Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
1500 Metres
3:48.68
Best mark
World record
3:56.70
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
3:55.02
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
18
Countries
CHN 9 · ETH 8 · 16 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 3:48.68 to 3:56.70 · median 3:55.02
Top 50 cutoff
The mark an athlete needed to make the list
World all-time top 50
Best by athlete · data refreshed 17 Sep 2026 · methodology
50 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon WR | KEN | 3:48.68 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 31 |
| 2 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:50.07 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 24 |
| 3 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.30 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 27 |
| 4 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:50.46 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 5 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:50.83 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 27 |
| 6 | Jiang Bo | CHN | 3:50.98 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 7 | Lang Yinglai | CHN | 3:51.34 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 8 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 3:51.92 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 9 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:51.95 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 10 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:52.47 | 13 Aug 1980 | Zürich | 28 |
| 11 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:52.61 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 12 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:52.75 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 13 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:53.22 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 18 |
| 14 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:53.37 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 31 |
| 15 | Yin Lili | CHN | 3:53.91 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 17 |
| 16 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:53.96 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | 25 |
| 17 | Lan Lixin | CHN | 3:53.97 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 18 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:54.05 | 5 Sep 2026 | Bruxelles | |
| 19 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:54.16 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 23 |
| 20 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:54.23 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | 29 |
| 21 | Zhang Ling | CHN | 3:54.52 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 16 |
| 22 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:54.72 | 5 Sep 2026 | Bruxelles | 29 |
| 23 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 3:54.73 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 25 |
| 24 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:54.87 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | 22 |
| 25 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:54.99 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 26 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 3:55.06 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 27 | Dong Yanmei | CHN | 3:55.07 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 28 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:55.25 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 29 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 3:55.30 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 30 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:55.33 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 31 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:55.33 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 32 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:55.68 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 33 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:55.87 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 34 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:55.90 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 35 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:55.99 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 36 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:56.07 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 37 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:56.12 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 38 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:56.12 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 39 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:56.14 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 40 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:56.18 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 41 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:56.24 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 42 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:56.29 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 43 | Liu Dong | CHN | 3:56.31 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 23 |
| 44 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:56.33 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 45 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 3:56.43 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 46 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:56.50 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 47 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 3:56.54 | 31 May 2012 | Roma | |
| 48 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 3:56.63 | 18 Aug 1984 | Praha | |
| 49 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 3:56.65 | 2 Sep 1984 | Rieti | |
| 50 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 3:56.7 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva |