Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Disability events
100 m (T37)				women
100 m (T46)		men
1500 m (T54)		men		women
Shot put (F32–34/52/53)				women
Shot put (F32/34/52)		men

The Men's 800 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday 8 October and Sunday 10 October 2010.

The top three runners in each of the initial four heats automatically alongside the four fasters runners qualified for the semifinals. The top three plus the two fastest runners advanced to the final.

Records

World Record	1:41.01	David Rudisha	KEN	Rieti, Italy	29 August 2010
Games Record	1:43.22	Steve Cram	ENG	Edinburgh, Scotland	1986

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	4	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:49.92	Q
2	5	Francis Pathi (IND)	1:50.12	Q
3	8	Andrew Osagie (ENG)	1:50.44	Q
4	6	James McIlroy (NIR)	1:50.91	q
5	3	Andre Drummonds (JAM)	1:55.48
6	7	Hameed Mohamed (MDV)	2:01.07	PB
7	2	Tony Ialu (VAN)	2:04.46

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	3	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:49.47	Q
2	8	Chris Gowell (WAL)	1:49.92	Q
3	6	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:50.18	Q
4	4	Jon Rankin (CAY)	1:51.35	q
5	5	Thomas Vandy (SLE)	1:51.69	PB
–	7	Yuvaraaj Panerselvam (MAS)		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	7	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:50.46	Q
2	8	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	1:50.74	Q
3	2	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:51.64	Q
4	3	Ricardo Cunningham (JAM)	1:52.65
5	6	Vadivellan Mahendran (MAS)	1:54.39
6	5	Kossam Chale (MAW)	1:57.36
7	4	Shifaz Moahmed (MDV)	1:59.18	PB

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	2	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:49.42	Q
2	4	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:50.17	Q
3	7	Niall Brooks (ENG)	1:50.54	Q
4	6	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	1:51.13	q, NR
5	3	Manjit (IND)	1:51.22	q
6	5	Alusine Deen-Sesay (SLE)	1:56.43

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	3	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:46.41	Q
2	7	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:46.73	Q
3	6	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:46.83	Q
4	4	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:46.92	q
5	5	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	1:47.26	q
6	2	James McIlroy (NIR)	1:47.76	SB
7	8	Manjit (IND)	1:50.88
8	9	Jon Rankin (CAY)	1:51.10	NR

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	9	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:47.09	Q
2	2	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:47.15	Q
3	8	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:47.22	Q
4	7	Andrew Osagie (ENG)	1:47.52
5	4	Niall Brooks (ENG)	1:48.33
6	6	Chris Gowell (WAL)	1:49.78
7	5	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	1:51.84
–	3	Francis Pathi (IND)		DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	5	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:46.60
	4	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:46.95
	7	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:47.37
4	3	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:48.59
5	8	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:49.57
6	6	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:52.15
7	9	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:52.39
–	2	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	–	DNS

External links

• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics