2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	4 August (round 1) 6 August (final)
Competitors	41 from 27 nations
Winning time	4:04.27 CR
Medalists
Birke Haylom   Ethiopia   Brenda Chebet   Kenya   Purity Chepkirui   Kenya

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