| Women 1500m 20th World Indoor Championship 2025 Nanjing, China - Sunday, 23rd March - Gold Medal: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia | 
| Final 20:27 |   | time |   | SO | birth  |  | 1. Gudaf Tsegay |   Ethiopia | 3:54.86 | CR | 2 | 23.01.97 |  | 2. Diribe Welteji |   Ethiopia | 3:59.30 |   | 4 | 13.05.02 |  | 3. Georgia Hunter Bell |   Great Britain | 3:59.84 | PB | 9 | 17.10.93 |  | 4. Georgia Griffith |   Australia | 4:00.80 | AR | 1 | 05.12.96 |  | 5. Susan Lokayo Ejore |   Kenya | 4:03.89 |   | 6 | 09.11.95 |  | 6. Sinclaire Johnson |   United States | 4:04.07 | PB | 3 | 13.04.98 |  | 7. Heather MacLean |   United States | 4:05.45 |   | 8 | 31.08.95 |  | 8. Salomé Afonso |   Portugal | 4:07.67 |   | 5 | 19.11.97 |  | 9. Esther Guerrero |   Spain | 4:07.76 |   | 7 | 07.02.90 |   
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 | 300m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 45.39s |  | 600m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 1:31.47 |  | 900m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 2:19.66 |  | 1200m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 3:07.99 |   
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| 25 athletes |  | 30 quota |  | -- nations |   
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| _ Women 1500m History. Salomé Afonso, Portugal won silver at Europe Indoor 2025 Women 1500m 2 weeks earlier. |  | Venue: Nanjing's Clube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park. Entry standard 4:03.00 (mile 4:22.50) until 9th March 2025. |  | World Indoor Record: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia 3:53.09 Liévin, France 9 February 2021 |  | Championship Record: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia 3:57.19 Belgrade, Serbia 19 March 2022 |  | World Leading: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia 3:53.92 Toruń, Poland 8 February 2025 |   
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 Heats - Friday, 21st March 18:33 | 
| Heat 1 18:33 |   | time |   | SO | Rk |  | 1. Gudaf Tsegay |   Ethiopia | 4:11.87 | Q | 6 | 6. |  | 2. Sinclaire Johnson |   United States | 4:12.18 | Q | 5 | 7. |  | 3. Susan Ejore |   Kenya | 4:12.41 | Q | 4 | 9. |  | 4. Simone Plourde |   Canada | 4:13.97 |   | 1 | 13. |  | 5. Sintayehu Vissa |   Italy | 4:14.25 |   | 2 | 14. |  | 6. Joceline Wind |   Switzerland | 4:17.81 |   | 7 | 20. |  | 7. Anita Poma |   Peru | 4:21.77 | NR | 8 | 23. |  | 8. July Ferreira da Silva |   Brazil | 4:22.24 | PB | 3 | 24.  |   
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 | 500m: Anita Poma (PER) 1:30.67 |  | 1000m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 2:55.94 |   
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| Heat 2 18:44 |   | time |   | SO | Rk |  | 1. Georgia Bell |   Great Britain | 4:09.21 | Q | 7 | 1. |  | 2. Georgia Griffith |   Australia | 4:09.78 | Q, PB | 1 | 2. |  | 3. Esther Guerrero |   Spain | 4:09.90 | Q | 6 | 3. |  | 4. Worknesh Mesele |   Ethiopia | 4:10.61 |   | 8 | 4. |  | 5. Gabija Galvydytė |   Lithuania | 4:11.69 |   | 2 | 5. |  | 6. Maia Ramsden |   New Zealand | 4:14.89 |   | 4 | 16. |  | 7. Vera Sjöberg |   Sweden | 4:17.35 |   | 3 | 19. |  | 8. María Pía Fernández |   Uruguay | 4:21.39 | SB | 5 | 22. |   
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 | 500m: Maia Ramsden (NZL) 1:29.82 |  | 1000m: Gabija Galvydytė (LTU) 2:52.92 |   
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