Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Charlene Rendina	Sue Haden	Sabina Chebichi

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:05.8	Q
2	1			2:05.9	Q
3	1			2:06.3	Q
4	1			2:06.4	Q
5	1			2:06.5	Q
6	1			2:09.12
7	1			2:09.84
	1
1	2			2:04.0	Q
2	2			2:04.6	Q
3	2			2:05.0	Q
4	2			2:06.0	Q
5	2			2:06.5	Q
6	2			2:08.7	q
7	2			2:10.16
8	2			2:13.94
1	3			2:06.0	Q
2	3			2:06.2	Q
3	3			2:06.8	Q
4	3			2:07.1	Q
5	3			2:07.23	Q^[2]
6	3			2:08.75
7	3			2:15.53
8	3			2:27.24

Semifinals

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:04.0	Q
2	1			2:04.1	Q
3	1			2:04.2	Q
4	1			2:04.4	Q
5	1			2:05.94
6	1			2:06.11
7	1			2:08.59
8	1			2:08.86
1	2			2:03.77	Q
2	2			2:04.9	Q
3	2			2:05.2	Q
4	2			2:05.6	Q
5	2			2:05.73
6	2			2:07.30
7	2			2:07.81
8	2			2:09.16

Final

Held on 29 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:01.11	GR
			2:02.04
			2:02.61
4			2:03.10
5			2:03.63
6			2:05.26
7			2:05.83
8			2:13.26

References

• Heats and Semifinals results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . thecgf.com . 21 December 2018.
2. Web site: Australia results . 23 December 2018.