Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	3 August (first round) 7 August (final)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:47.52
Gold:	Wyclife Kinyamal
Goldcga:	KEN
Silver:	Peter Bol
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Ben Pattison
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England on 3 and 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Commonwealth record		1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Games record		1:43.22	Edinburgh, Scotland	31 July 1986

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	11:20	First round
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 7 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:35	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus next two fastest) advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	2		1:47.01	Q
2	2		1:47.30	Q
3	2		1:47.79	q
4	3		1:48.00	Q
5	3		1:48.15	Q
6	3		1:48.26	q
7	3		1:48.57
8	2		1:48.66
9	1		1:48.86	Q
10	3		1:49.12
11	1		1:49.15	Q
12	1		1:49.53
13	1		1:49.82
14	1		1:49.94
15	3		1:50.82
16	2		1:51.40
17	2		1:51.81
18	1		1:52.72
19	3		1:53.69
20	1		1:56.48
21	2		1:57.04
	1

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
		1:47.52
		1:47.66
		1:48.25
4		1:48.60
5		1:48.75
6		1:48.82
7		1:48.95
8		1:49.35

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's 800m. Birmingham 2022. 9 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 800m Round 1 Results Summary . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901095429/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-03/ATHM800M--------------RND1--------__C74A_3.0.pdf . 1 September 2022 . 3 August 2022 . live.
3. Web site: Men's 800m Final Results . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810085621/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-07/ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--__C73G_1.0.pdf . 10 August 2022 . 7 August 2022 . live.