Olympics-Athletics-Men's 1500m semifinal results

Aug 18 (Gracenote) - Olympic athletics men's 1500m semifinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. Semifinal 2 1. Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 3 minutes 39.42 seconds Q 2. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3:39.46 Q 3. Matthew Centrowitz (U.S.) 3:39.61 Q 4. Ryan Gregson (Australia) 3:40.02 Q 5. Robby Andrews (U.S.) 3:40.25 Q 6. Ronald Musagala (Uganda) 3:40.37 7. Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 3:40.69 8. Homiyu Tesfaye (Germany) 3:40.76 9. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (Canada) 3:40.79 10. Fouad Elkaam (Morocco) 3:40.93 11. Chris O'Hare (Britain) 3:44.27 12. David Bustos (Spain) 3:56.54 . Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) DNS Semifinal 1 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:39.73 Q 2. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 3:39.88 Q 3. Nicholas Willis (New Zealand) 3:39.96 Q 4. Benjamin Blankenship (U.S.) 3:39.99 Q 5. Charlie Grice (Britain) 3:40.05 Q 6. Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) 3:40.11 7. Nathan Brannen (Canada) 3:40.20 8. Benson Seurei (Bahrain) 3:40.53 9. Jakub Holusa (Czech Republic) 3:40.83 10. Dawit Wolde (Ethiopia) 3:41.42 11. Henrik Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 3:42.51 12. Pieter-Jan Hannes (Belgium) 3:43.71 13. Brahim Kaazouzi (Morocco) 3:48.66 Qualified for Next Round 1. Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 3 minutes 39.42 seconds 2. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3:39.46 3. Matthew Centrowitz (U.S.) 3:39.61 4. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:39.73 5. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 3:39.88 6. Nicholas Willis (New Zealand) 3:39.96 7. Benjamin Blankenship (U.S.) 3:39.99 8. Ryan Gregson (Australia) 3:40.02 9. Charlie Grice (Britain) 3:40.05 10. Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) 3:40.11 11. Nathan Brannen (Canada) 3:40.20 12. Robby Andrews (U.S.) 3:40.25