| Women 1500m Athletics XXXI Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Tuesday, 16th August - Gold Medal: Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon, Kenya |
| Final | | time | | gap | O | bib | | 1. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon |  Kenya | 4:08.92 | | | 8 | 950 | | 2. Genzebe Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 4:10.27 | | +1.35s | 6 | 643 | | 3. Jennifer Simpson |  United States | 4:10.53 | | +1.61s | 9 | 1372 | | 4. Shannon Rowbury | United States | 4:11.05 | | +2.13s | 2 | 1370 | | 5. Sifan Hassan |  Netherlands | 4:11.23 | | +2.31s | 5 | 1032 | | 6. Meraf Bahta |  Sweden | 4:12.59 | | +3.67s | 7 | 1222 | | 7. Laura Muir |  Great Britain | 4:12.88 | | +3.96s | 12 | 710 | | 8. Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:13.14 | | +4.22s | 1 | 648 | | 9. Besu Sado | Ethiopia | 4:13.58 | | +4.66s | 11 | 647 | | 10.Sofia Ennaoui |  Poland | 4:14.72 | | +5.80s | 3 | 1095 | | 11.Laura Weightman | Great Britain | 4:14.95 | | +6.03s | 6 | 728 | | 12.Rababe Arafi |  Morocco | 4:15.16 | | +6.24s | 10 | 993 |
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| -- Competitors from -- Nations. Venue: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Cap: 46,931. |
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| | First 5 and Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:03.95 | Q | | 2. Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 4:04.23 | Q | | 3. Shannon Rowbury | United States | 4:04.46 | Q, SB | | 4. Besu Sado | Ethiopia | 4:05.19 | Q | | 5. Laura Weightman | Great Britain | 4:05.28 | Q | | 6. Sofia Ennaoui | Poland | 4:05.29 | q | | 7. Rababe Arafi | Morocco | 4:05.60 | q | | 8. Linden Hall |  Australia | 4:05.81 | | | 9. Zoe Buckman | Australia | 4:06.95 | | | 10.Konstanze Klosterhalfen |  Germany | 4:07.26 | | | 11.Ciara Mageean |  Ireland | 4:08.07 | |
| Semi 2 | | time | | | 12.Brenda Martinez | United States | 4:10.41 | | | 1. Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 4:03.06 | Q | | 2. Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 4:03.62 | Q | | 3. Laura Muir | Great Britain | 4:04.16 | Q | | 4. Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:05.07 | Q | | 5. Meraf Bahta | Sweden | 4:06.41 | Q | | 6. Violah Cheptoo Lagat | Kenya | 4:06.83 | | | 7. Nicole Sifuentes |  Canada | 4:08.53 | | | 8. Malika Akkaoui | Morocco | 4:08.55 | | | 9. Diana Sujew | Germany | 4:10.15 | | | 10.Danuta Urbanik | Poland | 4:11.34 | | | 11.Jenny Blundell | Australia | 4:13.25 | | | 12.Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 4:17.83 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 4:10.61 | Q | | 2. Ciara Mageean | Ireland | 4:11.51 | Q | | 3. Brenda Martinez | United States | 4:11.74 | Q | | 4. Linden Hall | Australia | 4:11.75 | Q | | 5. Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 4:11.76 | Q | | 6. Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | 4:11.76 | Q | | 7. Hilary Stellingwerff | Canada | 4:12.00 | | | 8. Maureen Koster | Netherlands | 4:13.15 | | | 9. Siham Hilali | Morocco | 4:13.46 | | | 10.Amela Terzić |  Serbia | 4:15.17 | | | 11.Nancy Chepkwemoi | Kenya | 4:15.41 | | | 12.Marta Pen |  Portugal | 4:18.53 | | | 13.Saraswati Bhattarai |  Nepal | 4:33.94 | NR | | 14.Celma Bonfim da Graça |  São Tomé Príncipe | 4:38.86 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 4:06.64 | Q | | 2. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon | Kenya | 4:06.65 | Q | | 3. Sofia Ennaoui | Poland | 4:06.90 | Q | | 4. Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:06.99 | Q | | 5. Malika Akkaoui | Morocco | 4:07.42 | Q, SB | | 6. Besu Sado | Ethiopia | 4:08.11 | Q | | 7. Laura Weightman | Great Britain | 4:08.37 | q | | 8. Jenny Blundell | Australia | 4:09.05 | q | | 9. Gabriela Stafford | Canada | 4:09.45 | | | 10.Muriel Coneo |  Colombia | 4:09.50 | | | 11.Tigist Gashaw |  Bahrain | 4:10.96 | | | 12.Florina Pierdevara |  Romania | 4:11.55 | SB | | 13.Nikki Hamblin |  New Zealand | 4:11.88 | | | 14.Anjelina Nadai Lohalith |  Refugee OT | 4:47.38 | |
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