| 206 | Shannon Osika |  | 4:00.73 | | 9 mag 2021 | Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) |
| 208 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli |  | 4:00.77 | | 16 set 2011 | Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 210 | Natalya Panteleyeva |  | 4:00.81 | | 15 giu 2006 | Tula (RUS) |
| 211 | Oksana Zbrozhek | | 4:00.86 | | 26 lug 2009 | Cheboksary (RUS) |
| 212 | Yelena Romanova | | 4:00.91 | | 11 ago 1992 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 212 | Tigist Ketema |  | 4:00.91 | | 8 giu 2021 | FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) |
| 214 | Sarah Jamieson |  | 4:00.93 | | 25 lug 2006 | Stockholm (SWE) |
| 215 | Brenda Martinez | | 4:00.94 | | 19 lug 2013 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 216 | Kalkidan Gezahegne |  | 4:00.97 | | 29 mag 2011 | FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) |
| 216 | Eilish Mccolgan |  | 4:00.97 | | 16 giu 2019 | Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat (MAR) |
| 218 | Nelly Jepkosgei | | 4:00.99 | | 4 mag 2018 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) |
| 219 | Svetlana Kitova | | 4:01.02 | | 2 ago 1988 | Kiev (URS) |
| 220 | Helen Clitheroe | | 4:01.10 | | 19 lug 2002 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 220 | Sandra Gasser |  | 4:01.10 | | 4 lug 1987 | Oslo (NOR) |
| 220 | Erin Wallace | | 4:01.10 | | 12 ago 2025 | Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest (HUN) |
| 220 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea |  | 4:01.10 | | 31 mag 2022 | Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) |
| 224 | Fanjanteino Felix |  | 4:01.17 | | 16 lug 2010 | Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis (FRA) |
| 225 | Yvonne Murray | | 4:01.20 | | 4 lug 1987 | Oslo (NOR) |
| 226 | Galina Kireyeva | | 4:01.22 | | 27 lug 1982 | Kiev (URS) |
| 227 | Kristina Mäki |  | 4:01.23 | | 4 ago 2021 | National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) |
| 228 | Mercy Cherono |  | 4:01.26 | | 30 mag 2015 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) |
| 228 | Judit Varga |  | 4:01.26 | | 16 ago 2002 | Zürich (SUI) |
| 228 | Elise Vanderelst |  | 4:01.26 | | 14 set 2024 | Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 231 | Bouchra Benthami-Ghezielle | | 4:01.28 | | 9 set 2005 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 232 | Gulnara Samitova | | 4:01.29 | | 1 ago 2004 | Tula (RUS) |
| 233 | Brenda Chebet | | 4:01.30 | | 18 giu 2023 | Stade Raymond Petit, Tomblaine (FRA) |
| 234 | Kate Grace | | 4:01.33 | | 12 set 2021 | Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) |
| 234 | Siham Hilali | | 4:01.33 | | 29 mag 2011 | FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) |
| 236 | Margaret Crowley | | 4:01.34 | | 5 lug 1996 | Oslo (NOR) |
| 237 | Liz Mccolgan | | 4:01.38 | | 4 lug 1987 | Oslo (NOR) |
| 237 | Lyudmila Bragina | | 4:01.38 | | 9 set 1972 | Olympiastadion, München (GER) |
| 240 | Kristina Da Fonseca-Wollheim |  | 4:01.42 | | 14 lug 1998 | Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) |
| 240 | Olga Nelyubova | | 4:01.42 | | 8 ago 1998 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 242 | Anna Shchagina | | 4:01.46 | | 17 lug 2015 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 243 | Gete Wami | | 4:01.47 | | 19 lug 1998 | Stuttgart (GER) |
| 244 | Gabriele Grunewald | | 4:01.48 | | 19 lug 2013 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) |
| 245 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  | 4:01.50 | | 12 lug 2002 | Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) |
| 246 | Christine Benning | | 4:01.53 | | 15 ago 1979 | Zürich (SUI) |
| 247 | Brigitte Kraus | | 4:01.54 | | 1 lug 1978 | Dortmund (GER) |
| 247 | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | | 4:01.54 | | 31 mag 2014 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) |
| 249 | Joceline Wind | | 4:01.59 | | 4 lug 2025 | Stade Raymond Petit, Tomblaine (FRA) |
| 250 | Angela Chalmers |  | 4:01.61 | | 3 set 1994 | Paris (FRA) |
| 250 | Angelika Cichocka |  | 4:01.61 | | 1 lug 2017 | Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA) |
| 252 | Tamara Koba | | 4:01.66 | | 26 lug 1981 | Leningrad (URS) |
| 253 | Ying Li |  | 4:01.71 | | 10 set 1993 | Beijing (CHN) |
| 254 | Anna Mishchenko |  | 4:01.73 | | 16 set 2011 | Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) |
| 255 | Yekaterina Kostetskaya | | 4:01.77 | | 24 lug 2011 | Cheboksary (RUS) |
| 256 | Nataliya Tobias | | 4:01.78 | | 23 ago 2008 | National Stadium, Beijing (CHN) |
| 256 | Alemaz Samuel | | 4:01.78 | | 4 mag 2018 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) |
| 258 | Diana Richburg | | 4:01.79 | | 5 set 1987 | Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) |
