These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991. The winning margin was 0.37 seconds.
| Gold | Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria (ALG) | |
| Silver | Tetyana Dorovskikh Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Rogachova Soviet Union (URS) |
| Heats | |
|---|---|
| 29.08.1991 - 16:15h | |
| Final | |
| 31.08.1991 - 19:00h |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:02.21 | |||
| 4:02.58 | |||
| 4:02.72 | |||
| 4. | 4:03.19 | ||
| 5. | 4:04.75 | ||
| 6. | 4:05.16 | ||
| 7. | 4:05.47 | ||
| 8. | 4:05.52 | ||
| 9. | 4:05.67 | ||
| 10. | 4:05.86 | ||
| 11. | 4:06.06 | ||
| 12. | 4:06.80 | ||
| 13. | 4:07.45 | ||
| 14. | 4:10.15 | ||
| 15. | 4:17.59 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4:04.94 | ||
| 2. | 4:05.07 | ||
| 3. | 4:05.08 | ||
| 4. | 4:05.53 | ||
| 5. | 4:05.77 | ||
| 6. | 4:06.06 | ||
| 7. | 4:07.22 | ||
| 8. | 4:07.39 | ||
| 9. | 4:08.43 | ||
| 10. | 4:12.21 | ||
| 11. | 4:13.93 | ||
| 12. | 4:14.20 | ||
| 13. | 4:14.95 | ||
| – | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4:08.20 | ||
| 2. | 4:08.34 | ||
| 3. | 4:08.46 | ||
| 4. | 4:08.81 | ||
| 5. | 4:09.01 | ||
| 6. | 4:13.08 | ||
| 7. | 4:14.69 | ||
| 8. | 4:14.82 | ||
| 9. | 4:16.61 | ||
| 10. | 4:16.87 | ||
| 11. | 4:29.42 | ||
| 12. | 4:42.79 | ||
| – | DNF | ||
| – | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4:08.78 | ||
| 2. | 4:09.23 | ||
| 3. | 4:09.25 | ||
| 4. | 4:09.31 | ||
| 5. | 4:09.34 | ||
| 6. | 4:11.14 | ||
| 7. | 4:11.23 | ||
| 8. | 4:12.47 | ||
| 9. | 4:15.54 | ||
| 10. | 4:15.69 | ||
| 11. | 4:17.57 | ||
| 12. | 4:25.43 | ||
| 13. | 4:54.41 | ||
| – | DNS |