Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
1500 Metres
3:48.68
Best mark
World record
3:52.75
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
3:51.29
Median
Of the 25 performances
7
Countries
KEN 10 · ETH 5 · 5 others
Performance distribution
25 performances from 3:48.68 to 3:52.75 · median 3:51.29
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
All performances · 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 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:49.04 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 30 |
| 3 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:49.11 | 2 Jun 2023 | Florence | 29 |
| 4 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:50.07 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 24 |
| 5 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.30 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 27 |
| 6 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:50.37 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | 28 |
| 7 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:50.46 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 8 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.62 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 28 |
| 9 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:50.72 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 29 |
| 10 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:50.83 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 27 |
| 11 | Jiang Bo | CHN | 3:50.98 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 12 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.07 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | 27 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.29 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 14 | Lang Yinglai | CHN | 3:51.34 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 15 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.41 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | 29 |
| 16 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:51.44 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 23 |
| 17 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 3:51.92 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 18 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:51.95 | 5 Oct 2019 | Doha | 26 |
| 19 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.15 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 20 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 3:52.47 | 13 Aug 1980 | Zürich | 28 |
| 21 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:52.56 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 22 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.59 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | 28 |
| 23 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:52.61 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 24 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:52.67 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 28 |
| 25 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:52.75 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |