Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Women's 1500 metres; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France
Dates	6 August 2024 (heats); 7 August 2024 (repechage round); 8 August 2024 (semi-finals); 10 August 2024 (final);
	← 2020 2028 →

The women's 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 6 and 10 August 2024. This will be the fourteenth time the women's 1500 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 45 athletes will be able to participate after qualifying by entry standard or their World Athletics Ranking.

Background

The women's 1500 metres has been a permanent fixture on the Olympic athletics programme since it was first held in 1972.

Qualification

The women's 1500 metres event qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.^[2] 45 athletes can qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 4:02.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.^[2]

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record	Athlete (Nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record	Faith Kipyegon (KEN)	3:49.04^[3]	Paris, France	7 July 2024
Olympic record		3:53.11	Tokyo, Japan	6 August 2021
World leading		3:49.04^[4]	Paris, France	7 July 2024

Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics^[5]
Area Record	Athlete (Nation)	Time (s)
*Africa (records)*	Faith Kipyegon (KEN)	3:49.04 WR
*Asia (records)*	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	3:50.46
*Europe (records)*	Sifan Hassan (NED)	3:51.95
North, Central America *and Caribbean (records)*	Shelby Houlihan (USA)	3:54.99
*Oceania (records)*	Jessica Hull (AUS)	3:50.83
*South America (records)*	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	4:05.67

Rounds

Heats

The heats are scheduled for 6 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
			Faith Kipyegon	Kenya
			Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia
			Jessica Hull	Australia
			Birke Haylom	Ethiopia
			Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia
			Laura Muir	Great Britain
			Nikki Hiltz	United States
			Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
			Ciara Mageean	Ireland
			Emily Mackay	United States
			Elle St. Pierre	United States
			Linden Hall	Australia
			Georgia Bell	Great Britain
			Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya
			Susan Ejore	Kenya
			Sarah Healy	Ireland
			Agathe Guillemot	France
			Adelle Tracey	Jamaica
			Georgia Griffith	Australia
			Esther Guerrero	Spain
			Revée Walcott-Nolan	Great Britain
			Marta Pérez	Spain
			Nozomi Tanaka	Japan
			Sintayehu Vissa	Italy
			Ludovica Cavalli	Italy
			Klaudia Kazimierska	Poland
			Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda
			Sophie O'Sullivan	Ireland
			Lucia Stafford	Canada
			Maia Ramsden	New Zealand
			Weronika Lizakowska	Poland
			Kristiina Sasínek Mäki	Czech Republic
			Aleksandra Płocińska	Poland
			Águeda Marqués	Spain
			Nele Weßel	Germany
			Federica del Buono	Italy
			Elise Vanderelst	Belgium
			Sara Lappalainen	Finland
			Joselyn Brea	Venezuela
			Simone Plourde	Canada
			Vera Hoffmann	Luxembourg
			Salomé Afonso	Portugal
			Kate Current	Canada
			María Pía Fernández	Uruguay
			Yume Goto	Japan
			Farida Abaroge	Refugee Olympic Team