Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Peter Bourke	James Maina Boi	Chris McGeorge

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:50.82	Q
2	1			1:51.02	Q
3	3			1:51.64	Q
4	3			1:51.90	Q
5	1			1:52.02	Q
6	3			1:52.17	Q
7	3			1:52.34	Q
8	1			1:52.38	Q
9	3			1:52.41	Q
10	1			1:52.64	Q
11	1			1:52.64	q
12	1			1:52.74	q
13	3			1:52.87	q
14	3			1:52.91
15	1			1:53.96
16	2			1:54.28	Q
17	2			1:54.57	Q
18	2			1:54.63	Q
19	2			1:54.67	Q
20	2			1:54.85	Q
21	2			1:55.13
22	2			1:55.46
23	2			1:55.65
24	2			1:55.70
25	3			1:56.69
26	1			1:58.09
26	3			1:58.09

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:50.56	Q
2	2			1:50.71	Q
3	2			1:50.72	Q
4	1			1:50.87	Q
5	1			1:50.88	Q
6	2			1:50.91	Q
7	2			1:50.96	q
8	1			1:51.16	Q
9	1			1:51.68	Q
10	1			1:52.49
11	2			1:53.22
12	2			1:53.37
13	2			1:53.80
14	1			1:56.50
15	1			1:57.16
16	1			1:58.86
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:45.18
			1:45.45
			1:45.60
4			1:46.23
5			1:46.82
6			1:47.64
7			1:47.74
8			1:49.05
9			1:52.43

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heat & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2017-04-16 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .