2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.

Women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Arena Birmingham
Dates	2–3 March
Competitors	26 from 18 nations
Winning time	4:05.27
Medalists
Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia   Laura Muir   Great Britain   Sifan Hassan   Netherlands

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Summary

The final saw the return of several lead combatants from the 3000 metres two days earlier. Their strategies changed here. At the gun, world record holder Genzebe Dibaba started more aggressively, showing her intent to mark the leader, who turned out to be Beatrice Chepkoech. Returning champion, Sifan Hassan went to her familiar position at the back of the pack. After a lap of easy jogging, Rababe Arafi moved out to a faster pace, immediately marked by Dibaba. The additional speed quickly brought Hassan into a marking position on Chepkoech behind Dibaba, then Laura Muir squeezed through the inside to run behind Dibaba. After another lap, Dibaba tired of the gamesmanship and took the lead. Hassan, Muir, Chepkoech, Arafi and Winny Chebet formed a chase pack that separated from the rest of the field. Over two faster laps, Chepkoech moved past Hassan to mark Dibaba as the three broke away from the other three, with Muir looking like she was struggling to hold on to the back of the second group. But with three laps to go, Muir sprinted around the group and quickly bridged the gap back to lead group. Chepkoech struggled and fell off the back leaving a three woman breakaway, with Dibaba leading Hassan then Muir with two laps to go. The medalists were decided as the two Kenyan women faded in the rearview mirror. The positions remained the same until the final backstretch when Muir sprinted past Hassan as Dibaba pulled away. Dibaba continued to pull away to the finish, Muir separating from Hassan.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 2 March at 19:13.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4:05.46	Q, SB
2	3	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4:05.81	Q, PB
3	3	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4:06.12	q
4	3	Shelby Houlihan	United States	4:06.21	q, PB
5	1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4:06.25	Q
6	1	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4:06.54	Q
7	1	Aisha Praught	Jamaica	4:07.51	q
8	2	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	4:09.12	Q
9	2	Colleen Quigley	United States	4:09.31	Q, PB
10	2	Kate van Buskirk	Canada	4:09.42	PB
11	2	Dominique Scott	South Africa	4:09.80
12	1	Marta Pérez	Spain	4:09.90
13	1	Gabriela Stafford	Canada	4:09.94	PB
14	3	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4:10.20
15	3	Linn Nilsson	Sweden	4:10.36
16	1	Diana Sujew	Germany	4:10.64
17	1	Luiza Gega	Albania	4:10.65
18	3	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	4:11.81
19	2	Hanna Klein	Germany	4:12.11
20	2	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain	4:13.32
21	1	Simona Vrzalová	Czech Republic	4:14.11
22	2	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	4:15.09
23	3	Anita Hinriksdottir	Iceland	4:15.73
24	2	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	4:22.40	qR
25	2	Claudia Bobocea	Romania	4:24.60
	1	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar	DNF

Final

Final stages of the final

The final was started on 3 March at 20:39.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	4:05.27
	8	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4:06.23
	7	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4:07.26
4	5	Shelby Houlihan	United States	4:11.93
5	4	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4:12.08
6	2	Aisha Praught	Jamaica	4:12.86
7	1	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	4:13.59
8	9	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	4:14.94
9	6	Colleen Quigley	United States	4:15.97
10	10	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	4:23.05