# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 1 to 4 August 2022.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Lang Yinglai (CHN) | 3:51.34 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| Championship Record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
| World U20 Leading | Birke Haylom (ETH) | 4:02.25 | Nairobi, Kenya | 7 May 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 1 August, with the 41 athletes involved being split into 3 heats, 2 heats of 14 athletes and 1 of 13. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Brenda Chebet | Kenya | 4:12.20 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Dilek Koçak | Turkey | 4:14.90 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Yuya Sawada | Japan | 4:15.29 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Ingeborg Østgård | Norway | 4:16.36 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4:18.06 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ilona Mononen | Finland | 4:18.40 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Mia Barnett | United States | 4:18.51 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Mireya Arnedillo | Spain | 4:18.66 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Mebriht Mekonen | Ethiopia | 4:18.97 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Addison Wiley | United States | 4:19.39 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Purity Chepkirui | Kenya | 4:19.94 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Danielle Verster | South Africa | 4:21.45 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Sabrina Salcedo García | Mexico | 4:21.48 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Ina Halle Haugen | Norway | 4:22.21 | |
| 15 | 3 | Lilly Nägeli | Switzerland | 4:22.64 | |
| 16 | 1 | Ulyana Rachynska | Ukraine | 4:26.67 | |
| 17 | 2 | María López | Mexico | 4:27.10 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Naledi Makgatha | South Africa | 4:27.11 | |
| 19 | 2 | Azumi Nagira | Japan | 4:27.81 | |
| 20 | 3 | Rita Figueiredo | Portugal | 4:28.06 | |
| 21 | 3 | Nicola Hogg | Australia | 4:28.43 | |
| 22 | 1 | Sanae Hasnaoui | Morocco | 4:28.95 | |
| 23 | 1 | Nel Vanopstal | Belgium | 4:28.98 | |
| 24 | 2 | Roukia Mouici | Algeria | 4:29.06 | |
| 25 | 3 | Fatima Aafir | Morocco | 4:29.17 | |
| 26 | 3 | Anita Poma | Peru | 4:29.50 | |
| 27 | 2 | Tetiana Chornovol | Ukraine | 4:30.23 | |
| 28 | 1 | Carmen Alder Caisalitin | Ecuador | 4:31.16 | |
| 29 | 2 | Saga Provci | Sweden | 4:31.47 | |
| 30 | 3 | Akbayan Nurmamet | Kazakhstan | 4:33.73 | |
| 31 | 1 | Katelyn Stewart-Barnett | Canada | 4:34.08 | |
| 32 | 1 | Eya Ouerghi | Tunisia | 4:35.16 | |
| 33 | 3 | Veronica Vicente José | Mozambique | 4:35.47 | |
| 34 | 3 | Madalina Elena Sirbu | Romania | 4:35.55 | |
| 35 | 1 | Mélissa Girardin | Switzerland | 4:36.70 | |
| 36 | 2 | Lea Haler | Slovenia | 4:36.83 | |
| 37 | 2 | Chloe Coutts | Canada | 4:37.35 | |
| 38 | 1 | Lucinda Rourke | Australia | 4:39.10 | |
| 39 | 1 | María José Gelvez | Colombia | 4:39.50 | |
| 40 | 3 | Marie Bilo | Belgium | 4:39.79 | |
| | 2 | Maria-Talida Sfarghiu | Romania | | DNF |

### Final

The final was started at 16:00 on 6 August. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4:04.27 | CR |
| | Brenda Chebet | Kenya | 4:04.64 | PB |
| | Purity Chepkirui | Kenya | 4:07.64 | PB |
| 4 | Mebriht Mekonen | Ethiopia | 4:08.39 | |
| 5 | Addison Wiley | United States | 4:11.43 | PB |
| 6 | Yuya Sawada | Japan | 4:12.87 | PB |
| 7 | Ingeborg Østgård | Norway | 4:13.85 | |
| 8 | Ilona Mononen | Norway | 4:16.19 | |
| 9 | Danielle Verster | Australia | 4:16.36 | |
| 10 | Mireya Arnedillo | Spain | 4:20.55 | |
| 11 | Mia Barnett | United States | 4:22.37 | |
| 12 | Dilek Koçak | Turkey | 4:24.50 | |