2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres
# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres

The Girls' 1500 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Girls' 1500m | Tigist Gashaw (ETH) | Dawit Seyaum (ETH) | Alexa Efraimson (USA) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

| World Youth Best | Zhang Ling (CHN) | 3:54.52 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:09.48 | Lille, France | 9 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Mary Cain (USA) | 4:04.62 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | 17 May 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tigist Gashaw | Ethiopia | 4:18.55 |
| 2 | Maki Izumida | Japan | 4:20.60 |
| 3 | Maria Dietz | Germany | 4:20.68 |
| 4 | Bobby Clay | Great Britain | 4:21.18 |
| 5 | Line Kalstrup Schulz | Denmark | 4:23.16 |
| 6 | Carina Viljoen | South Africa | 4:28.42 |
| 7 | Zheng Zhiling | China | 4:28.57 |
| 8 | Anna Maxwell | United States | 4:28.92 |
| 9 | Antonina Ilchyk | Ukraine | 4:29.04 |
| 10 | Silvia Salera | Italy | 4:34.48 |
| 11 | Fatma Arik | Turkey | 4:36.04 |
| 12 | Elisabeth Bergh | Norway | 4:36.39 |
| 13 | Megan Rempel | Canada | 4:40.56 |
| 14 | Lorena Gómez Espinoza | Mexico | 4:46.31 |
| | Kidanu Teweldemed | Eritrea | DNS |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:14.40 |
| 2 | Ivine Chepkemoi | Kenya | 4:17.81 |
| 3 | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:23.27 |
| 4 | Lizerie Ferreira | South Africa | 4:24.80 |
| 5 | Mary Joy Mudyiravanji | Zimbabwe | 4:29.80 |
| 6 | Sara Takahashi | Japan | 4:30.29 |
| 7 | Xu Shuangshuang | China | 4:30.68 |
| 8 | Federica Zenoni | Italy | 4:33.51 |
| 9 | Rachael Zena Chebet | Uganda | 4:34.27 |
| 10 | Rosa Flanagan | New Zealand | 4:36.00 |
| 11 | Rima Chenah | Algeria | 4:38.86 |
| 12 | Heather Jaros | Canada | 4:45.21 |
| 13 | Nuran Satlimis | Turkey | 4:47.22 |
| 14 | Karina Hernandez | Mexico | 4:49.33 |
| | Weini Frezghi | Eritrea | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tigist Gashaw | Ethiopia | 4:14.25 |
| | Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:15.51 |
| | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:16.07 |
| 4 | Bobby Clay | Great Britain | 4:16.41 |
| 5 | Maria Dietz | Germany | 4:19.71 |
| 6 | Ivine Chepkemoi | Kenya | 4:20.55 |
| 7 | Lizerie Ferreira | South Africa | 4:22.43 |
| 8 | Maki Izumida | Japan | 4:22.46 |
| 9 | Anna Maxwell | United States | 4:23.75 |
| 10 | Line Kalstrup Schulz | Denmark | 4:25.17 |
| 11 | Carina Viljoen | South Africa | 4:30.36 |
| 12 | Zheng Zhiling | China | 4:31.91 |
