Women · World record
1500 Metres
The current record and its documented progression: 17 ratified records from 1967 to 2025, plus 13 earlier marks recorded before the IAAF began ratifying records.
3:48.68
Faith KipyegonKENEugene · 5 Jul 2025
1 year standing0.36 s improvementAll-time top 25 →
Record progression
Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era
Documented records
17 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1371398916, imported 2 Sep 2026
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | Stood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:55.0 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | Moscow, Soviet Union | 6 Jul 1980 | 28 d |
| 3:56.0 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | Podolsk, Soviet Union | 28 Jun 1976 | 4 yrs |
| 4:01.4 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | Munich, Germany | 9 Sep 1972 | 3 yrs |
| 4:05.1 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | Munich, Germany | 7 Sep 1972 | 2 d |
| 4:06.5 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | Munich, Germany | 4 Sep 1972 | 3 d |
| 4:06.9 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | Moscow, Soviet Union | 18 Jul 1972 | 48 d |
| 4:09.6 | Karin Burneleit | GDR | Helsinki, Finland | 15 Aug 1971 | 338 d |
| 4:10.7 | Jaroslava Jehličková | CZE | Athens, Greece | 20 Sep 1969 | 1 yr |
| 4:12.4 | Paola Pigni | ITA | Milan, Italy | 2 Jul 1969 | 80 d |
| 4:15.6 | Maria Gommers | NED | Sittard, Netherlands | 24 Oct 1967 | 1 yr |
| 4:17.3 | Anne Smith | GBR | Chiswick, Great Britain | 3 Jun 1967 | 143 d |
Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.
Before official ratification
13 entries · not ratified · marks from before the IAAF (now World Athletics) began ratifying records, or never ratified, shown for context only