Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 27–29 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Joseph Mutua	Kris McCarthy

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:47.68	Q
2	1			1:47.87	Q, SB
3	1			1:48.04	Q
4	1			1:48.40	q, PB
5	1			1:48.51	q
6	2			1:48.53	Q
7	2			1:48.85	Q
8	4			1:49.08	Q
9	4			1:49.21	Q
10	4			1:49.47	Q
11	3			1:49.62	Q
12	2			1:49.67	Q
12	4			1:49.67	q
14	3			1:49.92	Q
15	4			1:50.01	q
16	3			1:50.16	Q
17	3			1:50.34
18	3			1:50.85
19	4			1:50.86	PB
20	2			1:51.26
21	3			1:51.39
22	1			1:52.73
23	3			1:57.66
24	2			1:59.48
25	4			2:04.59
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:46.43	Q
2	1			1:46.65	Q
3	2			1:46.72	Q
4	2			1:46.81	Q
5	1			1:46.93	Q
6	2			1:47.06	Q
7	1			1:47.14	q, SB
8	2			1:47.19	q
9	2			1:47.22
10	1			1:47.65
11	2			1:47.98
12	1			1:48.12	PB
13	2			1:48.51
14	1			1:49.08
15	2			1:49.61
16	1			1:50.00

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:46.32
			1:46.57
			1:46.79
4			1:47.04
5			1:47.46
6			1:47.77
7			1:48.96
8			2:17.40

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC