| 154 | Alesia Turava |  | 3:59.89 | | 16. Aug. 2002 | Zürich (SUI) |
| 157 | Cornelia Bürki |  | 3:59.90 | | 5. Sept. 1987 | Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) |
| 157 | Angelika Zauber |  | 3:59.90 | | 9. Aug. 1981 | Jena (GDR) |
| 159 | Caster Semenya |  | 3:59.92 | | 4. Mai 2018 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) |
| 160 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya |  | 3:59.94 | | 16. Aug. 2002 | Zürich (SUI) |
| 161 | Hayley Parry-Tullett |  | 3:59.95 | | 31. Aug. 2003 | Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis (FRA) |
| 162 | Zola Budd | | 3:59.96 | | 30. Aug. 1985 | Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 163 | Regina Jacobs |  | 3:59.98 | | 1. Feb. 2003 | - |
| 164 | Karissa Schweizer | | 4:00.02 | | 21. Juli 2020 | Jesuit High School Track, Portland, OR (USA) |
| 165 | Irina Lishchinska |  | 4:00.04 | | 3. Juli 2006 | Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) |
| 166 | Yi Lu |  | 4:00.05 | | 11. Sept. 1993 | Beijing (CHN) |
| 167 | Morgan Uceny | | 4:00.06 | | 16. Sept. 2011 | Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 168 | Yekaterina Nozkova-Rozenberg | | 4:00.07 | | 15. Aug. 2003 | Zürich (SUI) |
| 168 | Andrea Lange-Hahmann | | 4:00.07 | | 22. Aug. 1987 | Potsdam (GDR) |
| 170 | Mimi Belete |  | 4:00.08 | | 5. Juli 2014 | Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis (FRA) |
| 171 | Laura Weightman | | 4:00.09 | | 13. Sept. 2020 | Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) |
| 172 | Yekaterina Poistogova | | 4:00.11 | | 17. Juni 2012 | Zhukovskiy (RUS) |
| 173 | Fita Lovin |  | 4:00.12 | | 4. Juni 1983 | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 174 | Nancy Jebet Langat |  | 4:00.13 | | 8. Juli 2010 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) |
| 175 | Likina Amebaw |  | 4:00.14 | | 12. Aug. 2025 | Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest (HUN) |
| 176 | Totka Petrova |  | 4:00.15 | | 3. Sept. 1978 | Stadion Evžena Rošického, Praha (TCH) |
| 176 | Anna Jakubczak |  | 4:00.15 | | 28. Aug. 2004 | Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) |
| 178 | Ruth Wysocki | | 4:00.18 | | 24. Juni 1984 | Los Angeles, CA (USA) |
| 178 | Irina Nikitina | | 4:00.18 | | 22. Aug. 1982 | Podolsk (URS) |
| 178 | Valentina Ilyinykh | | 4:00.18 | | 3. Sept. 1978 | Stadion Evžena Rošického, Praha (TCH) |
| 181 | Nuria Fernández |  | 4:00.20 | | 1. Aug. 2010 | Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) |
| 182 | Sophie O'Sullivan |  | 4:00.23 | | 6. Aug. 2024 | Stade de France, Paris (FRA) |
| 183 | Laimutė Baikauskaitė | | 4:00.24 | | 1. Okt. 1988 | Olympic Stadium, Seoul (KOR) |
| 184 | Alla Yushina | | 4:00.26 | | 26. Juli 1981 | Leningrad (URS) |
| 185 | Lynn Williams |  | 4:00.27 | | 30. Aug. 1985 | Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 187 | Águeda Marqués | | 4:00.31 | | 10. Aug. 2024 | Stade de France, Paris (FRA) |
| 188 | Lemlem Hailu | | 4:00.32 | | 16. Juni 2022 | Castellón (ESP) |
| 189 | Wang Ai | | 4:00.34 | | 17. Okt. 1997 | Shanghai (CHN) |
| 190 | Liliana Barbulescu-Popescu | | 4:00.35 | | 24. Mai 2008 | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 191 | Lyudmila Medvedyeva | | 4:00.42 | | 14. Sept. 1984 | Baku (AZE) |
| 192 | Sarah Mcdonald | | 4:00.46 | | 20. Juli 2019 | Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) |
| 193 | Meraf Bahta |  | 4:00.49 | | 1. Sept. 2017 | Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 194 | Latifa Essarokh |  | 4:00.50 | | 11. Juli 2006 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) |
| 195 | Kristina Ugarova | | 4:00.53 | | 13. Juni 2012 | Moskva (RUS) |
| 195 | Svetlana Popova | | 4:00.53 | | 27. Juli 1982 | Kiev (URS) |
| 197 | Grete Waitz |  | 4:00.55 | | 3. Sept. 1978 | Stadion Evžena Rošického, Praha (TCH) |
| 198 | Christina Cahill | | 4:00.57 | | 6. Juli 1984 | Gateshead (GBR) |
| 199 | Maite Zúñiga | | 4:00.59 | | 8. Aug. 1992 | Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) |
| 200 | Zahra Ouaziz |  | 4:00.60 | | 19. Juli 1998 | Stuttgart (GER) |
| 201 | Natalya Boborova | | 4:00.62 | | 20. Juli 1984 | Moskva (URS) |
| 201 | Maria Radu | | 4:00.62 | | 4. Juni 1983 | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 203 | Danielle Jones | | 4:00.64 | | 2. Juni 2024 | Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) |
| 204 | Netsanet Desta | | 4:00.69 | | 20. Juni 2025 | Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA) |
| 205 | Gabija Galvydytė |  | 4:00.71 | | 11. Juli 2025 | Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin (IRL) |
| 206 | Shannon Osika | | 4:00.73 | | 9. Mai 2021 | Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) |
