title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres
  
  The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships :
  
  | World U20 Record | Lang Yinglai (CHN) | 3:51.34 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 4:04.96 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
  | World U20 Leading | Alemaz Teshale (ETH) | 4:01.78 | Doha, Qatar | 4 May 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Dinke Firdisa | Ethiopia | 4:16.85 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Edina Jebitok | Kenya | 4:17.07 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Katrina Robinson | New Zealand | 4:17.93 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Delia Sclabas | Switzerland | 4:18.01 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Jocelyn Chau | Canada | 4:18.29 | q |
  | 6 | 2 | Caitlyn Collier | United States | 4:18.40 | q, PB |
  | 7 | 2 | Francesca Brint | Great Britain | 4:18.58 | q, PB |
  | 8 | 1 | Alemaz Samuel | Ethiopia | 4:18.88 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Ririka Hironaka | Japan | 4:19.03 | q |
  | 10 | 1 | Miriam Cherop | Kenya | 4:19.05 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | Erin Wallace | Great Britain | 4:21.60 | Q |
  | 12 | 1 | Mariana Machado | Portugal | 4:21.68 | Q |
  | 13 | 1 | Gaia Sabbatini | Italy | 4:22.50 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Elisa Palmero | Italy | 4:23.06 | PB |
  | 15 | 1 | Taryn O'Neill | Canada | 4:23.38 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Patrícia Silva | Portugal | 4:24.57 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Abbey Caldwell | Australia | 4:24.65 | |
  | 18 | 1 | Sarah Eckel | Australia | 4:24.90 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Klara Lukan | Slovenia | 4:26.43 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Meryeme Azrour | Morocco | 4:26.43 | |
  | 21 | 2 | Sophie Søefeldt | Denmark | 4:26.70 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Anna Mark Helwigh | Denmark | 4:26.84 | |
  | 23 | 1 | Rachel McArthur | United States | 4:28.72 | |
  | 24 | 1 | Lena Kieffer | Luxembourg | 4:28.84 | |
  | 25 | 2 | Mathilde Deswaef | Belgium | 4:30.31 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Viktoriya Kovba | Ukraine | 4:30.38 | |
  | 27 | 1 | Águeda Muñoz | Spain | 4:30.63 | |
  | 28 | 1 | Belinda Chemutai | Uganda | 4:35.51 | |
  | | 2 | Durga Pramod Deore | India | DNF | |
  | | 2 | Silviya Georgieva | Bulgaria | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alemaz Samuel | Ethiopia | 4:09.67 |
  | | Miriam Cherop | Kenya | 4:10.73 |
  | | Delia Sclabas | Switzerland | 4:11.98 |
  | 4 | Mariana Machado | Portugal | 4:14.93 |
  | 5 | Edina Jebitok | Kenya | 4:15.17 |
  | 6 | Dinke Firdisa | Ethiopia | 4:17.42 |
  | 7 | Erin Wallace | Great Britain | 4:17.61 |
  | 8 | Katrina Robinson | New Zealand | 4:18.53 |
  | 9 | Jocelyn Chau | Canada | 4:18.56 |
  | 10 | Francesca Brint | Great Britain | 4:18.87 |
  | 11 | Ririka Hironaka | Japan | 4:21.31 |
  | 12 | Caitlyn Collier | United States | 4:26.61 |
  