2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 2016 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
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
10 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
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The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

Medalists[]

Gold	Adanech Anbesa  Ethiopia
Silver	Fantu Worku  Ethiopia
Bronze	Kenya

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Lang Yinglai (CHN)	3:51.34	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN)	4:04.96	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)	4:00.18	Eugene, United States	28 May 2016

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2		Kenya	4:12.39	Q
2	2	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:13.12	Q
3	2	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	4:13.84	Q
4	1	Adanech Anbesa	Ethiopia	4:15.53	Q
5	2		Great Britain	4:15.79	Q
6	1		Kenya	4:16.41	Q, SB
7	1	Beatha Nishimwe	Rwanda	4:17.85	Q
8	1		United States	4:18.93	Q
9	2		India	4:19.48	q, PB
10	2		New Zealand	4:21.49	q
11	1		Turkey	4:21.81	q, PB
12	1		Great Britain	4:21.91	q
13	1	Lucia Stafford	Canada	4:22.38
14	1	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	4:22.68	PB
15	2		Canada	4:22.88	PB
16	2		Italy	4:23.07	PB
17	2	Lucía Rodríguez	Spain	4:24.04
18	1		Finland	4:24.36
19	2		Bulgaria	4:25.12
20	2		Australia	4:25.38
21	2		Puerto Rico	4:26.02
22	1		Australia	4:26.60
23	1		Tunisia	4:28.04	SB
24	1		India	4:28.19
25	1		Belarus	4:28.52
26	2		Turkey	4:28.64
27	1		Switzerland	4:31.42
28	2		China	4:43.38	SB
	1	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	DNS

Final[]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Adanech Anbesa	Ethiopia	4:08.07
	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	4:08.43
		United States	4:08.71	PB
4		Kenya	4:09.25	PB
5	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:10.23
6	Beatha Nishimwe	Rwanda	4:12.33
7		Great Britain	4:13.09
8		Great Britain	4:15.49	PB
9		Kenya	4:15.72	SB
10		India	4:17.29	PB
11		Turkey	4:20.90	PB
12		New Zealand	4:25.94

References[]