| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 643 | Genzebe DIBABA |  ETH | 4:03.06 Q | 
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1032 | Sifan HASSAN |  NED | 4:03.62 Q | 
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 950 | Faith KIPYEGON |  KEN | 4:03.95 Q | 
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 710 | Laura MUIR |  GBR | 4:04.16 Q | 
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 648 | Dawit SEYAUM |  ETH | 4:04.23 Q | 
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1370 | Shannon ROWBURY |  USA | 4:04.46 Q SB | 
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1372 | Jenny SIMPSON |  USA | 4:05.07 Q | 
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 647 | Besu SADO |  ETH | 4:05.19 Q | 
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 728 | Laura WEIGHTMAN |  GBR | 4:05.28 Q | 
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 1095 | Sofia ENNAOUI |  POL | 4:05.29 q | 
| 11 | 7 | 1 | 993 | Rababe ARAFI |  MAR | 4:05.60 q | 
| 12 | 8 | 1 | 324 | Linden HALL |  AUS | 4:05.81 | 
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 1222 | Meraf BAHTA |  SWE | 4:06.41 Q | 
| 14 | 6 | 2 | 951 | Violah CHEPTOO |  KEN | 4:06.83 | 
| 15 | 9 | 1 | 322 | Zoe Buckman |  AUS | 4:06.95 | 
| 16 | 10 | 1 | 757 | Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN |  GER | 4:07.26 | 
| 17 | 11 | 1 | 844 | Ciara MAGEEAN |  IRL | 4:08.07 | 
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 491 | Nicole Sifuentes |  CAN | 4:08.53 | 
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 992 | Malika Akkaoui |  MAR | 4:08.55 | 
| 20 | 9 | 2 | 783 | Diana Sujew |  GER | 4:10.15 | 
| 21 | 12 | 1 | 1355 | Brenda MARTINEZ |  USA | 4:10.41 | 
| 22 | 10 | 2 | 1119 | Danuta Urbanik |  POL | 4:11.34 | 
| 23 | 11 | 2 | 318 | Jenny BLUNDELL |  AUS | 4:13.25 | 
| 24 | 12 | 2 | 1093 | Angelika CICHOCKA |  POL | 4:17.83 |