Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 17–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Maria Mutola	Tina Paulino	Diane Modahl

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:59.06	Q
2	2			2:01.43	Q
3	2			2:02.31	Q
4	4			2:02.33	Q
5	2			2:02.39	q
6	3			2:02.62	Q
7	4			2:02.96	Q
8	3			2:02.97	Q
9	3			2:03.01	Q
10	3			2:02.39	q
10	4			2:03.14	Q
12	4			2:03.58	q
13	4			2:03.71	q
14	1			2:06.44	Q
15	1			2:06.64	Q
16	1			2:06.81	Q
17	4			2:07.51
18	1			2:07.68
19	2			2:08.81
20	1			2:09.45
21	3			2:09.72
22	2			2:17.76
23	4			2:31.56
24	2			2:32.27
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:00.11	Q, SB
2	1			2:00.49	Q, SB
3	1			2:01.63	Q, PB
4	1			2:01.80	Q, PB
5	1			2:01.83	PB
6	1			2:02.79
7	2			2:02.84	Q
8	2			2:03.04	Q
9	1			2:03.28	PB
10	2			2:03.33	Q
11	2			2:03.56	Q
12	2			2:04.00
13	1			2:04.17
14	2			2:04.40
15	2			2:05.03
16	2			2:05.06

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.60	CR
			1:58.39	SB
			1:58.81
4			1:59.71	SB
5			2:00.60
6			2:01.71	PB
7			2:01.92
8			2:02.74

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/17At800m-women-heat-pg1.html Heats results part 1
2. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at800women-s1.html Semifinal 1 results
3. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at800final-w.html Final results