2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 28 and 31 August 2024.

Women's 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Dates	28 August 2024 (heats) 31 August 2024 (final)
Competitors	42 from 29 nations
Winning time	4:16.64
Medalists
Saron Berhe   Ethiopia   Rachel Forsyth   Canada   Jolanda Kallabis   Germany

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 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	Birke Haylom (ETH)	4:04.27	Cali, Colombia	6 August 2022
World U20 Leading	Birke Haylom (ETH)	3:53.22	Xiamen, China	20 April 2024

Results

Heats

The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ava Lloyd	Great Britain	4:21.53	Q
2	Tsige Teshome	Ethiopia	4:21.92	Q
3	Shirin Kerber	Switzerland	4:22.21	Q
4	Cleo Richardson	Australia	4:22.35	Q, PB
5	Miriam Kibet	Kenya	4:22.53	Q
6	Li Yuan	China	4:22.70
7	Laila Yahyaoui	Netherlands	4:24.52
8	Tia Živko	Slovenia	4:24.82
9	Paige Marchant	Canada	4:26.31
10	Sherry Drury	Japan	4:27.08
11	Maria Avelino	Portugal	4:29.40
12	Naomi Toomenurm	Estonia	4:36.62
–	Elle Ceder	Finland	DNF
–	Boh Ritchie	New Zealand	DQ	TR17.1.2

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia	4:18.88	Q
2	Mary Ogwoka	Kenya	4:21.72	Q
3	Dylan McElhinney	United States	4:21.74	Q
4	Lera Miller	Germany	4:22.07	Q
5	Natalija Grujić	Serbia	4:23.20	Q
6	Hassana Ibn Abdelmatey	Morocco	4:23.77	PB
7	Zuzanna Wiernicka	Poland	4:24.10
8	Elisa Clementi	Italy	4:24.69
9	Naledi Makgatha	South Africa	4:28.72
10	Tena Marodi	Croatia	4:29.08
11	Lenuta Constantin	Romania	4:29.85
12	Andrea Nygård Vie	Norway	4:31.34
13	Marie Glaser	Austria	4:32.99
14	Kiera Hall	New Zealand	4:34.92
15	Dayana Flores	Peru	4:45.27

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Rachel Forsyth	Canada	4:20.85	Q
2	Saida El-Bouzy	Morocco	4:20.94	Q, PB
3	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	4:22.33	Q
4	Daphne Dornic	France	4:22.34	Q
5	Marte Hovland	Norway	4:22.88	Q
6	Ada Rand	Australia	4:23.94
7	Li-mari Dekker	South Africa	4:27.02
8	Saima Murić	Serbia	4:28.14
9	Alexandra Hudea	Romania	4:31.93
10	Lea Marodi	Croatia	4:32.56
11	Francesca Piccolo	Italy	4:33.73
12	Beatriz Azevedo	Portugal	4:34.95 (.947)
12	Laxita Sandilea	India	4:34.95 (.947)
–	Elena Liaño	Spain	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Saron Berhe	Ethiopia	4:16.64
	Rachel Forsyth	Canada	4:17.94
	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	4:19.34
4	Shirin Kerber	Switzerland	4:20.30	SB
5	Ava Lloyd	Great Britain	4:20.64
6	Daphne Dornic	France	4:20.80
7	Cleo Richardson	Australia	4:20.91	PB
8	Saida El-Bouzy	Morocco	4:21.05
9	Marte Hovland	Norway	4:21.46
10	Mary Ogwoka	Kenya	4:22.60
11	Lera Miller	Germany	4:23.33
12	Tsige Teshome	Ethiopia	4:23.81
13	Dylan McElhinney	United States	4:24.22
14	Miriam Kibet	Kenya	4:26.80
15	Natalija Grujić	Serbia	4:30.22