2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Zhang Ling (CHN)	3:54.52	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN)	4:09.48	Lille, France	9 July 2011
World Youth Leading	Mary Cain (USA)	4:04.62	Los Angeles, CA, United States	17 May 2013

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tigist Gashaw	Ethiopia	4:18.55
2	Maki Izumida	Japan	4:20.60
3	Maria Dietz	Germany	4:20.68
4	Bobby Clay	Great Britain	4:21.18
5	Line Kalstrup Schulz	Denmark	4:23.16
6	Carina Viljoen	South Africa	4:28.42
7	Zheng Zhiling	China	4:28.57
8	Anna Maxwell	United States	4:28.92
9	Antonina Ilchyk	Ukraine	4:29.04
10	Silvia Salera	Italy	4:34.48
11	Fatma Arik	Turkey	4:36.04
12	Elisabeth Bergh	Norway	4:36.39
13	Megan Rempel	Canada	4:40.56
14	Lorena Gómez Espinoza	Mexico	4:46.31
	Kidanu Teweldemed	Eritrea	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	4:14.40
2	Ivine Chepkemoi	Kenya	4:17.81
3	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:23.27
4	Lizerie Ferreira	South Africa	4:24.80
5	Mary Joy Mudyiravanji	Zimbabwe	4:29.80
6	Sara Takahashi	Japan	4:30.29
7	Xu Shuangshuang	China	4:30.68
8	Federica Zenoni	Italy	4:33.51
9	Rachael Zena Chebet	Uganda	4:34.27
10	Rosa Flanagan	New Zealand	4:36.00
11	Rima Chenah	Algeria	4:38.86
12	Heather Jaros	Canada	4:45.21
13	Nuran Satlimis	Turkey	4:47.22
14	Karina Hernandez	Mexico	4:49.33
	Weini Frezghi	Eritrea	DNS