The women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China on 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.
Background The women's 1500 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.3:53.09Liévin, France9 February 2021Championship record3:57.19Belgrade, Serbia19 March 2022World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.3:53.92Toruń, Poland8 February 2025
Qualification For the women's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 4:03.00 or 4:22.50 in the mile. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Heats The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 18:33 (UTC+8). The first 3 of each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Gudaf Tsegay 4:11.87 2 Sinclaire Johnson 4:12.18 3 Susan Ejore 4:12.41 4 Simone Plourde 4:13.97 5 Sintayehu Vissa 4:14.25 6 Joceline Wind 4:17.81 7 4:21.77 8 4:22.24
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Georgia Bell 4:09.21 2 Georgia Griffith 4:09.78 , 3 Esther Guerrero 4:09.90 4 Worknesh Mesele 4:10.61 5 Gabija Galvydytė 4:11.69 6 Maia Ramsden 4:14.89 7 Vera Sjöberg 4:17.35 8 María Pía Fernández 4:21.39
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Diribe Welteji 4:12.25 2 Heather MacLean 4:13.26 3 Salomé Afonso 4:13.39 4 Lucia Stafford 4:13.45 5 Revée Walcott-Nolan 4:15.76 6 Sophie O'Sullivan 4:16.68 7 Claire Uwitonze 4:17.33 8 Laura Nagel 4:18.61 9 Xu Hui 4:33.65
Final The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:28 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Gudaf Tsegay 3:54.86 CR Georgia Bell 3:59.84 4 Georgia Griffith 4:00.80 5 Susan Ejore 4:03.89 6 Sinclaire Johnson 4:04.07 7 Heather MacLean 4:05.45 8 Salomé Afonso 4:07.67 9 Esther Guerrero 4:07.76 DSQ Diribe Welteji 3:59.30DQ (Anti-doping violations)
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