The women's 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 6 and 9 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 3:51.34 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997 Championship Record 4:04.64 Cali, Colombia 6 August 2022 World U20 Leading 3:59.28 Rabat, Morocco 31 May 2026
Results Round 1 Round 1 took place in the afternoon session on 6 August 2026. The first 5 in each heat (Q) advanced to the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Caren Chepchirchir 4:12.09 2 Claire Stegall 4:13.09 3 Mariana Moreira 4:14.07 , 4 Lera Miller 4:14.40 5 Kida Miori 4:15.56 , 6 Mia Jade Gray 4:15.85 7 Claudia Gutierrez 4:17.96 8 Allison Wasson 4:19.09 9 Baskaline Cherotwo 4:21.01 10 Lara Stander 4:21.67 11 Mireya Bugeja 4:25.04 12 Song Dawon 4:26.54 13 Gemma Galvin 4:32.24 14 Zara Pomfret 4:34.02
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Josephine Sembeyo Mancha 4:12.21 2 Haregeweyni Kalayu 4:12.54 3 Saida El-Bouzy 4:13.13 4 Wilma Bekkemoen Torbiörnsson 4:16.43 5 Paula Terhorst 4:17.18 6 Giulia Colarieti 4:17.77 7 Oksana Pestka 4:18.22 8 Tina Capol 4:20.96 9 Raiya Matonovich 4:21.44 10 Sára Fekete 4:24.34 11 Lenuta Constantin 4:25.17 12 Pauline Schedler 4:27.29 13 Ebba-Stina Bjuve 4:27.58 14 Amelie Njoki Šulc 4:39.29
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Elsabet Amare 4:18.24 2 Ellery Lincoln 4:19.06 3 Milla Roberts 4:19.55 4 Lyla Belshaw 4:20.19 5 Sherry Drury 4:20.20 6 Scarlett Robb 4:22.28 7 Cassandra Gouttefarde 4:22.33 8 Chaimae Zahiri 4:25.87 9 Andrea Steynberg 4:26.33 10 Felister Chekwemoi 4:26.70 11 Ana Vita Verneker 4:28.16 12 Margherita Vedovato 4:29.64 13 Szonja Domokos 4:35.61— Noora Shihab Ahmad Kuran
Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 9 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Josephine Sembeyo Mancha 4:16.73 Claire Stegall 4:16.77 Caren Chepchirchir 4:17.50 4 Elsabet Amare 4:19.83 5 Ellery Lincoln 4:22.60 6 Lera Miller 4:23.05 7 Mariana Moreira 4:23.12 8 Lyla Belshaw 4:23.49 9 Haregeweyni Kalayu 4:24.48 10 Saida El-Bouzy 4:24.74 11 Kida Miori 4:25.19 12 Paula Terhorst 4:25.45 13 Wilma Bekkemoen Torbiörnsson 4:27.77 14 Milla Roberts 4:29.35 15 Sherry Drury 4:29.70
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