2023 Women’s 1500 World Rankings

What didn’t Faith Kipyegon have to smile about as she wrapped her 1500 season at the DL Final? (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)

THE EVENT’S ALL-TIME RANKING STATS are now dominated by AOY Faith Kipyegon, who leads Maryam Jamal by 10 points and is tied with Jamal for most No. 1s at 5…

UNDEFEATED, AND WITH WRs in both the 1500 and mile, WC/DLF winner Kipyegon had the event’s best season ever…

BEST OF THE MORTALS was Diribe Welteji, the runner-up in both Budapest and Eugene and the producer of the year’s best sub-4:00 total at 7. Fellow Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu was steady enough to earn No. 3…

BUSY IN OTHER EVENTS, Sifan Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay had brief moments of brilliance but were under-exposed and can rate no higher than Nos. 4 & 9.

JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST
1. FAITH KIPYEGON (Kenya) (1/10/94, 5-1¾/93) (1.57/42)
3:58.57 1)Doha DL 5/05
3:49.11 1)Florence DL 6/02
4:07.64y 1)Monaco DL 7/21
(3:51.41)
3:54.87 1)World Ch 8/22
(4:02.62h, 3:55.14sf)
3:50.72 1)Eugene DL 9/16
2. DIRIBE WELTEJI (Ethiopia) (5/13/02, 5-4½/110) (1.64/50)
3:59.34 2)Doha DL 5/05 1. Kipyegon
3:57.84 1)Los Angeles CT 5/27
3:57.38 1)Ostrava CT 6/27
4:02.79 2)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Hailu
3:55.08 3)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Meshesha; 2. Haylom
3:55.69 2)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon
(4:02.72h, 3:55.18sf)
3:53.93 2)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon
3. FREWEYNI HAILU (Ethiopia) (2/12/01, 5-8/126) (1.73/57)
4:02.47i 3)Liévin WIT 2/15 1. Tsegay; 2. Meshesha
4:00.29 3)Doha DL 5/05 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji
3:57.65 2)Rabat DL 5/28 1. Tsegay
4:02.31 1)Stockholm DL 7/02
4:14.79y 3)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Kipyegon; 2. Mageean
(3:58.07)
3:56.56 1)Xiamen DL 9/02
3:55.68 4)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Muir
4. SIFAN HASSAN (Netherlands) (1/1/93, 5-7/108) (1.70/49)
3:58.12 1)Hengelo 6/04
3:56.00 3)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji
(4:02.92h, 3:55.48sf)
5. LAURA MUIR (Great Britain) (5/9/93, 5-3¾/119) (1.62/54)
3:57.09 2)Florence DL 6/02 1. Kipyegon
4:03.83 6)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Hailu; 2. Welteji; 3. Meshesha; 4. Mageean; 5. Courtney-Bryant
4:10.24 2)GB Ch 7/09 1. Snowden
4:15.24y 4)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Kipyegon; 2. Mageean; 3. Hailu
(3:58.09)
3:58.58 6)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Hassan; 4. Mageean; 5. Chepchirchir
(4:03.50h, 3:56.36sf)
3:55.34 1)Brussels DL 9/08
3:55.16 3)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji
(4:20.15yi, 4:03.40i)
6. CIARA MAGEEAN (Ireland) (3/12/92, 5-6/123) (1.68/56)
4:00.95 4)Florence DL 6/02 1. Kipyegon; 2. Muir; 3. Hull
4:22.03y 11)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Haylom; 2. McGee; 3. Hull; 4. Hiltz; 5. Melese;
6. Hall; 7. Meshesha; 8. Nanyondo; 9. Chemusto; 10. Andrews
(4:04.11)
