Athletics — 1,500 metres, Women

Times held 14
Total participants 397
Total countries 101

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1972 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1976 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 36 19
1980 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 24 14
1984 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 22 15
1988 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 28 19
1992 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 43 31
1996 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 32 21
2000 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 42 27
2004 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 27
2008 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 33 18
2012 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 25
2016 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 41 24
2020 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 25
2024 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 44 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Lyudmila BraginaURS Gunhild HoffmeisterGDR Paola CacchiITA
1976 Tatyana KazankinaURS Gunhild HoffmeisterGDR Ulrike KlapezynskiGDR
1980 Tatyana KazankinaURS Christiane WartenbergGDR Nadezhda OlizarenkoURS
1984 Gabriella DorioITA Doina MelinteROU Maricica PuicăROU
1988 Paula IvanROU Laimutė BaikauskaitėURS Tetiana SamolenkoURS
1992 Hassiba BoulmerkaALG Lyudmila RogachovaEUN Qu YunxiaCHN
1996 Svetlana MasterkovaRUS Gabriela SzaboROU Theresia KieslAUT
2000 Nouria Mérah-BenidaALG Violeta SzekelyROU Gabriela SzaboROU
2004 Kelly HolmesGBR Tatyana TomashovaRUS Maria CioncanROU
2008 Nancy LangatKEN Iryna LishchynskaUKR Nataliya TobiasUKR
2012 Maryam JamalBRN Abeba AregawiETH Shannon RowburyUSA
2016 Faith KipyegonKEN Genzebe DibabaETH Jenny SimpsonUSA
2020 Faith KipyegonKEN Laura MuirGBR Sifan HassanNED
2024 Faith KipyegonKEN Jessica JolliffeAUS Georgia BellGBR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kenya KEN 4 0 0 4
Soviet Union URS 3 1 2 6
Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
Romania ROU 1 3 3 7
Great Britain GBR 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Bahrain BRN 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 3 1 4
Ethiopia ETH 0 2 0 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
United States USA 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Faith Kipyegon KEN 3 0 0 3
Tatyana Kazankina RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Nouria Mérah-Benida ALG 1 0 0 1
Hassiba Boulmerka ALG 1 0 0 1
Kelly Holmes GBR 1 0 0 1
Gabriella Dorio ITA 1 0 0 1
Paula Ivan ROU 1 0 0 1
Svetlana Masterkova RUS 1 0 0 1
Lyudmila Bragina RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Nancy Langat KEN 1 0 0 1
Maryam Jamal BRN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1992 Summer Olympics Hassiba Boulmerka 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Nouria Mérah-Benida 1 Gold
Andorra AND 2000 Summer Olympics Silvia Felipo 13 h3 r1/3 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Silvia Felipo 13 h1 r1/3
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics Ana Isabel Elias 14 h3 r1/3 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1984 Summer Olympics Laverne Bryan 11 h1 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1984 Summer Olympics Liliana Góngora 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2024 Summer Olympics Jessica Jolliffe 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1996 Summer Olympics Theresia Kiesl 3 Bronze See all
Bahrain BRN 2012 Summer Olympics Maryam Jamal 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Natallia Dukhnova 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Belgium BEL 2000 Summer Olympics Veerle Dejaeghere 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2004 Summer Olympics Jasminka Guber 11 h2 r1/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Nikolina Shtereva 4 See all
Canada CAN 1996 Summer Olympics Leah Pells 4 See all
Central African Republic CAF 1992 Summer Olympics Brigitte Nganaye 13 h3 r1/3 See all
Chad CHA 1992 Summer Olympics Rosalie Gangué 10 h2 r1/3 See all
Chile CHI 1984 Summer Olympics Alejandra Ramos 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Lee Chiu-Hsia 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Colombia COL 2016 Summer Olympics Muriel Coneo 10 h2 r1/3 See all
Czechia CZE 2020 Summer Olympics Kristiina Mäki 13 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Jaroslava Jehličková 9 h2 r2/3 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 2012 Summer Olympics Chancel Ilunga Sankuru 12 h2 r1/3 See all
Djibouti DJI 2016 Summer Olympics Kadra Mohamed 12 h3 r1/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Gunhild Hoffmeister 2 Silver See all
1976 Summer Olympics Gunhild Hoffmeister 2 Silver
1980 Summer Olympics Christiane Wartenberg 2 Silver
Ecuador ECU 1992 Summer Olympics Janeth Caizalitín DNS See all
El Salvador ESA 1984 Summer Olympics Kriscia García 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2012 Summer Olympics Abeba Aregawi 2 Silver See all
2016 Summer Olympics Genzebe Dibaba 2 Silver
Finland FIN 1976 Summer Olympics Nina Holmén 9 See all
France FRA 2024 Summer Olympics Agathe Guillemot 9 See all
Germany GER 2012 Summer Olympics Corinna Harrer 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Great Britain GBR 2004 Summer Olympics Kelly Holmes 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Konstantina Efentaki 12 h1 r2/3 See all
Guam GUM 2004 Summer Olympics Sloan Siegrist 14 h1 r1/3 See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2008 Summer Olympics Domingas Togna 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 1972 Summer Olympics Sára Szenteleki-Ligetkuti 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Iceland ISL 1976 Summer Olympics Lilja Guðmundsdóttir 9 h4 r1/3 See all
