1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships
The 1500 metres has been contested at the World Championships in Athletics by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 1500 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two qualifying rounds leading to a final between twelve athletes. It is one of two middle-distance running events on the programme, alongside the World Championship 800 metres.
Women racing in the 2009 semi-finals
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Kipyegon is the current world record holder for the 1,500 metres and mile, both set in 2023, and the former world record holder for the 5,000 metres. Kipyegon won a gold medal each at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 1,500 m. She also won a gold medal in the 1,500 m at the 2017, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships and in the 5,000 m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Kipyegon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London
Kipyegon at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona.
Faith Kipyegon (L) collecting her first individual senior global medal, a silver for the 1500 m, at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.
Kipyegon celebrates her first Olympic 1500 m victory in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.