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Compiled by Christopher Kelsall and Clay Parker

Below is the list for the top-50 all-time female 1500-metre runners with any doping information that may be available as well as coaches, year of performance and nationality.

These 50 women ran 100 of the fastest times, multiple performances removed and only the athlete’s personal best is indicated.

See also:
Men’s 100-metre world best sub-10-seconds.
Women’s 100-metre best to 10.99 seconds.

TIME ATHLETE NAT LOCATION DATE COACH Comments
03:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba ETH Monaco 17.07.2015 Jama Aden
03:50.46 Qu Yunxia CHN Beijing 11.09.1993 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:50.98 Jiang Bo CHN Shanghai 18.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:51.34 Lang Yinglai CHN Shanghai 18.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:51.92 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 11.09.1993 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina RUS Zurich 13.08.1980 Refused testing 2yrs
03:53.91 Yin Lili CHN Shanghai 18.10.1997 Ma Jungren 2 years doping
03:53.96 Paula Ivan ROU Seoul 01.10.1988
03:53.97 Lan Lixin CHN Shanghai 27.07.1982 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:54.23 Olga Dvirna RUS Kiev 06.07.1980
03:54.52 Zhang Ling CHN Shanghai 18.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:55.07 Dong Yanmei CHN Shanghai 18.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:55.30 Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Barcelona 08.08.1992
03:55.33 Süreyya Ayhan-Kop TUR Brussles 05.09.2003 Yücel Kop Stanazolol – Life
03:55.68 Yuliya Chizhenko RUS Saint-Denis 08.07.2006 2 year ban – dopig irregularities
03:56.05 Sifan Hassan NED Monaco 17.07.2015 Honoré Hoedt
03:56.14 Zamira Zaytseva UZB Kiev 27.07.1982
03:56.18 Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN Rieti 27.08.2006
03:56.29 Shannon Rowbury USA Monaco 17.07.2015
03:56.50 Liu Dong CHN Shanghai 17.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:56.43 Yelena Soboleva RUS Saint-Denis 08.07.2006
03:56.50 Tatyana Pozdnyakova RUS Kiev 27.07.1982 Psuedoephedrine
03:56.54 Abebe Arigawi ETH Rome 31.05.2012 Karin Torneklint
03:56.56 Tatyana Kazankina RUS Moscow 01.08.1980 Resfused testing/ 2 year
03:56.63 Nadezhda Ralldugina RUS Praha 18.08.1984
03:56.70 Lyubov Smolka  UKR Moscow 06.07.1980
03:56.70 Doina Melinte ROU Bucharest 12.07.1986
03:56.77 Svetlana Masterkova RUS Zurich 14.08.1996 Blood irregularies – 2 year
03:56.80 Nadezhda Olizarenko  UKR Moscow 06.07.1980
03:56.90 Zamira Zaytseva USB Moscow 06.07.1980
03:56.91 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS Goteborg 13.08.2006
03:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS Barcelona 13.08.2006 Manipulation urine – 2 years
03:56.97 Gabriela Szabo ROU Monaco 08.08.1998 Zsolt Gyöngyössy Drugs in car, no suspension
03:56.98 Faith Kipyegon KEN Ad-Dawhah 10.05.2013
03:57.03 Liu Jing CHN Shanghai 17.10.1997 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:57.05  Svetlana Guskova RUS Kiev  27.07.1982
03:57.05 Hellen Obiri KEN Eugene 31.05.2014 Ricky Simms
03:57.12 Mary Slaney USA Monaco 26.07.1983 Alberto Salazar
03:57.22 Maricica Puica ROU Bucarest 01.07.1984
03:57.22 Jennifer Simpson USA Saint-Denis 05.07.2014 Mark Wetmore
03:57.40 Totka Petrova RUS Athens 11.08.1979
03:57.40 Suzy Favor Hamilton USA Oslo 28.07.2000 Peter Tegen
03:57.41 Jackline Maranga KEN Monaco 08.08.1998
03:57.46 Zhang Linli CHN Beijing 11.09.1993 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes
03:57.57  Abeba Arigawi SWE Eugene 31.05.2014
03:57.71 Christiane Wartenberg SUI Moscow 01.08.1980
03:57.71 Carla Sacramento POR Monaco 08.08.1998
03:57.72 Galina Zakharova RUS Baku 14.09.1984
03:57.73 Natalya Yevkodimova RUS Rieti 28.08.2005
03:57.77  Liu Jing CHN Shanghai 13.08.1985 Ma Jungren Coach fired for doping athletes

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