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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 4 August (heats)
5 August (semifinal)
7 August (final)
Competitors 44 from 26 nations
Winning time 4:02.59
Medalists
gold medal     Kenya
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     South Africa
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Events at the
2017 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4−5 and 7 August.

In the final Laura Muir (Great Britain) made the early pace, being passed by Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) after 800 metres, who was in turn passed by Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) who lead until the final straight, when Kipyegon regained the lead. Jennifer Simpson (United States) and Caster Semenya (South Africa) finished quickly for silver and bronze.

Before the competition, the records were as follows:

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:07.50.

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:

The first round took place on 4 August in three heats as follows:

The first six in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:

The semifinals took place on 5 August in two heats as follows:

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

The final took place on 7 August at 21:53. The results were as follows (photo finish):


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