Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 21 and 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	Hawi Abera  Ethiopia	Mary Ekiru  Kenya

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hirut Meshesha	Ethiopia	4:14.41	Q
2	1	Mary Ekiru	Kenya	4:15.02	Q
3	1	Bikile Ambesu	Ethiopia	4:15.50	Q
4	1	Knight Aciru	Uganda	4:16.47	Q
5	2	Hawi Abera	Ethiopia	4:16.51	Q
6	2	Lydia Lagat	Kenya	4:17.04	Q
7	2	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	4:18.95	Q
8	2	Roza Haile	Eritrea	4:20.15	Q
9	1	Ronke Akanbi	Nigeria	4:27.63	q
10	1	Ariella Harerimana	Burundi	4:33.73	q
11	2	Haleca Joana	Angola	4:35.52	q
12	2	Odette Sawekoua	Benin	4:37.67	q
13	1	Jane Sento Kargbo	Sierra Leone	4:43.48
14	2	Belvia Boy-Fini	Central African Republic	4:47.36
	1	Lilian Odira	Kenya	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hirut Meshesha	Ethiopia	4:05.71	GR
	Hawi Abera	Ethiopia	4:06.09
	Mary Ekiru	Kenya	4:06.22
4	Bikile Ambesu	Ethiopia	4:07.67
5	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	4:09.40
6	Knight Aciru	Uganda	4:09.81
7	Lydia Lagat	Kenya	4:14.14
8	Roza Haile	Eritrea	4:18.09
9	Ronke Akanbi	Nigeria	4:25.42
10	Ariella Harerimana	Burundi	4:34.07
11	Odette Sawekoua	Benin	4:35.12
12	Haleca Joana	Angola	4:36.27