Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (first round) 6 August (final)
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:57.07
Medalists
gold medal  Mary Moraa   File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya silver medal  Keely Hodgkinson   File:Flag of England.svg England bronze medal  Laura Muir   File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland

The women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 6 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
Commonwealth record	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008
Games record	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.68	Gold Coast, Australia	13 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:50	First round
Saturday 6 August 2022	19:45	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus next two fastest) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	2	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:58.39	Q
2	2	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Laura Muir (SCO)	1:58.84	Q
3	1	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:59.22	Q
4	1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	1:59.35	Q
5	2	File:Flag of England.svg Alexandra Bell (ENG)	1:59.76	q, SB
6	2	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.04	q
7	1	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA)	2:00.17
8	3	File:Flag of England.svg Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	2:00.18	Q
9	1	File:Flag of Australia.svg Georgia Griffith (AUS)	2:00.36	SB
10	3	File:Flag of Australia.svg Catriona Bisset (AUS)	2:00.40	Q
11	3	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Jemma Reekie (SCO)	2:00.68
12	3	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jarinter Mwasya (KEN)	2:00.95
13	2	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI)	2:01.20	NR
14	3	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Madeleine Kelly (CAN)	2:02.99
15	1	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Jenny Selman (SCO)	2:06.53
16	2	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Joanna Archer (GUY)	2:07.24
17	1	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Manqabang Tsibela (LES)	2:13.34
18	3	File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Rebecca Bernardin (TCA)	2:25.83

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:57.07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of England.svg Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	1:57.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Laura Muir (SCO)	1:57.87
4	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:57.88	SB
5	File:Flag of Australia.svg Catriona Bisset (AUS)	1:59.41
6	File:Flag of England.svg Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.52
7	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.79
8	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	2:01.17