Nicole Sifuentes moves on to 1,500m semis, 100m women do not advance

Canadian Nicole Sifuentes qualified for the women's 1,500m semifinals on Friday night at the Rio Olympics, the only Canadian to do so.

Tim Huebsch August 12, 2016

Where it all goes down: The Rio Olympic stadium! Getting ready to race in a couple days, with @hstellingwerff #teamcanada #rio2016 #1500m

A photo posted by Nicole Sifuentes (@ndsifuentes) on Aug 10, 2016 at 8:52am PDT

The evening session wrapped up day one at the Rio Olympics on Friday with a Canadian advancing in the women’s 1,500m and both 100m sprinters being eliminated in the women’s 100m.

Women’s 1,500m

Canadian Nicole Sifuentes advanced to the women’s 1,500m semifinals on Friday night at the Rio Olympics. Sifuentes, 30, qualified based on time after finishing seventh in the third and final heat. The two other Canadians, Gabriela Stafford and Hilary Stellingwerff, did not advance.

#CAN Nicole Sifuentes takes 7th in her 1500m heat (4:07.43), which is good enough to book her spot in the semifinals https://t.co/cePRixavaL

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 12, 2016

Athletes needed to finish in the top six of their respective heats (races) to automatically qualify for the semifinals. The women’s 1,500m has three rounds: preliminaries, semifinals and finals. Sifuentes was one of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers meaning she got a spot in the semifinals, set for Aug. 14.

#CAN @gstafford13 finishes 9th in heat 2 of women’s 1,500m. Still has a chance to advance. Hassan wins/advances: pic.twitter.com/lYEj54TpP4

— CanadianRunning (@CanadianRunning) August 12, 2016

Sifuentes finished in 4:07.43. Stafford, who is just 20 years of age, finished in ninth in heat two in 4:09.45. Stellingwerff was seventh in heat one in 4:12 finishing just one spot out of an automatic qualifying position. Athletes in the latter heats generally have an advantage because they can see how fast they need to run to qualify based on time.

Sifuentes is the Pan Am Games silver medallist in the women’s 1,500m. Stafford and Stellingwerff did not qualify in any other event and will not race again at the Olympics.

Looking ahead

Sunday, Aug. 14th: 8:30 p.m. EDT Semifinals
Tuesday, Aug. 16th: 9:30 p.m. EDT Final

Women’s 100m

Canadians Crystal Emmanuel and Khamica Bingham did not advance in the women’s 100m heats on Friday night in Rio. The two will compete for a spot on the Canadian 4x100m team. Emmanuel is also expected to contest the women’s 200m.

Emmanuel’s race

#CAN Crystal Emmanuel runs 11.43 in 100m qualifying round, placing fourth in her heat #Rio2016 https://t.co/Arudkr9OCF

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 13, 2016

Bingham’s race

Khamica Bingham of #CAN finishes 3rd in her 100m heat (11.41). Two heats remaining to determine final #Rio2016 https://t.co/HzI7vHUqEr

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 13, 2016

Women’s heptathlon

Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton will be in tough on day two of the women’s heptathlon as she sits in sixth after day one. Three events, including the 800m, will take place tomorrow and decide the winner of the seven-event discipline. Full results can be found below.

See the full lowdown on the women’s heptathlon and what to look forward to on day two of action on the track in Rio.

1,500m Results

HEAT 1 12 AUG 2016 20:30

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	643	Genzebe DIBABA	ETH	4:10.61 Q
2	844	Ciara MAGEEAN	IRL	4:11.51 Q
3	1355	Brenda MARTINEZ	USA	4:11.74 Q
4	324	Linden HALL	AUS	4:11.75 Q
5	1093	Angelika CICHOCKA	POL	4:11.76 Q
6	757	Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN	GER	4:11.76 Q
7	494	Hilary STELLINGWERFF	CAN	4:12.00
8	1035	Maureen KOSTER	NED	4:13.15
9	996	Siham HILALI	MAR	4:13.46
10	1195	Amela TERZIC	SRB	4:15.17
11	944	Nancy CHEPKWEMOI	KEN	4:15.41
12	1133	Marta PEN FREITAS	POR	4:18.53
13	1049	Saraswati BHATTARAI	NEP	4:33.94	NR
14	1199	Celma BONFIM DA GRAÇA	STP	4:38.86

