| Most Under 4:00, 1 Race | |||||
| 11 | 2025 | ||||
| 9 | 2023 | ||||
| 7 | 2022 | ||||
| 6 | 2024 | ||||
| 5 | 2014 | ||||
| 4 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
| Most Pre Classic Women’s 1500 Wins | |||||
| 7 | Faith Kipyegon ’16, ’17, ’19, ’21, ’22, ’23, ‘25 | ||||
| 6 | Suzy Hamilton ’91 (mile), ’92, ’93 (mile), ’94 (2000), ’98, ’01 | ||||
| 4 | Gelete Burka ’07, ’08, ’09, ‘11 | ||||
| 3 | Francie Larrieu ’75 (mile), ’76, ’84 | ||||
| Most Consecutive Women’s 1500 Wins | |||||
| 4 | Suzy Hamilton ’91 (mile), ’92, ’93 (mile), ’94 (2000) | ||||
| Faith Kipyegon ’19, ’21, ’22, ’23 | |||||
| 3 | Gelete Burka ’07, ’08, ’09 | ||||
| Most Races Under 4:00 | |||||
| 8 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 4 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Laura Muir | |||||
| 3 | Freweyni Hailu | ||||
| Jenny Simpson | |||||
| Diribe Welteji | |||||
| 2 | 8 runners | ||||
| Most Races Under 3:59 | |||||
| 6 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Diribe Welteji | |||||
| 2 | Freweyni Hailu | ||||
| Sinclaire Johnson | |||||
| Laura Muir | |||||
| Hellen Obiri | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:58 | |||||
| 5 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Diribe Welteji | |||||
| 2 | Freweyni Hailu | ||||
| Laura Muir | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:57 | |||||
| 5 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Diribe Welteji | ||||
| 2 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Laura Muir | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:56 | |||||
| 4 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Diribe Welteji | ||||
| 2 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| 1 | Freweyni Hailu | ||||
| Nikki Hiltz | |||||
| Georgia Hunter Bell | |||||
| Laura Muir | |||||
| Gudaf Tsegay | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:55 | |||||
| 4 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Diribe Welteji | ||||
| 1 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Georgia Hunter Bell | |||||
| Gudaf Tsegay | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:54 | |||||
| 4 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 3 | Diribe Welteji | ||||
| 1 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Most Races Under 3:53 | |||||
| 3 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 1 | Jessica Hull | ||||
| Diribe Welteji | |||||
| Most Races Under 3:52 | |||||
| 2 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| 1 | Diribe Welteji | ||||
| Most Races Under 3:51 | |||||
| 2 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| Most Races Under 3:49 | |||||
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon | ||||
| Best-Ever Mark-For-Place In The Pre Classic Women’s 1500 | |||||
| 1. Faith | Kipyegon | (Kenya) | 3:48.68 | 05 July 25 | |
| 2. Diribe | Welteji | (Ethiopia) | 3:51.44 | 05 July 25 | |
| 3. Jessica | Hull | (Australia) | 3:52.67 | 05 July 25 | |
| 4. Georgia | Hunter Bell | (Great Britain) | 3:54.76 | 05 July 25 | |
| 5. Nikki | Hiltz | (US/lululemon) | 3:55.96 | 05 July 25 | |
| 6. Sinclaire | Johnson | (US/Nike) | 3:56.93 | 05 July 25 | |
