Olympics-Women’s Athletics 1500m semi-finals results

LONDON, UK (Reuters) – Olympic women’s athletics 1500m semi-finals results on Wednesday. The top qualifiers were Ethiopia’s Abeba Aregawi, Turkey’s Gamze Bulut and Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova.

 Results Table 

 Semi-final 2

 1.   Abeba Aregawi (Ethiopia)       4 minutes 1.03 seconds Q

2.   Gamze Bulut (Turkey)           4:01.18 Q

3.   Tatyana Tomashova (Russia)     4:02.10 Q

 4.   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain)   4:02.18 Q               

5.   Hellen Onsando Obiri (Kenya)   4:02.30 Q

6.   Natallia Kareiva (Belarus)     4:02.37 q

7.   Laura Weightman (Britain)      4:02.99 q

8.   Lucia Klocova (Slovakia)       4:02.99

9.   Siham Hilali (Morocco)         4:04.79

10.  Zoe Buckman (Australia)        4:05.03

11.  Nicole Sifuentes (Canada)      4:06.33

12.  Jennifer Simpson (U.S.)        4:06.89

 Semi-final 1

1.   Asli Cakir Alptekin (Turkey)   4:05.11 Q

2.   Ekaterina Kostetskaya (Russia) 4:05.32 Q

3.   Morgan Uceny (U.S.)            4:05.34 Q

4.   Lisa Dobriskey (Britain)       4:05.35 Q

5.   Shannon Rowbury (U.S.)         4:05.47 Q

6.   Hilary Stellingwerff (Canada)  4:05.57

7.   Corinna Harrer (Germany)       4:05.70

 8.   Mimi Belete (Bahrain)          4:05.91                 

9.   Hannah England (Britain)       4:06.35

10.  Nuria Fernandez (Spain)        4:06.57

11.  Lucy Van Dalen (New Zealand)   4:06.97

12.  Kaila McKnight (Australia)     4:08.44

 Qualified for Next Round

1.   Abeba Aregawi (Ethiopia)       4:01.03

2.   Gamze Bulut (Turkey)           4:01.18

3.   Tatyana Tomashova (Russia)     4:02.10

4.   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain)   4:02.18

5.   Hellen Onsando Obiri (Kenya)   4:02.30

6.   Natallia Kareiva (Belarus)     4:02.37

7.   Laura Weightman (Britain)      4:02.99

11.  Asli Cakir Alptekin (Turkey)   4:05.11

12.  Ekaterina Kostetskaya (Russia) 4:05.32

13.  Morgan Uceny (U.S.)            4:05.34

14.  Lisa Dobriskey (Britain)       4:05.35

15.  Shannon Rowbury (U.S.)         4:05.47