World Athletics Championships 2019/1500 m for women

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	35 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 2nd (preliminary) October 3rd (semi-finals) October 5th (final)
Medalists Sifan Hassan ( NED )   Faith Kipyegon ( KEN )   Gudaf Tsegay ( ETH )

The women's 1,500 meter run at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on October 2nd, 3rd and 5th, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

35 athletes from 23 countries took part in the competition.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Genzebe Dibaba	3: 50.07 min	Herculis ( IAAF Diamond League ), Monaco	17th July 2015
Championship record	Tatiana Tomaschowa	3: 58.52 min	World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis , France	August 31, 2003

Prelims

From the three preliminary heats, the first six of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

October 2, 2019, 5:35 p.m. local time ( 4:35 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4: 03.88
2	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 03.93
3	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4: 04.00
4th	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	4: 04.04
5	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 04.18
6th	Sarah McDonald	United Kingdom	4: 04.42
7th	Lemlem Hailu	Ethiopia	4: 05.61
8th	Kristiina Mäki	Czech Republic	4: 06.61 PB
9	Esther Guerrero	Spain	4: 06.99
10	Georgia Griffith	Australia	4: 07.73
11	Sara Kuivisto	Finland	4: 08.85 PB

Run 2

October 2, 2019, 5:47 p.m. local time (4:47 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4: 08.32
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4: 08.36
3	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4: 08.39
4th	Shelby Houlihan	United States	4: 08.51
5	Jessica Hull	Australia	4: 08.71
6th	Yolanda Ngarambe	Sweden	4: 09.22
7th	Aisha Praught-Leer	Jamaica	4: 09.81
8th	PU Chitra	India	4: 11.10 PB
9	Caterina Granz	Germany	4: 12.36
10	Jemma Reekie	United Kingdom	4: 12.51
11	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	4: 14.94
12	Carla Mendes	Cape Verde	4: 23.56

Run 3

October 2, 2019, 5:59 p.m. local time (4:59 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jenny Simpson	United States	4: 07.27
2	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4: 07.28
3	Laura Muir	United Kingdom	4: 07.37
4th	Marta Pérez	Spain	4: 07.48
5	Claudia Bobocea	Romania	4: 07.76
6th	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	4: 08.05
7th	Linden Hall	Australia	4: 08.12
8th	Darja Baryssewitsch	Belarus	4: 08.19
9	Axumawit Embaye	Ethiopia	4: 08.56
10	Esther Chebet	Uganda	4: 08.89
11	María Pía Fernández	Uruguay	4: 09.45 NO
12	Envy slides	Angola	4: 28.27

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualify for the final.

Run 1

October 3, 2019, 11:00 PM local time (10:00 PM  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4: 14.69
2	Shelby Houlihan	United States	4: 14.91
3	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4: 14.94
4th	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	4: 14.98
5	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 15.49
6th	Sarah McDonald	United Kingdom	4: 15.73
7th	Lemlem Hailu	Ethiopia	4: 16.56
8th	Esther Guerrero	Spain	4: 16.66
9	Darja Baryssewitsch	Belarus	4: 17.04
10	Georgia Griffith	Australia	4: 17.15
11	Kristiina Mäki	Czech Republic	4: 17.65
12	Claudia Bobocea	Romania	4: 18.25

Run 2

October 3, 2019, 11:12 p.m. local time (10:12 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jenny Simpson	United States	4: 00.99
2	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4: 01.04
3	Laura Muir	United Kingdom	4: 01.05
4th	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4: 01.12
5	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4: 01.14
6th	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	4: 01.30
7th	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4: 01.52 PB
8th	Jessica Hull	Australia	4: 01.80 PB
9	Yolanda Ngarambe	Sweden	4: 03.43 PB
10	Linden Hall	Australia	4: 06.39
11	Marta Pérez	Spain	4: 10.45
12	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	4: 16.83

final

October 5, 2019, 8:55 p.m. local time (7:55 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	3: 51.95 CR AR
	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	3: 54.22 NO
	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	3: 54.38 PB
4th	Shelby Houlihan	United States	3: 54.99 AR
5	Laura Muir	United Kingdom	3: 55.76 SB
6th	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	3: 56.12 NO
7th	Winny Chebet	Kenya	3: 58.20 PB
8th	Jenny Simpson	United States	3: 58.42 SB
9	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	3: 59.93
10	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4: 00.15 PB
11	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	4: 00.63
12	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4: 06.68

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)