Events at the 2016 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

Gold	Adanech Anbesa  Ethiopia
Silver	Fantu Worku  Ethiopia
Bronze	Anthony Kiptoo  Kenya

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Lang Yinglai (CHN)	3:51.34	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN)	4:04.96	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)	4:00.18	Eugene, United States	28 May 2016

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Winfred Nzisa Mbithe	Kenya	4:12.39	Q
2	2	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:13.12	Q
3	2	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	4:13.84	Q
4	1	Adanech Anbesa	Ethiopia	4:15.53	Q
5	2	Bobby Clay	Great Britain	4:15.79	Q
6	1	Joyline Cherotich	Kenya	4:16.41	Q, SB
7	1	Beatha Nishimwe	Rwanda	4:17.85	Q
8	1	Christina Aragon	United States	4:18.93	Q
9	2	Lili Das	India	4:19.48	q, PB
10	2	Olivia Burdon	New Zealand	4:21.49	q
11	1	Fatma Arık	Turkey	4:21.81	q, PB
12	1	Harriet Knowles-Jones	Great Britain	4:21.91	q
13	1	Lucia Stafford	Canada	4:22.38
14	1	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	4:22.68	PB
15	2	Nicole Hutchinson	Canada	4:22.88	PB
16	2	Chiara Ferdani	Italy	4:23.07	PB
17	2	Lucía Rodríguez	Spain	4:24.04
18	1	Saija Seppä	Finland	4:24.36
19	2	Dilyana Minkina	Bulgaria	4:25.12
20	2	Amy Harding-Delooze	Australia	4:25.38
21	2	Alondra Negrón	Puerto Rico	4:26.02
22	1	Lauren Ryan	Australia	4:26.60
23	1	Hala Hamdi	Tunisia	4:28.04	SB
24	1	Harmilan Kaur Bains	India	4:28.19
25	1	Aliaksandra Sakalouskaya	Belarus	4:28.52
26	2	Damla Çelik	Turkey	4:28.64
27	1	Lara Alemanni	Switzerland	4:31.42
28	2	Dawajila	China	4:43.38	SB
	1	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	DNS

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Adanech Anbesa	Ethiopia	4:08.07
	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	4:08.43
	Christina Aragon	United States	4:08.71	PB
4	Winfred Nzisa Mbithe	Kenya	4:09.25	PB
5	Alexa Efraimson	United States	4:10.23
6	Beatha Nishimwe	Rwanda	4:12.33
7	Bobby Clay	Great Britain	4:13.09
8	Harriet Knowles-Jones	Great Britain	4:15.49	PB
9	Joyline Cherotich	Kenya	4:15.72	SB
10	Lili Das	India	4:17.29	PB
11	Fatma Arık	Turkey	4:20.90	PB
12	Olivia Burdon	New Zealand	4:25.94