Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
1500 Metres
3:48.68
Best mark
World record
3:55.07
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
3:53.22
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
9
Countries
CHN 8 · ETH 6 · 7 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 3:48.68 to 3:55.07 · median 3:53.22
Top 25 cutoff through history
How fast an athlete needed to be to make the list each year
Season lists are not yet published for this event. This chart fills in as they are imported from a permitted source.
World all-time top 25
Best by athlete · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 23 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon WR | KEN | 3:48.68 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 31 |
| 2 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:50.07 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 24 |
| 3 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.30 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 27 |
| 4 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:50.46 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 5 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:50.83 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 27 |
| 6 | Jiang Bo | CHN | 3:50.98 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 7 | Lang Yinglai | CHN | 3:51.34 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 8 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:51.44 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 23 |
| 9 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 3:51.92 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 10 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:51.95 | 5 Oct 2019 | Doha | 26 |
| 11 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 3:52.47 | 13 Aug 1980 | Zürich | 28 |
| 12 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:52.61 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 13 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:53.22 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 18 |
| 14 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:53.37 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 31 |
| 15 | Yin Lili | CHN | 3:53.91 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 17 |
| 16 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:53.96 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | 25 |
| 17 | Lan Lixin | CHN | 3:53.97 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 18 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:54.16 | 30 Aug 2024 | Rome | 23 |
| 19 | Olga Dvirna | URS | 3:54.23 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | 29 |
| 20 | Zhang Ling | CHN | 3:54.52 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 16 |
| 21 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 3:54.73 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 25 |
| 22 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:54.87 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | 22 |
| 23 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:54.92 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 24 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:54.99 | 5 Oct 2019 | Doha | 26 |
| 25 | Dong Yanmei | CHN | 3:55.07 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |