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

The women'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
Maria Mutola	Diane Cummins	Agnes Samaria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			2:01.87	Q
2	2			2:02.82	Q
3	5			2:03.04	Q
4	3			2:03.12	Q, SB
5	2			2:03.31	q
6	5			2:03.38	Q
7	3			2:03.40	Q
8	5			2:03.66	q, SB
9	1			2:03.88	Q
10	2			2:04.02	q, SB
11	4			2:04.09	Q
12	4			2:04.17	Q
13	4			2:04.45	q
14	4			2:04.48	q, NR
15	1			2:04.65	Q
16	4			2:05.13	q
17	3			2:05.26
18	3			2:05.80
19	1			2:05.93
20	3			2:06.47
21	2			2:06.57
22	4			2:06.68
23	5			2:07.24
24	5			2:11.58
25	2			2:14.38
26	1			2:17.82
27	1			2:18.59
	5
	1
	3

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			2:00.55	Q
2	1			2:00.85	Q
3	1			2:00.95	Q, PB
4	1			2:01.03	q, PB
5	2			2:01.59	Q
6	1			2:02.043	q, PB
7	2			2:02.50	Q
8	2			2:03.04	Q
9	1			2:03.48
10	2			2:03.52
11	2			2:03.65
12	2			2:03.93	SB
13	2			2:04.15
14	1			2:04.45
15	2			2:05.05
16	1			2:05.87

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.35	GR
			1:58.82	SB
			1:59.15	NR
4			1:59.30	NR
5			1:59.73	SB
6			1:59.75	PB
7			1:59.86	PB
8			2:03.75

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC