2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Adanech Anbesa Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Fantu Worku Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Anthony Kiptoo Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Lang Yinglai (CHN) | 3:51.34 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
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| Championship Record | Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
| World Junior Leading | Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) | 4:00.18 | Eugene, United States | 28 May 2016 |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Winfred Nzisa Mbithe | Kenya | 4:12.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:13.12 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Fantu Worku | Ethiopia | 4:13.84 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Adanech Anbesa | Ethiopia | 4:15.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Bobby Clay | Great Britain | 4:15.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Joyline Cherotich | Kenya | 4:16.41 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Beatha Nishimwe | Rwanda | 4:17.85 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Christina Aragon | United States | 4:18.93 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Lili Das | India | 4:19.48 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Olivia Burdon | New Zealand | 4:21.49 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Fatma Arık | Turkey | 4:21.81 | q, PB |
| 12 | 1 | Harriet Knowles-Jones | Great Britain | 4:21.91 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Lucia Stafford | Canada | 4:22.38 | |
| 14 | 1 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 4:22.68 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Nicole Hutchinson | Canada | 4:22.88 | PB |
| 16 | 2 | Chiara Ferdani | Italy | 4:23.07 | PB |
| 17 | 2 | Lucía Rodríguez | Spain | 4:24.04 | |
| 18 | 1 | Saija Seppä | Finland | 4:24.36 | |
| 19 | 2 | Dilyana Minkina | Bulgaria | 4:25.12 | |
| 20 | 2 | Amy Harding-Delooze | Australia | 4:25.38 | |
| 21 | 2 | Alondra Negrón | Puerto Rico | 4:26.02 | |
| 22 | 1 | Lauren Ryan | Australia | 4:26.60 | |
| 23 | 1 | Hala Hamdi | Tunisia | 4:28.04 | SB |
| 24 | 1 | Harmilan Kaur Bains | India | 4:28.19 | |
| 25 | 1 | Aliaksandra Sakalouskaya | Belarus | 4:28.52 | |
| 26 | 2 | Damla Çelik | Turkey | 4:28.64 | |
| 27 | 1 | Lara Alemanni | Switzerland | 4:31.42 | |
| 28 | 2 | Dawajila | China | 4:43.38 | SB |
| | 1 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Adanech Anbesa | Ethiopia | 4:08.07 | |
| | Fantu Worku | Ethiopia | 4:08.43 | |
| | Christina Aragon | United States | 4:08.71 | PB |
| 4 | Winfred Nzisa Mbithe | Kenya | 4:09.25 | PB |
| 5 | Alexa Efraimson | United States | 4:10.23 | |
| 6 | Beatha Nishimwe | Rwanda | 4:12.33 | |
| 7 | Bobby Clay | Great Britain | 4:13.09 | |
| 8 | Harriet Knowles-Jones | Great Britain | 4:15.49 | PB |
| 9 | Joyline Cherotich | Kenya | 4:15.72 | SB |
| 10 | Lili Das | India | 4:17.29 | PB |
| 11 | Fatma Arık | Turkey | 4:20.90 | PB |
| 12 | Olivia Burdon | New Zealand | 4:25.94 | |
