2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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 The final underway | ||||||||||
| Venue | Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park | |||||||||
| Location | Nanjing, China | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 March | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:54.86 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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.
The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.
Background
[edit]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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record[1] |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
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3:53.09 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 |
| Championship record[2] | 3:57.19 | Belgrade, Serbia | 19 March 2022 | |
| World leading[3] | 3:53.92 | Toruń, Poland | 8 February 2025 |
Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia
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4:11.87 | Q |
| 2 | Sinclaire Johnson |  United States
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4:12.18 | Q |
| 3 | Susan Ejore |  Kenya
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4:12.41 | Q |
| 4 | Simone Plourde |  Canada
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4:13.97 | |
| 5 | Sintayehu Vissa |  Italy
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4:14.25 | |
| 6 | Joceline Wind |  Switzerland
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4:17.81 | |
| 7 | Anita Poma |  Peru
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4:21.77 | NR |
| 8 | July Ferreira da Silva |  Brazil
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4:22.24 | PB |
| [7] | ||||
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Bell |  Great Britain
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4:09.21 | Q |
| 2 | Georgia Griffith |  Australia
|
4:09.78 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Esther Guerrero |  Spain
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4:09.90 | Q |
| 4 | Worknesh Mesele | Ethiopia
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4:10.61 | |
| 5 | Gabija Galvydytė |  Lithuania
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4:11.69 | |
| 6 | Maia Ramsden |  New Zealand
|
4:14.89 | |
| 7 | Vera Sjöberg |  Sweden
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4:17.35 | |
| 8 | María Pía Fernández |  Uruguay
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4:21.39 | SB |
| [7] | ||||
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia
|
4:12.25 | Q |
| 2 | Heather MacLean | United States
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4:13.26 | Q |
| 3 | Salomé Afonso |  Portugal
|
4:13.39 | Q |
| 4 | Lucia Stafford | Canada
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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
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4:33.65 | |
| [7] | ||||
Final
[edit]The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:28 (UTC+8) in the evening.[6]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia
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3:54.86 | CR |
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Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia
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3:59.30 | |
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Georgia Bell | Great Britain
|
3:59.84 | PB |
| 4 | Georgia Griffith | Australia
|
4:00.80 | AR |
| 5 | Susan Lokayo 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
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4:07.76 | |
| [8] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Results 1500 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
- ^ a b "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "1500 Metres Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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