| Event: | Women's 1500 metres |
| Competition: | 2018 World U20 Championships |
| Venue: | Ratina Stadium |
| Dates: | 12 and 15 July |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Win Value: | 4:09.67 |
| Gold: | Alemaz Samuel |
| Goldnoc: | ETH |
| Silver: | Miriam Cherop |
| Silvernoc: | KEN |
| Bronze: | Delia Sclabas |
| Bronzenoc: | SUI |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record | 3:51.34 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 | ||
| Championship Record | 4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 | ||
| World U20 Leading | 4:01.78 | Doha, Qatar | 4 May 2018 | ||
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:16.85 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:17.07 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:17.93 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | align=left | 4:18.01 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:18.29 | q | ||
| 6 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:18.40 | q, | ||
| 7 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:18.58 | q, | ||
| 8 | 1 | align=left | | 4:18.88 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:19.03 | q | ||
| 10 | 1 | align=left | | 4:19.05 | Q | ||
| 11 | 1 | align=left | | 4:21.60 | Q | ||
| 12 | 1 | align=left | 4:21.68 | Q | |||
| 13 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:22.50 | |||
| 14 | 2 | align=left | | 4:23.06 | |||
| 15 | 1 | align=left | | 4:23.38 | |||
| 16 | 2 | align=left | 4:24.57 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:24.65 | |||
| 18 | 1 | align=left | | 4:24.90 | |||
| 19 | 1 | align=left | 4:26.43 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:26.43 | |||
| 21 | 2 | align=left | 4:26.70 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | align=left | 4:26.84 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | align=left | | 4:28.72 | |||
| 24 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:28.84 | |||
| 25 | 2 | align=left |  | 4:30.31 | |||
| 26 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:30.38 | |||
| 27 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:30.63 | |||
| 28 | 1 | align=left |  | 4:35.51 | |||
| 2 | align=left |  | |||||
| 2 | align=left |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | | 4:09.67 | ||||
| align=left | | 4:10.73 | ||||
| align=left | 4:11.98 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | 4:14.93 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | | 4:15.17 | |||
| 6 | align=left | | 4:17.42 | |||
| 7 | align=left | | 4:17.61 | |||
| 8 | align=left | | 4:18.53 | |||
| 9 | align=left | | 4:18.56 | |||
| 10 | align=left | | 4:18.87 | |||
| 11 | align=left | | 4:21.31 | |||
| 12 | align=left | | 4:26.61 |