HEAT 2 12 AUG 2016 20:41

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	1032	Sifan HASSAN	NED	4:06.64 Q
2	950	Faith Chepngetich KIPYEGON	KEN	4:06.65 Q
3	1095	Sofia ENNAOUI	POL	4:06.90 Q
4	1372	Jennifer SIMPSON	USA	4:06.99 Q
5	992	Malika AKKAOUI	MAR	4:07.42 Q	SB
6	647	Besu SADO	ETH	4:08.11 Q
7	728	Laura WEIGHTMAN	GBR	4:08.37 q
8	318	Jenny BLUNDELL	AUS	4:09.05 q
9	492	Gabriela STAFFORD	CAN	4:09.45
10	548	Muriel CONEO	COL	4:09.50
11	448	Tigist GASHAW	BRN	4:10.96
12	1158	Florina PIERDEVARA	ROU	4:11.55	SB
13	1075	Nikki HAMBLIN	NZL	4:11.88
14	1147	Anjelina Nadai LOHALITH	ROT	4:47.38

HEAT 3 12 AUG 2016 20:52

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	648	Dawit SEYAUM	ETH	4:05.33 Q
2	1370	Shannon ROWBURY	USA	4:06.47 Q
3	710	Laura MUIR	GBR	4:06.53 Q
4	993	Rababe ARAFI	MAR	4:06.63 Q
5	1222	Meraf BAHTA	SWE	4:06.82 Q
6	322	Zoe BUCKMAN	AUS	4:06.93 Q
7	491	Nicole SIFUENTES	CAN	4:07.43 q
8	951	Violah Cheptoo LAGAT	KEN	4:08.09 q
9	1119	Danuta URBANIK	POL	4:08.67 q
10	783	Diana SUJEW	GER	4:09.07 q
11	867	Margherita MAGNANI	ITA	4:09.74
12	605	Kadra MOHAMED DEMBIL	DJI	4:42.67	NR
13	1241	Nelia MARTINS	TLS	5:00.53
	1266	Betlhem DESALEGN	UAE	DNS

Women’s 100m Results (Canadians)

HEAT 2 12 AUG 2016 22:47

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	REACTION TIME
1	1039	Dafne SCHIPPERS	NED	11.16 Q	0.143
2	771	Tatjana PINTO	GER	11.31 Q	0.164
3	467	Khamica BINGHAM	CAN	11.41	0.137
4	794	Flings OWUSU-AGYAPONG	GHA	11.43	0.135
5	1052	Gloria ASUMNU	NGR	11.55	0.139
6	555	Evelyn RIVERA	COL	11.59	0.161
7	813	Brenessa THOMPSON	GUY	11.72	0.162
8	1181	Hafsatu KAMARA	SLE	12.22	0.150

HEAT 6 12 AUG 2016 23:15

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	REACTION TIME
1	1245	Michelle-Lee AHYE	TTO	11.00 Q	0.153
2	905	Christania WILLIAMS	JAM	11.27 Q	0.170
3	718	Asha PHILIP	GBR	11.34	0.120
4	474	Crystal EMMANUEL	CAN	11.43	0.162
5	941	Viktoriya ZYABKINA	KAZ	11.69	0.150
6	1112	Marika POPOWICZ-DRAPALA	POL	11.70	0.136
7	450	Iman Essa JASIM	BRN	11.72	0.161
8	1018	Charlotte WINGFIELD	MLT	11.90	0.138

Heptathlon Results

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	POINTS		100 METRES HURDLES	HIGH JUMP	SHOT PUT	200 METRES
1	702	Jessica ENNIS-HILL	GBR	4057	Points Mark Wind m/s	1149 12.84 0.0	1093 1.89	785 13.86	1030 23.49 -0.1
2	380	Nafissatou THIAM	BEL	3985	Points Mark Wind m/s	1041 13.56 +0.3	1211 1.98	855 14.91	878 25.10 -0.7
3	368	Akela JONES	BAR	3964	Points Mark Wind m/s	1124 13.00 0.0	1093 1.89	800 14.09	947 24.35 -0.1
4	705	Katarina JOHNSON-THOMPSON	GBR	3957	Points Mark Wind m/s	1053 13.48 -0.3	1211 1.98	640 11.68	1053 23.26 -0.1
5	777	Carolin SCHÄFER	GER	3936	Points Mark Wind m/s	1106 13.12 0.0	1016 1.83	832 14.57	982 23.99 -0.1
6	497	Brianne THEISEN EATON	CAN	3871	Points Mark Wind m/s	1097 13.18 0.0	1054 1.86	757 13.45	963 24.18 -0.1