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

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

## Summary

As the two time defending Olympic champion, two time reigning World Champion and world record holder, improving her own previous world record Just a month before the Olympics, Faith Kipyegon had all the check marks. The returning silver medalist is Laura Muir, who was also bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships. Returning bronze medalist Sifan Hassan was on a different agenda, running the 10,000 metres just 40 minutes after the start of this race and the Marathon, starting less than 36 hours later. Hassan also took bronze in 2023 behind silver medalist Diribe Welteji, while the 2022 silver medalist was Gudaf Tsegay. Earlier in the season, Jessica Hull became the #5 performer in history, while chasing Kipyegon to her world record. Two and a half months earlier, Tsegay became #4 virtually unassisted, beating Birke Haylom by 3 seconds. Haylom did not make the final.
As the final started, Tsegay ran out of the field, bumping elbows with Agathe Guillemot, to take the lead 100 metres in. Elle St. Pierre dropped in behind her. After running the first lap in 59.23, Tsegay opened up a small gap. Kipyegon moved up through the pack to fill the gap with Welteji positioning herself on Kipyegon's shoulder. Reaching 700 metres in 1:46.9, four runners had already fallen off the back including Muir. Hull moved up behind Welteji. 800 in 2:03.27, everyone waiting for the first move, Hull racing just to get back to the pack. The move happened 50 metres before the bell when Kipyegon accelerated around Tsegay. In elite invitational races, the meet director frequently employs at least one paid rabbit to sacrifice their chance to win in order to run at a fast pace to set up the runners behind them. Championship races usually are run slowly because there is no paid rabbit. Here Tsegay's fast early pace had served the role perfectly for Kipyegon. Tsegay was no longer a factor. Kipyegon hit the bell at 2:51.7 with Hull following closely. Through the penultimate turn, Welteji went around Hull, bumping elbows in the process. 1200 in 3:07.10, still six runners in the pack but Kipyegon was driving the train. Down the backstretch two more dropped off, only Welteji, Hull and Georgia Bell were still hanging on. Through the final turn, Kipyegon opened up a gap. On the other end, Muir was sprinting to bridge back to the leaders. Coming off the turn, Hull went into full sprint but Kipyegon just continued to spread the gap, opening it up to 7 metres by the finish. Halfway down the home stretch, Hull got past Welteji, with Bell a step behind. In the last 10 metres, Bell got past Welteji for the bronze. With Muir, this race had the fastest 3rd through 5th places in history.

## Background

The women's 1500 metres has been a permanent fixture on the Olympic athletics programme since it was first held in 1972.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
| World record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 3:49.04 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
| Olympic record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 3:53.11 | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 |
| World leading | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 3:49.04 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| 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 |

## Qualification

The women's 1500 metres event qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 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.

## Results
### Heats

The heats are scheduled for 6 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning. Qualification: first 6 in each heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals, all others (Re) advance to the repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ)

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 3:58.84 | Q |
| 2 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 3:58.91 | Q |
| 3 | Susan Ejore | Kenya | 3:59.01 | Q |
| 4 | Georgia Griffith | Australia | 3:59.22 (.217) | Q |
| 5 | Agathe Guillemot | France | 3:59.22 (.220) | Q |
| 6 | Emily Mackay | United States | 3:59.63 | Q |
| 7 | Sophie O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:00.23 | PB |
| 8 | Sintayehu Vissa | Italy | 4:00.69 | PB |
| 9 | Águeda Marqués | Spain | 4:01.60 | PB |
| 10 | Lucia Stafford | Canada | 4:02.22 | SB |
| 11 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 4:04.28 | qR |
| 12 | Vera Hoffmann | Luxembourg | 4:07.64 | |
| 13 | Adelle Tracey | Jamaica | 4:09.33 | SB |
| 14 | Aleksandra Płocińska | Poland | 4:10.12 | |
| 15 | Joselyn Brea | Venezuela | 4:13.77 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 3:59.73 | Q |
| 2 | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 4:00.29 | Q |
| 3 | Nikki Hiltz | United States | 4:00.42 | Q |
| 4 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:00.74 | Q |
| 5 | Weronika Lizakowska | Poland | 4:01.54 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Maia Ramsden | New Zealand | 4:02.83 | Q |
| 7 | Sarah Healy | Ireland | 4:02.91 | |
| 8 | Linden Hall | Australia | 4:03.89 | |
| 9 | Simone Plourde | Canada | 4:06.59 | |
| 10 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 4:06.60 | |
| 11 | Nele Weßel | Germany | 4:08.55 | |
| 12 | Sara Lappalainen | Finland | 4:08.66 | |
| 13 | Yume Goto | Japan | 4:09.41 | PB |
| 14 | Federica Del Buono | Italy | 4:10.14 | |
| 15 | María Pía Fernández | Uruguay | 4:19.30 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nelly Chepchirchir | Kenya | 4:02.67 | Q |
| 2 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 4:02.70 | Q |
| 3 | Elle St. Pierre | United States | 4:03.22 | Q |
| 4 | Klaudia Kazimierska | Poland | 4:03.49 | Q |
| 5 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 4:04.42 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Marta Pérez | Spain | 4:04.94 | Q |
| 7 | Kristiina Sasínek Mäki | Czech Republic | 4:06.07 | |
| 8 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | Great Britain | 4:06.44 | |
| 9 | Elise Vanderelst | Belgium | 4:06.95 | |
| 10 | Winnie Nanyondo | Uganda | 4:07.06 | |
| 11 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4:07.15 | |
| 12 | Kate Current | Canada | 4:09.81 | |
| 13 | Ludovica Cavalli | Italy | 4:11.68 | |
| 14 | Farida Abaroge | Refugee Olympic Team | 4:29.27 | SB |

### Repechage round

The repechage round is scheduled for 7 August, starting at 12:45 (UTC+2) in the afternoon. First 3 in each repechage heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4:01.47 | Q |
| 2 | Ludovica Cavalli | Italy | 4:02.46 | Q |
| 3 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 4:03.15 | Q |
| 4 | Sophie O'Sullivan | Ireland | 4:03.73 | |
| 5 | Lucia Stafford | Canada | 4:04.26 | |
| 6 | Joselyn Brea | Venezuela | 4:05.93 | |
| 7 | Federica del Buono | Italy | 4:06.00 | |
| 8 | Winnie Nanyondo | Uganda | 4:06.35 | |
| 9 | Nele Weßel | Germany | 4:07.22 | |
| 10 | Kate Current | Canada | 4:08.91 | |
| 11 | Yume Goto | Japan | 4:10.40 | |
| 12 | Farida Abaroge | Refugee Olympic Team | 4:30.53 | |
| | Sara Lappalainen | Finland | | DNS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sintayehu Vissa | Italy | 4:06.71 | Q |
| 2 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | Great Britain | 4:06.73 | Q |
| 3 | Águeda Marqués | Spain | 4:07.05 | Q |
| 4 | Sarah Healy | Ireland | 4:07.60 | |
| 5 | Kristiina Sasínek Mäki | Czech Republic | 4:07.80 | |
| 6 | Simone Plourde | Canada | 4:08.49 | |
| 7 | Elise Vanderelst | Belgium | 4:08.86 | |
| 8 | Linden Hall | Australia | 4:09.05 | |
| 9 | Aleksandra Płocińska | Poland | 4:09.47 | |
| 10 | Vera Hoffmann | Luxembourg | 4:11.28 | |
| 11 | Adelle Tracey | Jamaica | 4:14.52 | |
| 12 | María Pía Fernández | Uruguay | 4:16.46 | |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:58.64 | Q |
| 2 | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 3:59.49 | Q |
| 3 | Elle St. Pierre | United States | 3:59.74 | Q |
| 4 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 3:59.83 | Q |
| 5 | Klaudia Kazimierska | Poland | 4:00.21 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Águeda Marqués | Spain | 4:01.90 | Q |
| 7 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 4:01.94 | |
| 8 | Maia Ramsden | New Zealand | 4:02.20 | NR |
| 9 | Georgia Griffith | Australia | 4:02.69 | |
| 10 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4:03.11 | |
| 11 | Nelly Chepchirchir | Kenya | 4:03.24 | |
| 12 | Ludovica Cavalli | Italy | 4:03.59 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 3:55.10 | Q |
| 2 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 3:55.40 | Q |
| 3 | Nikki Hiltz | United States | 3:56.17 | Q |
| 4 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 3:56.41 | Q |
| 5 | Susan Ejore | Kenya | 3:56.57 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Agathe Guillemot | France | 3:56.69 | Q, NR |
| 7 | Weronika Lizakowska | Poland | 3:57.31 | NR |
| 8 | Marta Pérez | Spain | 3:57.75 | NR |
| 9 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | Great Britain | 3:58.08 | PB |
| 10 | Sintayehu Vissa | Italy | 3:58.11 | NR |
| 11 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 3:59.70 | SB |
| 12 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 3:59.96 | PB |
| 13 | Emily Mackay | United States | 4:02.03 | |

### Final

The final took place on 10 August, starting at 20:15 (UTC+2) in the evening.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:51.29 | OR |
| | Jessica Hull | Australia | 3:52.56 | |
| | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 3:52.61 | NR |
| 4 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 3:52.75 | PB |
| 5 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 3:53.37 | PB |
| 6 | Susan Ejore | Kenya | 3:56.07 | PB |
| 7 | Nikki Hiltz | United States | 3:56.38 | |
| 8 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | United States | 3:57.52 | |
| 9 | Agathe Guillemot | France | 3:59.08 | |
| 10 | Klaudia Kazimierska | Poland | 4:00.12 | PB |
| 11 | Águeda Marqués | Spain | 4:00.31 | PB |
| 12 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 4:01.27 | |