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

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Olympic athletics women's 1500m
semi-final fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Thursday.
1. Jebet Nancy Langat (Kenya) 4 minutes 3.02 seconds 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. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain) 4:05.14 Q
7. Natalia Rodriguez (Spain) 4:05.30 Q
8. Siham Hilali (Morocco) 4:05.36 Q
9. Anna Mishchenko (Ukraine) 4:05.61 Q
10. Sarah Jamieson (Australia) 4:06.64
11. Stephanie Twell (Britain) 4:06.68
12. Anna Jakubczak-Pawelec (Poland) 4:07.33
13. Sylwia Ejdys (Poland) 4:08.37
14. Renee Kalmer (South Africa) 4:08.41
15. Sonja Roman (Slovenia) 4:08.52
16. Liu Qing (China) 4:09.27
17. Christin Wurth-Thomas (U.S.) 4:09.70
18. Irene Jelagat (Kenya) 4:09.92
19. Meskerem Assefa (Ethiopia) 4:10.04
20. Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) 4:13.60 Q
21. Iris Fuentes-Pila (Spain) 4:14.10 Q
22. Btissam Lakhouad (Morocco) 4:14.34 Q
23. Susan Scott (Britain) 4:14.66
24. Konstadina Efedaki (Greece) 4:15.02
25. Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 4:15.62
26. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 4:15.77
27. Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 4:15.80
28. Erin Donohue (U.S.) 4:16.05
29. Lisa Corrigan (Australia) 4:16.32
30. Nahida Touhami (Algeria) 4:18.99
31. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 4:19.57
32. Bouchra Chaabi (Morocco) 4:19.89
33. Domingas Togna (Guinea-Bissau) 5:05.76
Q = Qualified

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