# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held at the [Stade de France](https://www.edgepedia.org/stade-de-france) in Paris, with the final on 10 August 2024 at 20:15 local time.[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/results/women/1500-metres/final/summary) Kenya's Faith Kipyegon won the gold medal in 3:51.29, an Olympic record, becoming the first woman to win three Olympic golds in a single track discipline after titles in Rio de Janeiro (2016) and Tokyo (2020).[2](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/la28/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-1500m) Jessica Hull of Australia took silver in 3:52.56 and Georgia Hunter Bell of Great Britain bronze in 3:52.61, a British record.[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Venue and date | Stade de France, Paris; final on 10 August 2024 at 20:15[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/results/women/1500-metres/final/summary) |
| Gold medal | Faith Kipyegon (KEN), 3:51.29, an Olympic record, taking about two seconds off her own Tokyo mark[2](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/la28/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-1500m) |
| Historic significance | First woman to win three Olympic golds in a single track discipline[2](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/la28/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-1500m) |
| Silver and bronze | Jessica Hull (AUS) 3:52.56; Georgia Hunter Bell (GBR) 3:52.61, a British record[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result) |
| Personal bests in the final | Welteji 3:52.75, Muir 3:53.37, Ejore 3:56.07, Kazimierska 4:00.12, Marqués 4:00.31[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result) |
| New format | Paris 2024 introduced a repechage round for individual track events from 200m to 1500m, including this event[4](https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/repechage-round-paris-2024-olympics-budapest-entry-standards) |
| World record entering the Games | 3:49.04, set by Kipyegon in Paris on 7 July 2024[5](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66e319016304076f168fb3ae.pdf) |
## The final
Twelve runners finished the final, and the race was fast enough that an Olympic record was required to win. [World Athletics](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics) noted that with so many women in the field who had broken 4:00 during 2024, it was no surprise that it took an Olympic record from Kipyegon to take the title.[2](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/la28/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-1500m)
**Pacing.** Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia led through the early stages, passing 400 meters in 59.3 (hand timing) and 800 meters in 2:03.3. Kipyegon was in front at the 1200-meter mark, reached in 3:07.1, and produced a decisive last lap to win in 3:51.29.[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result)
The closing times were tightly bunched behind the winner. Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia was fourth in 3:52.75 and Laura Muir of Great Britain fifth in 3:53.37, both personal bests; Susan Lokayo Ejore (Kenya) ran 3:56.07, [Nikki Hiltz](https://www.edgepedia.org/nikki-hiltz) (United States) 3:56.38, and Elle St. Pierre (United States) 3:57.52 for eighth. Tsegay faded to twelfth in 4:01.27.[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result)
## Kipyegon's third title
Kipyegon arrived in Paris as the three-time world 1500m champion and world record-holder. A muscle injury disrupted the beginning of her 2024 campaign, but she made her competitive comeback at the Kenyan Olympic trials, clocking 3:53.98 in the 1500m and 14:46.28 in the 5000m in Nairobi's high-altitude conditions.[6](https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/paris-olympics-preview-1500m) Earlier in July she had lowered the world record to 3:49.04 in Paris.[5](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66e319016304076f168fb3ae.pdf)
At the Games themselves she also ran the 5000m, taking silver in 14:29.60 after winning an appeal against a brief disqualification for an alleged obstruction in the final.[7](https://time.com/7008134/faith-kipyegon-disqualified-olympic-race/) Her Paris 1500m title followed golds in Rio de Janeiro (4:08.92) and Tokyo (3:53.11).[8](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66b3ead4e73a2dcce2133722.pdf)
## The British medalists
[Georgia Hunter Bell](https://www.edgepedia.org/georgia-hunter-bell)'s bronze was described as a surprise. As recently as May 2024 she was working a nine-to-five job in cybersecurity sales; a month later she won the 1500m at the British Olympic trials to book her place in Paris. When [Laura Muir](https://www.edgepedia.org/laura-muir) won silver at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Bell, only just returning to serious training, was watching her future British team-mate on television, and she later described her route to the podium, which began with parkrun, as once seeming like a "bonkers" impossibility.[9](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/olympics/british-paris-great-britain-gabby-thomas-stade-de-france-b2594535.html)
Muir, the Tokyo silver medalist, finished fifth in the Paris final in a personal best of 3:53.37, having run a British record of 3:53.79 earlier in 2024.[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result) • [6](https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/paris-olympics-preview-1500m)
## Qualification and rounds
Athletes qualified for Paris 2024 either by achieving the entry standard or through World Athletics rankings, with the qualification and ranking period for individual events running from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.[10](https://parigi2024.coni.it/en/schedule/roadtoparis2024/qualification-system/athletics/59-athletics.html) The event consisted of four rounds: Round 1, a Repechage Round, semi-finals, and the final.[3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result) The repechage round was a Paris 2024 innovation approved by the World Athletics Council for all individual track events from 200m to 1500m, giving athletes eliminated in the first round a second chance to reach the semi-finals.[4](https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/repechage-round-paris-2024-olympics-budapest-entry-standards)
Among the semi-finalists, the American Nikki Hiltz, a nonbinary runner, finished third in their semifinal heat on 8 August to qualify for the final, where they placed seventh.[11](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/08/nikki-hiltz-olympics-1500-finals) • [3](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result)
## References
1. [FINAL | 1500 Metres | Results | Paris 24 | Olympic Games, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/results/women/1500-metres/final/summary)
2. [Paris 2024 Olympics report: Women's 1500m, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/la28/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-1500m)
3. [1500 Metres Result | The XXXIII Olympic Games, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/1500-metres/final/result)
4. [World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Athletics press release](https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/repechage-round-paris-2024-olympics-budapest-entry-standards)
5. [Women's 1500 Metres all-time results PDF, World Athletics](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66e319016304076f168fb3ae.pdf)
6. [Paris Olympics preview: 1500m, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/paris-olympics-preview-1500m)
7. [Kenya's Faith Kipyegon Wins 5,000-M Silver After Appealing 'Obstruction' Disqualification, Time](https://time.com/7008134/faith-kipyegon-disqualified-olympic-race/)
8. [Women's 1500 Metres — Semifinal - Heat 1 — 08.08.2024, World Athletics PDF](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66b3ead4e73a2dcce2133722.pdf)
9. [From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/olympics/british-paris-great-britain-gabby-thomas-stade-de-france-b2594535.html)
10. [Paris 2024 qualification system: Athletics, CONI](https://parigi2024.coni.it/en/schedule/roadtoparis2024/qualification-system/athletics/59-athletics.html)
11. [Nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz to 1500-meter finals at Paris Olympics, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/08/nikki-hiltz-olympics-1500-finals)
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