| Event: | Women's 1500 metres |
| Competition: | 2022 World Championships |
| Venue: | Hayward Field |
| Dates: | 15 July (heats) 16 July (semi-finals) 18 July (final) |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 3:52.96 |
| Gold: | Faith Kipyegon |
| Goldnoc: | KEN |
| Silver: | Gudaf Tsegay |
| Silvernoc: | ETH |
| Bronze: | Laura Muir |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 15 to 18 July 2022.[1]
Gudaf Tsegay took the lead soon after the start with only her Ethiopian teammate Hirut Meshesha, Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon and Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir following closely with a gap opening quickly back to the rest. The first lap was completed in an electric 55.12 seconds with the first four maintaining a gap over the rest of the field until the end of the second lap, completed in 68 seconds, when Meshesha dropped off the first three, who now looked like confirmed medallists after only 800 metres. Tsegay still led at the bell with Kipyegon only taking the lead halfway down the back straight on the last lap. Kipyegon extended her lead over Tsegay to almost 10 metres by the finish with another five metres back to Muir in third.
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| width=25% align=center | Record | width=25% align=center | Athlete & | width=10% align=center | width=25% align=center | Location | width=15% align=center | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:50.07 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 17 July 2015 | ||||||
| Championship record | 3:51.95 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 | ||||||
| World Leading | 3:52.59 | Eugene, United States | 28 May 2022 | ||||||
| African Record | 3:50.07 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 17 July 2015 | ||||||
| Asian Record | 3:50.46 | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 | ||||||
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 3:54.99 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 | ||||||
| South American Record | 4:05.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 31 August 1991 | ||||||
| European Record | 3:51.95 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 | ||||||
| Oceanian record | 3:58.81 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 August 2021 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:04.20.[3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July | 18:10 | Heats | |
| 16 July | 19:05 | Semi-finals | |
| 18 July | 19:50 | Final |
The first 6 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the heats.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4:02.68 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4:03.12 | Q, | |||
| 3 | 3 | 4:03.21 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 4:03.52 | Q, | |||
| 5 | 3 | 4:03.53 | Q, | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4:03.61 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4:03.81 | q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 4:04.53 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 4:04.68 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 4:04.85 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | Elle St. Pierre | 4:04.94 | Q | ||
| 12 | 2 | 4:05.13 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 4:05.14 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 4:05.30 | q, | |||
| 15 | 2 | 4:05.92 | q, | |||
| 16 | 2 | 4:06.30 | q, | |||
| 17 | 3 | 4:06.55 | q, | |||
| 18 | 2 | 4:06.92 | q | |||
| 19 | 1 | 4:07.05 | Q | |||
| 20 | 3 | 4:07.12 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 4:07.25 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 4:07.33 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 4:07.37 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 4:07.53 | Q | |||
| 25 | 1 | 4:07.65 | Q | |||
| 26 | 1 | 4:07.68 | Q | |||
| 27 | 1 | 4:07.82 | Q | |||
| 28 | 3 | 4:08.42 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 4:08.43 | Q | |||
| 30 | 1 | 4:08.58 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 4:09.07 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 4:09.15 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | 4:09.30 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 4:09.67 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 4:10.45 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 4:11.31 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 4:11.98 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 4:12.67 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 4:13.92 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 4:14.82 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 4:22.77 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 4:23.84 |
The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[5]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4:01.28 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4:01.78 | Q, | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4:01.81 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4:02.28 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Cory Ann McGee | 4:02.74 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 4:03.08 | q, | ||
| 7 | 2 | 4:03.98 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 4:04.05 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 4:04.24 | q, | ||
| 10 | 2 | 4:04.51 | Q | ||
| 11 | 1 | 4:04.62 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 4:04.65 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 4:05.16 | Q | ||
| 14 | 2 | 4:05.17 | Q | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4:05.79 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 4:05.85 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 4:06.70 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 4:06.96 | |||
| 19 | 1 | 4:07.62 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 4:08.29 | |||
| 21 | 1 | Elle St. Pierre | 4:09.84 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 4:21.67 | |||
| 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | |||||
The final was started on 18 July at 19:50.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:52.96 | |||||
| 4 | 3:54.52 | |||||
| 2 | 3:55.28 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 4:01.28 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 4:01.43 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 4:01.63 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | 4:01.82 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 4:01.98 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | 4:03.26 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 4:03.70 | ||||
| 11 | 7 | 4:04.25 | ||||
| 12 | 9 | 4:05.86 | ||||
| 13 | 11 | 4:15.13 |