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.

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.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Sifan Hassan4:05.46Q, SB
23Winny Chebet4:05.81Q, PB
33Rababe Arafi4:06.12q
43Shelby Houlihan4:06.21q, PB
51Genzebe Dibaba4:06.25Q
61Laura Muir4:06.54Q
71Aisha Praught4:07.51q
82Beatrice Chepkoech4:09.12Q
92Colleen Quigley4:09.31Q, PB
102Kate van Buskirk4:09.42PB
112Dominique Scott4:09.80
121Marta Pérez4:09.90
131Gabriela Stafford4:09.94PB
143Dawit Seyaum4:10.20
153Linn Nilsson4:10.36
161Diana Sujew4:10.64
171Luiza Gega4:10.65
183Ciara Mageean4:11.81
192Hanna Klein4:12.11
202Eilish McColgan4:13.32
211Simona Vrzalová4:14.11
222Malika Akkaoui4:15.09
233Anita Hinriksdottir4:15.73
242Meraf Bahta4:22.40qR
252Claudia Bobocea4:24.60
1Eliane Saholinirina

Final

The final was started on 3 March at 20:39.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Genzebe Dibaba4:05.27
8Laura Muir4:06.23
7Sifan Hassan4:07.26
45Shelby Houlihan4:11.93
54Winny Chebet4:12.08
62Aisha Praught4:12.86
71Beatrice Chepkoech4:13.59
89Rababe Arafi4:14.94
96Colleen Quigley4:15.97
1010Meraf Bahta4:23.05