| Event: | Women's 800 metres |
| Games: | 2022 |
| Venue: | Alexander Stadium |
| Dates: | 2 August (first round) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 1:57.07 |
| Gold: | Mary Moraa |
| Goldcga: | KEN |
| Silver: | Keely Hodgkinson |
| Silvercga: | ENG |
| Bronze: | Laura Muir |
| Bronzecga: | SCO |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 6 August 2022.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 1:53.28 | Munich, Germany | 26 July 1983 | ||
| Commonwealth record | 1:54.01 | Zürich, Switzerland | 29 August 2008 | ||
| Games record | 1:56.68 | Gold Coast, Australia | 13 April 2018 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 11:50 | First round | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 6 August 2022 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 19:45 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
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 | 1:58.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1:58.84 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1:59.22 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1:59.35 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1:59.76 | q, | ||
| 6 | 2 | 2:00.04 | q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 2:00.17 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 2:00.18 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 2:00.36 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2:00.40 | Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 2:00.68 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 2:00.95 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 2:01.20 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 2:02.99 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 2:06.53 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 2:07.24 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 2:13.34 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 2:25.83 |
The medals were determined in the final.[3]
| Rank | Name | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:57.07 | ||||
| 1:57.40 | ||||
| 1:57.87 | ||||
| 4 | 1:57.88 | |||
| 5 | 1:59.41 | |||
| 6 | 2:00.52 | |||
| 7 | 2:00.79 | |||
| 8 | 2:01.17 |