SYDNEY, Australia - (Sept. 25) - Olympic men's 800 metres semifinal heats results on Monday (first 2 in each race and next 2 fastest to final):

Semifinal 1:
1. Nils Schumann (Germany) 1:44.22

2. Andre Bucher (Switzerland) 1:44.38

3. Glody Dube (Botswana) 1:44.70

4. Hezekiel Sepeng (South Africa) 1:44.85

5. William Yiampoy (Kenya) 1:45.88

6. James McIlroy (Britain) 1:46.39

7. Vebjoern Rodal (Norway) 1:48.73

8. Mouhssin Chehibi (Morocco) 1:49.88

Semifinal 2:
1. Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni (Algeria) 1:44.19

2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1:44.33

3. Khalid Tighazouine (Morocco) 1:45.38

4. Johan Botha (South Africa) 1:45.49

5. Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 1:45.64

6. Jean Patrick Nduwimana (Burundi) 1:46.98

7. Pavel Pelepyagin (Belarus) 1:50.37

8. Grant Cremer (Australia) 1:52.57

Semifinal 3:
1. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 1:44.22

2. Andrea Longo (Italy) 1:44.49

3. Adem Hecini (Algeria) 1:45.08

4. El Mahjoub Haida (Morocco) 1:46.35

5. Werner Botha (South Africa) 1:46.53

6. Viktors Lacis (Latvia) 1:47.24

7. Balazs Koranyi (Hungary) 1:47.35

8. Marvin Watts (Jamaica) 1:47.68

Osmar dos Santos (Brazil) 1:47.68

Qualifiers for the final:
Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni (Algeria) 1:44.19

Nils Schumann (Germany) 1:44.22

Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 1:44.22

Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1:44.33

Andre Bucher (Switzerland) 1:44.38

Andrea Longo (Italy) 1:44.49

Glody Dube (Botswana) 1:44.70

Hezekiel Sepeng (South Africa) 1:44.85

Terra Sports/Reuters