| 7. Sarah | Healy | (Ireland) | 3:57.20 | 05 July 25 | |
| 8. Jessica | Hull | (Australia) | 3:57.57 | 16 Sep 23 | |
| 9. Freweyni | Hailu | (Ethiopia) | 3:57.74 | 05 July 25 | |
| 10. Emily | Mackay | (US/New Balance) | 3:57.91 | 05 July 25 | |
| 11. Susan | Ejore | (Kenya) | 3:58.05 | 05 July 25 | |
| 12. Heather | MacLean | (US/New Balance) | 4:00.20 | 05 July 25 | |
| 13. Shelby | Houlihan | (US/unattached) | 4:02.38 | 05 July 25 | |
| 14. Elise | Cranny | (US/Nike) | 4:03.31 | 05 July 25 | |
| 15. Erin | Wallace | (Great Britain) | 4:06.27 | 05 July 25 | |
| Additional Sub-4:00s At Hayward Field | |||||
| Outside of Pre Classic racing, there have been 13 sub-4:00 women’s 1500s run at Hayward Field, including a 3:52.96 by Faith Kipyegon to win the 2022 World Championships and a 3:55.33 by Nikki Hiltz in leading eight under 4:00 in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials |
| Winners Of The Pre Classic Women’s 1500 Meters | |||
| With the exception of five years – ’77, ’78, ’83, ’85 and ’95 – the Pre Classic has held a women’s 1500 or similar event (the mile in ’75, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’91, and ’93, and the 2000 in ’90 and ’94). | |||
| 1975 | Francie Larrieu | (US) | 4:46.2 (mile) MR |
| 1976 | —Larrieu | 4:14.5 MR | |
| 1979 | Julie Brown | (US) | 4:16.5 |
| 1980 | Cathie Twomey | (US) | 4:19.76 |
| 1981 | —Twomey | 4:11.96 MR | |
| 1982 | Kim Roth | (US) | 4:24.0 |
| 1984 | —Larrieu | 4:07.28 MR | |
| 1986 | Linda Sheskey | (US) | 4:09.93 |
| 1987 | —Sheskey | 4:29.09 (mile) MR | |
| 1988 | Mary Slaney | (US) | 4:21.25 (mile) MR |
| 1989 | Sabrina Dornhoefer | (US) | 4:32.97 (mile) |
| 1990 | Svetlana Kitova | (USSR/Russia) | 5:41.11 (2000) MR |
| 1991 | Suzy Hamilton | (US) | 4:32.99 (mile) |
| 1992 | —Hamilton | 4:10.8 | |
| 1993 | —Hamilton | 4:36.30 (mile) | |
| 1994 | —Hamilton | 5:42.86 (2000) | |
| 1996 | Maria Mutola | (Mozambique) | 4:06.86 MR |
| 1997 | Sonia O’Sullivan | (Ireland) | 4:06.35 MR |
| 1998 | —Hamilton | 4:10.11 | |
| 1999 | Regina Jacobs | (US) | 4:07.90 |
| 2000 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 4:00.73 MR | |
| 2001 | —Hamilton | 4:06.93 | |
| 2002 | Nicole Teter | (US) | 4:12.93 |
| 2003 | Jolanda Ceplak | (Slovenia) | 4:02.44 |
| 2004 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | (Russia) | 4:02.15 |
| 2005 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | (US) | 4:09.45 |
| 2006 | Tatyana Tomashova | (Russia) | 4:01.81 |
| 2007 | Gelete Burka | (Ethiopia) | 4:00.48 MR |
| 2008 | —Burka | 4:00.44 MR | |
| 2009 | —Burka | 3:59.89 MR | |
| 2010 | Malindi Elmore | (Canada) | 4:12.95 |
| 2011 | —Burka | 4:04.63 | |
| 2012 | Alice Schmidt | (US) | 4:05.64 |
| 2013 | Hellen Obiri | (Kenya) | 3:58.58 MR |
| 2014 | —Obiri | 3:57.05 MR | |
| 2015 | Jenny Simpson | (US) | 4:00.98 |
| 2016 | Faith Kipyegon | (Kenya) | 3:56.41 MR |
| 2017 | —Kipyegon | 3:59.67 MR | |
| 2018 | Shelby Houlihan | (US) | 3:59.06 |
| 2019 | —Kipyegon | 3:59.04 | |
| 2021 | —Kipyegon | 3:53.23 MR | |
| 2022 | —Kipyegon | 3:52.59 MR | |
| 2023 | —Kipyegon | 3:50.72 MR | |
| 2024 | Diribe Welteji | (Ethiopia) | 3:53.75 |
| 2025 | —Kipyegon | 3:48.68 MR | |
