Matthew Centrowitz, Robby Andrews and Ben Blankenship cruised into the Olympic 1500m semifinals this morning from their respective preliminary heats.

Centrowitz and Andrews finished fifth and third, respectively, in their sections to automatically advance. Blankenship was only ninth in the third and fastest prelim, but had the quickest time among the three Americans and earned a spot in the semifinal.

This should come as no surprise, as the U.S. has seen great success in the men's 1500m since Centrowitz won bronze at the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, Leo Manzano was the Olympic silver medalist and Centrowitz was fourth. The Nike Oregon Project athlete then earned silver the following year at Worlds.

Last summer, Centrowitz, Manzano and Andrews advanced to the world championship final, but finished eighth, 10th and 11th, respectively. In Rio, the Americans will try and earn the second-consecutive Olympic 1500m medal in Rio.

Check out the start lists for the men's 1500m semifinal, which will take place on Thursday, August 18 at 6:45PM CST.

HEAT 1	COUNTRY	SB	PB
Asbel KIPROP	KEN	3:29.33	3:26.69
Taoufik MAKHLOUFI	ALG	3:31.35	3:28.75
Abdalaati IGUIDER	MAR	3:31.54	3:28.79
Nicholas WILLIS	NZL	3:34.29	3:29.66
Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN	NOR	3:34.57	3:31.46
Benson Kiplagat SEUREI	BRN	3:35.28	3:31.61
Jakub HOLUŠA	CZE	3:33.36	3:33.36
Charlie GRICE	GBR	3:33.60	3:33.60
Dawit WOLDE	ETH	3:33.98	3:33.82
Nathan BRANNEN	CAN	3:36.84	3:34.22
Pieter-Jan HANNES	BEL	3:35.38	3:34.49
Ben BLANKENSHIP	USA	3:35.02	3:35.02
Brahim KAAZOUZI	MAR	3:35.76	3:35.76
HEAT 2	COUNTRY	SB	PB
Ronald KWEMOI	KEN	3:30.49	3:28.81
Ayanleh SOULEIMAN	DJI	3:31.68	3:29.58
Elijah Motonei MANANGOI	KEN	3:31.19	3:29.67
Matthew CENTROWITZ	USA	3:34.09	3:30.40
Ryan GREGSON	AUS	3:32.13	3:31.06
Mekonnen GEBREMEDHIN	ETH	3:35.50	3:31.45
Fouad ELKAAM	MAR	3:34.96	3:33.71
Charles PHILIBERT-THIBOUTOT	CAN	3:34.24	3:34.23
David BUSTOS	ESP	3:36.14	3:34.77
Robby ANDREWS	USA	3:34.88	3:34.78
Chris O'HARE	GBR	3:35.37	3:34.83
Ronald MUSAGALA	UGA	3:36.23	3:35.02