Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:

Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 29 January and 1 February 1990.^[1]

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by less than 0.05 seconds at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sammy Tirop	Nixon Kiprotich	Matthew Yates

Qualification: First four of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	1:48.60	Q
2	3	1:49.16	Q
3	3	1:49.24	Q
4	1	1:49.83	Q
4	2	1:49.83	Q
6	1	1:49.92	Q
7	1	1:49.97	Q
8	1	1:50.09	q
9	2	1:50.32	Q
10	3	1:50.36	Q
11	4	1:50.71	Q
12	3	1:50.81	Q
13	2	1:50.87	Q
14	1	1:50.88	q
15	4	1:50.87	Q
16	2	1:51.00	Q
17	3	1:51.17
18	3	1:51.19
19	4	1:51.21	Q
20	2	1:51.41
21	4	1:52.00	Q
22	2	1:52.09
23	2	1:52.18
24	1	1:52.44
25	4	1:52.92
26	4	1:53.17
27	3	1:57.57
28	4	2:00.33

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	1:46.83	Q
2	1	1:46.92	Q
3	2	1:47.00	Q
4	1	1:47.04	Q
5	2	1:47.38	Q
6	1	1:47.51	Q
7	1	1:47.67	Q
8	2	1:47.77	Q
9	1	1:47.80	q
10	1	1:48.33
11	2	1:48.53
12	1	1:48.59
13	1	1:49.60
14	2	1:49.64
15	2	1:49.93
16	2	1:51.00
17	2	1:51.05
18	1	1:53.75

Web site: Results . 2016-08-03 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .