Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres
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Men's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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Mark | Athlete | Nation | Time |
400 m | Sherridan Kirk | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 55.06 s |
Final
Final Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: 20:50 | ||||||
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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 | |||
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Mark | Athlete | Nation | Time |
400 m | John Litei | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 53.67 s |