| DSQ | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 3:59.30 | DQ (Anti-doping violations) |
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