Lucy van Dalen has finished eighth in her women's 1500m heat but qualified for a place in Thursday morning's (NZ time) semifinals at the Olympic Games.
Six athletes qualified from each heat. The next fastest six from all heats, of which van Dalen was one, also went through.
Van Dalen ran a time of 4m 07.04s. The 23-year-old was 1.28s outside her Games qualifying time of 4m 05.76s. Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi won the race in 4m 04.55s on a slightly overcast London day.
"The last few hundred metres were a bit pushy and shovey," van Dalen said. "The race probably got away from me a bit in the last 200m but I'm pleased with my performance. I probably should have been more aware of people running in front of me.
"I came out and I could hear my family and friends cheering my name, then I saw them which was amazing.