Olympics-Athletics-Women's 1500m semi-final results

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Olympic athletics women's 1500m
semi-final results in Beijing on Thursday.

Semi-final 1
1. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain) 4 minutes 5.14 seconds Q
2. Natalia Rodriguez (Spain) 4:05.30 Q
3. Siham Hilali (Morocco) 4:05.36 Q
4. Anna Mishchenko (Ukraine) 4:05.61 Q
5. Sarah Jamieson (Australia) 4:06.64
6. Stephanie Twell (Britain) 4:06.68
7. Anna Jakubczak-Pawelec (Poland) 4:07.33
8. Christin Wurth-Thomas (U.S.) 4:09.70
9. Irene Jelagat (Kenya) 4:09.92
10. Konstadina Efedaki (Greece) 4:15.02
11. Nahida Touhami (Algeria) 4:18.99

Semi-final 2
1. Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) 4:13.60 Q
2. Iris Fuentes-Pila (Spain) 4:14.10 Q
3. Btissam Lakhouad (Morocco) 4:14.34 Q
4. Susan Scott (Britain) 4:14.66
5. Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 4:15.62
6. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 4:15.77
7. Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 4:15.80
8. Erin Donohue (U.S.) 4:16.05
9. Lisa Corrigan (Australia) 4:16.32
10. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 4:19.57
11. Domingas Togna (Guinea-Bissau) 5:05.76

Semi-final 3
1. Jebet Nancy Langat (Kenya) 4:03.02 Q
2. Nataliya Tobias (Ukraine) 4:03.19 Q
3. Lisa Dobriskey (Britain) 4:03.22 Q
4. Shannon Rowbury (U.S.) 4:03.89 Q
5. Anna Alminova (Russia) 4:04.66 Q
6. Sylwia Ejdys (Poland) 4:08.37
7. Renee Kalmer (South Africa) 4:08.41
8. Sonja Roman (Slovenia) 4:08.52
9. Liu Qing (China) 4:09.27
10. Meskerem Assefa (Ethiopia) 4:10.04
11. Bouchra Chaabi (Morocco) 4:19.89
Q = Qualified for final

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