Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The 800 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March 2006 and Thursday 23 March 2006. The top two runners in each of the three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 8 runners competed in the final.

Records

World Record 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN Cologne, Germany 24 August 1997
Games Record 1:43.22 Steve Cram ENG Edinburgh, Scotland July, 1986

Medals

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Achraf Tadili, Canada File:Flag of Kenya.svg John Litei, Kenya

Qualification

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank Athlete Nation Games
Result
27 March Rank
Comm. World Comm. World
1 2 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Did Not Compete 1 2
2 3 Wilfred Bungei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Did Not Compete 2 3
3 4 William Yiampoy File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Did Not Compete 3 4
4 6 Gary Reed File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4th in heat, did not advance to final 4 6
5 8 Alfred Yego File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Did Not Compete 5 8
6 =17 Joseph Mutua File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Did Not Compete 6 =17
7 27 James Mcilroy File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 4th in heat, did not advance to final 9 29
8 30 Samwel Mwera File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania DSQ 11 33
9 31 John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Bronze 8 27
10 32 Achraf Tadili File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Silver 10 31

Alex Kipchirchir's gold in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 24th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

  • Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
  • q denotes qualification by overall place.
  • DNS denotes did not start.
  • DNF denotes did not finish.
  • DQ denotes disqualification.
  • NR denotes national record.
  • GR denotes Games record.
  • WR denotes world record.
  • PB denotes personal best.
  • SB denotes season best.

Heats

Heat 1 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 20:42
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 4 1:46.55 Q
2 3 Achraf Tadili File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 1:47.67 Q
3 =4 Jason Stewart File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 5 1:47.74 q
4 8 Ghamanda Ram File:Flag of India.svg India 3 1:48.03
5 14 Nigel Leonce File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 2 1:51.33
- - Samwel Mwera File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 6 DSQ 163.3
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 53.04 s
Heat 2 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 20:50
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 2 Alex Kipchirchir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 1:46.96 Q
2 =4 Nick Bromley File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 1:47.74 Q
3 6 Onalenna Oabona File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 4 1:47.78 q
4 7 Gary Reed File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 1:47.96
5 =10 Jimmy Adar File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 6 1:49.33
6 15 Setefano Mika File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 1 1:52.13
- - Bakary Jabbi File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 7 DNS
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Alex Kipchirchir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 53.79 s
Heat 3 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 21:00
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 9 Sherridan Kirk File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 3 1:49.11 Q
2 =10 Cosmas Rono File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6 1:49.33 Q
3 12 David Gill File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2 1:49.80
4 13 James Mcilroy File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1 1:49.85
5 16 Lamin Keita File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 4 1:54.35
6 17 Michael Donawa File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 5 1:54.65
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Sherridan Kirk File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 55.06 s
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 4 1 1:46.55 Q
2 Alex Kipchirchir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 2 1 1:46.96 Q
3 Achraf Tadili File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 1 2 1:47.67 Q
4 Nick Bromley File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2 3 2 1:47.74 Q
Jason Stewart File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 5 3 1:47.74 q
6 Onalenna Oabona File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 2 4 3 1:47.78 q
7 Gary Reed File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2 5 4 1:47.96
8 Ghamanda Ram File:Flag of India.svg India 1 3 4 1:48.03
9 Sherridan Kirk File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 1 1:49.11 Q
10 Jimmy Adar File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 2 6 5 1:49.33
Cosmas Rono File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 6 2 1:49.33 Q
12 David Gill File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 2 3 1:49.80
13 James Mcilroy File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 3 1 4 1:49.85
14 Nigel Leonce File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 1 2 5 1:51.33
15 Setefano Mika File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 2 1 6 1:52.13
16 Lamin Keita File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 3 4 5 1:54.35
17 Michael Donawa File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 3 5 6 1:54.65
- Samwel Mwera File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1 6 - DSQ 163.3
Bakary Jabbi File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 2 7 - DNS

Final

Final
Date: Thursday 23 March 2006
Time: 20:50
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Record
1 Alex Kipchirchir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 5 1:45.88
2 Achraf Tadili File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4 1:46.93
3 John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 1:46.98
4 Sherridan Kirk File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 6 1:47.45
5 Jason Stewart File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 7 1:47.72
6 Nick Bromley File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1 1:50.45
7 Cosmas Rono File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 8 1:52.03
8 Onalenna Oabona File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 2 1:57.20
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 53.67 s

References