Genzebe Dibaba with her 1500m world record figures at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco (© Philippe Fitte)
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World record
Women
1500m: 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Monaco, MON 17 Jul 15
Previous: 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia (CHN) Beijing, CHN 11 Sep 1993