India IND 1980 Summer Olympics Geeta Zutshi DNS See all
Ireland IRL 1996 Summer Olympics Sinéad Delahunty 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Gabriella Dorio 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 2000 Summer Olympics Mardrea Hyman 11 h2 r2/3 See all
Japan JPN 2020 Summer Olympics Nozomi Tanaka 8 See all
Kenya KEN 2008 Summer Olympics Nancy Langat 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Faith Kipyegon 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Faith Kipyegon 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Faith Kipyegon 1 Gold
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2004 Summer Olympics Tatyana Borisova 14 h3 r1/3 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Arda Kalpakian DNS See all
Lesotho LES 1992 Summer Olympics Mantokoane Pitso 14 h1 r1/3 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1984 Summer Olympics Helen Ritter 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Irina Krakoviak 11 h1 r2/3 See all
Luxembourg LUX 2024 Summer Olympics Vera Hoffmann 10h2 r2/4 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Albertine Rahéliarisoa 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Emesia Chizunga 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Malta MLT 1992 Summer Olympics Carol Galea 9 h2 r1/3 See all
Mexico MEX 2020 Summer Olympics Laura Galván 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Morocco MAR 1988 Summer Olympics Fatima Aouam 10 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Siham Hilali 10
Mozambique MOZ 1992 Summer Olympics Maria Mutola 9 See all
Myanmar MYA 1988 Summer Olympics Khin Khin Htwe 11 h1 r1/2 See all
Namibia NAM 2008 Summer Olympics Agnes Samaria 7 h2 r1/2 See all
Nepal NEP 2016 Summer Olympics Saraswati Bhattarai 13 h1 r1/3 See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Sifan Hassan 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 2024 Summer Olympics Maia Ramsden 8h1 r3/4 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2000 Summer Olympics Daniela Kuleska 13 h2 r1/3 See all
Norway NOR 1972 Summer Olympics Wenche Sørum 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 2000 Summer Olympics Shazia Hidayat 14 h1 r1/3 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1988 Summer Olympics Poloni Avek 14 h1 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Summer Olympics Qu Yunxia 3 Bronze See all
Poland POL 2000 Summer Olympics Lidia Chojecka 5 See all
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Carla Sacramento 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics No Hye-Sun 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1988 Summer Olympics Paula Ivan 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Svetlana Masterkova 1 Gold See all
Rwanda RWA 1984 Summer Olympics Marcianne Mukamurenzi 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1992 Summer Olympics Bigna Samuel 13 h1 r1/3 See all
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Ndew Niang 9 h2 r1/3 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Marina Munćan 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Margaret Morel 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1988 Summer Olympics Rachel Thompson 14 h2 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 2012 Summer Olympics Lucia Klocová 4 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Sonja Roman 8 h3 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics Gwen Griffiths 9 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Bragina 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Tatyana Kazankina 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Tatyana Kazankina 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Maite Zúñiga 6 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Natalia Rodríguez 6
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Sriyani Dhammika Menike 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Suriname SUR 1992 Summer Olympics Letitia Vriesde 8 h1 r2/3 See all
Sweden SWE 2016 Summer Olympics Meraf Bahta 6 See all
Switzerland SUI 2000 Summer Olympics Sabine Fischer 9 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Hala El-Moughrabi DNS See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2016 Summer Olympics Celma Bonfim 14 h1 r1/3 See all
Timor-Leste TLS 2016 Summer Olympics Nelia Martins 13 h3 r1/3 See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Fatma Lanouar 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics Elvan Abeylegesse 8 See all
Uganda UGA 2020 Summer Olympics Winnie Nanyondo 7 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Iryna Lishchynska 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Rogachova 2 Silver See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2012 Summer Olympics Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh 10 h3 r1/3 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Mwinga Mwanjala 10 h2 r1/2 See all
United States USA 2012 Summer Olympics Shannon Rowbury 3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Jenny Simpson 3 Bronze
Uruguay URU 2004 Summer Olympics Elena Guerra 14 h2 r1/3 See all
Venezuela VEN 2024 Summer Olympics Joselyn Brea 6h1 r2/4 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Trịnh Thị Bé 11 h2 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Roswitha Gerdes 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Breda Pergar 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2000 Summer Olympics Julia Sakara 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2016 Summer Olympics Anjelina Nadai Lohalith 14 h2 r1/3 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Anjelina Nadai Lohalith 14 h2 r1/3