4:03.46 4)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Hailu; 2. Welteji; 3. Meshesha
4:14.58y 2)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Kipyegon
(3:58.28)
3:56.61 4)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Hassan
(4:03.52h, 4:02.70sf)
3:55.87 2)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Muir
4:03.09 11)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Muir; 4. Hailu; 5. Hall;
6. Haylom; 7. Meshesha; 8. Hull; 9. Courtney-Bryant; 10. McGee
7. NELLY CHEPCHIRCHIR (Kenya) (6/4/03)
4:04.56(A) 2)Nairobi CT 5/13 1. Chemusto
4:03.08 1)Montreuil 5/31
3:58.96 2)Hengelo 6/04 1. Hassan
3:59.77(A) 1)Ken Tr 7/08
4:00.18 1)Gyulai Mem 7/18
3:57.90 5)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Hassan; 4. Mageean
(4:00.87h, 4:02.14sf)
3:56.72 2)Xiamen DL 9/02 1. Hailu
3:56.93 3)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Muir; 2. Mageean
8. JESSICA HULL (Australia) (10/22/96, 5-5¾/110) (1.67/50)
4:07.11 1)Melbourne 2/23
4:04.19 1)Aus Ch 4/01
(4:11.15h)
4:00.90 4)Doha DL 5/05 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. F. Hailu
3:57.29 3)Florence DL 6/02 1. Kipyegon; 2. Muir
4:18.24y 3)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Haylom; 2. McGee
(4:00.33)
4:15.34y 5)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Kipyegon; 2. Mageean; 3. Hailu; 4. Muir
(3:58.22)
3:59.54 7)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Hassan; 4. Mageean; 5. Chepchirchir;
6. Muir
(4:03.50h, 3:57.85sf)
3:57.75 4)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Muir; 2. Mageean; 3. Chepchirchir
3:57.57 8)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Muir; 4. Hailu; 5. Hall;
6. Haylom; 7. Meshesha
9. GUDAF TSEGAY (Ethiopia) (6/23/97, 5-2½/99) (1.59/45)
3:54.03 1)Rabat DL 5/28
(4:16.16yi, 3:57.47i)
10. BIRKE HAYLOM (Ethiopia) (1/6/06, 5-6½/119) (1.69/54)
4:01.86 6)Doha DL 5/05 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. F. Hailu; 4. Hull; 5. Caldwell
3:57.66 3)Rabat DL 5/28 1. Tsegay; 2. Hailu
4:17.13y 1)Oslo DL 6/15
(3:59.49)
4:05.21 7)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Hailu; 2. Welteji; 3. Meshesha; 4. Mageean; 5. Courtney-Bryant;
6. Muir
3:54.93 2)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Meshesha
4:01.51 9)World Ch 8/22 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Hassan; 4. Mageean; 5. Chepchirchir;
6. Muir; 7. Hull; 8. Snowden
(4:01.12h, 4:02.46sf)
3:56.98 6)Eugene DL 9/16 1. Kipyegon; 2. Welteji; 3. Muir; 4. Hailu; 5. Hall

U.S. RANKINGS
1. Nikki Hiltz (lululemon) 6. Helen Schlachtenhaufen (Nike)
4)Oslo DL, 1)USATF, 11sf)World Ch 3)Drake R, 6)USATF, 1)Lignano
2. Cory McGee (New Balance) 7. Elise Cranny (Nike Bowerman TC)
2)Oslo DL, 3)USATF, 10)World Ch 1)Clay Inv, 8)Monaco DL
3. Sinclaire Johnson (Nike Union) 8. Emily Mackay (New Balance Boston)
4)USATF, 11sf)World Ch, 12)Eugene DL 1)USATF Dist Cl, 8)USATF, 1)Falmouth
4. Athing Mu (Nike) 9. Heather MacLean (New Balance Boston)
2)USATF 4)Melbourne, 7)USATF
5. Addy Wiley (Huntington) 10. Josette Andrew (On AC)
5)USATF, 1)NACAC U23, 8)Brussels DL 2)Los Angeles CT, 7)Florence DL, 10)Oslo DL

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