Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres


The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 10 April 2018.
Caster Semenya won the 1500 m Commonwealth Games title in a Games record and South African record time of 4:00.71 minutes. Her hyperandrogenic condition remained a point of controversy amongst her competitors, with Australian Brittany McGowan saying that it was "tough for a lot of women" to compare in performance.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
World record3:50.07Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015
Games record4:04.43Glasgow, Scotland28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
DateTimeRound
Monday 9 April 201819:25First round
Tuesday 10 April 201822:04Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time

Results

First round

The first round consisted of two heats. The four fastest competitors per heat advanced to the final.
In addition, the track referee ruled that Zoe Buckman and Sarah McDonald were sufficiently impeded by Winny Chebet to merit being advanced to the final.
;Heat 1
RankOrderNameResultNotesQual.
1104:05.86
224:06.41
364:06.58
414:06.63
594:06.88
634:07.78
754:08.00
874:08.87
944:14.96
1084:41.19

;Heat 2
RankOrderNameResultNotesQual.
174:08.29
254:08.49
324:08.64
484:08.66
514:09.54
664:09.59
744:10.98
894:11.78
934:20.67

Final

The medals were determined in the final.
RankOrderNameResultNotes
124:00.71,
84:03.09
14:03.44
74:03.67
64:04.17
144:04.30
134:05.56
24:05.77
54:05.88
1034:06.05
1194:06.55
12114:06.76
1344:07.41
14104:08.82