Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mike Boit	Seymour Newman	Peter Lemashon

Results

Heats

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:48.9	Q
2	2			1:49.1	Q
3	2			1:49.1	Q
4	2			1:49.3	q
5	3			1:49.48	Q
6	3			1:49.9	Q
7	3			1:50.0	Q
8	2			1:50.2	q
9	3			1:50.3	q
10	2			1:50.4	q
11	4			1:50.6	Q
12	4			1:51.4	Q
13	1			1:51.5	Q
13	4			1:51.5	Q
15	1			1:51.6	Q
15	1			1:51.6	Q
15	4			1:51.56
18	1			1:51.71
19	3			1:52.22
20	4			1:52.61
21	4			1:52.66
22	1			1:52.83
23	1			1:53.77
24	2			1:54.83
25	3			1:54.90
26	1			1:55.24
27	3			1:58.43
28	2			2:01.08
	3
	1
	4
	4

Semifinals

Held on 8 August

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.83	Q
2	1			1:49.25	Q
3	1			1:49.26	Q
4	2			1:49.88	Q
5	1			1:49.93	Q
6	1			1:50.10
7	2			1:50.62	Q
8	2			1:50.75	Q
9	2			1:50.77	Q
10	2			1:50.77
11	1			1:50.89
12	1			1:51.23
13	2			1:51.86
14	2			1:51.96
15	2			1:56.80
	1

Final

Held on 10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:46.39
			1:47.30
			1:47.57
4			1:47.74
5			1:48.06
6			1:48.15
7			1:48.90
8			1:49.32

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-24 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .