2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.[1]

Women's 1500 metres at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	12 and 15 July
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning time	4:09.67
Medalists
Alemaz Samuel    Ethiopia   Miriam Cherop    Kenya   Delia Sclabas     Switzerland

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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	Alemaz Teshale (ETH)	4:01.78	Doha, Qatar	4 May 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Dinke Firdisa	Ethiopia	4:16.85	Q
2	2	Edina Jebitok	Kenya	4:17.07	Q
3	2	Katrina Robinson	New Zealand	4:17.93	Q
4	2	Delia Sclabas	Switzerland	4:18.01	Q
5	2	Jocelyn Chau	Canada	4:18.29	q
6	2	Caitlyn Collier	United States	4:18.40	q, PB
7	2	Francesca Brint	Great Britain	4:18.58	q, PB
8	1	Alemaz Samuel	Ethiopia	4:18.88	Q
9	2	Ririka Hironaka	Japan	4:19.03	q
10	1	Miriam Cherop	Kenya	4:19.05	Q
11	1	Erin Wallace	Great Britain	4:21.60	Q
12	1	Mariana Machado	Portugal	4:21.68	Q
13	1	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy	4:22.50
14	2	Elisa Palmero	Italy	4:23.06	PB
15	1	Taryn O'Neill	Canada	4:23.38
16	2	Patrícia Silva	Portugal	4:24.57
17	2	Abbey Caldwell	Australia	4:24.65
18	1	Sarah Eckel	Australia	4:24.90
19	1	Klara Lukan	Slovenia	4:26.43
20	1	Meryeme Azrour	Morocco	4:26.43
21	2	Sophie Søefeldt	Denmark	4:26.70
22	1	Anna Mark Helwigh	Denmark	4:26.84
23	1	Rachel McArthur	United States	4:28.72
24	1	Lena Kieffer	Luxembourg	4:28.84
25	2	Mathilde Deswaef	Belgium	4:30.31
26	1	Viktoriya Kovba	Ukraine	4:30.38
27	1	Águeda Muñoz	Spain	4:30.63
28	1	Belinda Chemutai	Uganda	4:35.51
	2	Durga Pramod Deore	India	DNF
	2	Silviya Georgieva	Bulgaria	DNS

Final

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Alemaz Samuel	Ethiopia	4:09.67
	Miriam Cherop	Kenya	4:10.73
	Delia Sclabas	Switzerland	4:11.98
4	Mariana Machado	Portugal	4:14.93
5	Edina Jebitok	Kenya	4:15.17
6	Dinke Firdisa	Ethiopia	4:17.42
7	Erin Wallace	Great Britain	4:17.61
8	Katrina Robinson	New Zealand	4:18.53
9	Jocelyn Chau	Canada	4:18.56
10	Francesca Brint	Great Britain	4:18.87
11	Ririka Hironaka	Japan	4:21.31
12	Caitlyn Collier	United States	4:26.61

References

1. "2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "1500 Metres Women – Round 1 – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "1500 Metres Women – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.