Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The 800 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March 2006 and Thursday 23 March 2006.

The top two runners in each of the three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 8 runners competed in the final.

Records

World Record	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	DEN	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Games Record	1:43.22	Steve Cram	ENG	Edinburgh, Scotland	July, 1986

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya	Achraf Tadili, Canada	John Litei, Kenya

Qualification

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank		Athlete	Nation	Games Result	27 March Rank
Comm.	World				Comm.	World
1	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	Did Not Compete	1	2
2	3	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	Did Not Compete	2	3
3	4	William Yiampoy	Kenya	Did Not Compete	3	4
4	6	Gary Reed	Canada	4th in heat, did not advance to final	4	6
5	8	Alfred Yego	Kenya	Did Not Compete	5	8
6	=17	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	Did Not Compete	6	=17
7	27	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	4th in heat, did not advance to final	9	29
8	30	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	DSQ	11	33
9	31	John Litei	Kenya	Bronze	8	27
10	32	Achraf Tadili	Canada	Silver	10	31

Alex Kipchirchir's gold in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 24th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• GR denotes Games record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Heats

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: 20:42
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	John Litei	Kenya	4	1:46.55	Q
2	3	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1	1:47.67	Q
3	=4		New Zealand	5	1:47.74	q
4	8	Ghamanda Ram	India	3	1:48.03
5	14	Nigel Leonce	Saint Lucia	2	1:51.33
-	-	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	6	DSQ		163.3

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: 20:50
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	2	1:46.96	Q
2	=4	Nick Bromley	Australia	3	1:47.74	Q
3	6		Botswana	4	1:47.78	q
4	7	Gary Reed	Canada	5	1:47.96
5	=10	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	6	1:49.33
6	15	Setefano Mika	Samoa	1	1:52.13
-	-	Bakary Jabbi	The Gambia	7	DNS

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: 21:00
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1:49.11	Q
2	=10	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	6	1:49.33	Q
3	12		Canada	2	1:49.80
4	13	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	1	1:49.85
5	16	Lamin Keita	The Gambia	4	1:54.35
6	17	Michael Donawa	Bermuda	5	1:54.65

Heats Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Order	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	John Litei	Kenya	1	4	1	1:46.55	Q
2	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	2	2	1	1:46.96	Q
3	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1	1	2	1:47.67	Q
4	Nick Bromley	Australia	2	3	2	1:47.74	Q
		New Zealand	1	5	3	1:47.74	q
6		Botswana	2	4	3	1:47.78	q
7	Gary Reed	Canada	2	5	4	1:47.96
8	Ghamanda Ram	India	1	3	4	1:48.03
9	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	1	1:49.11	Q
10	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	2	6	5	1:49.33
	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	3	6	2	1:49.33	Q
12		Canada	3	2	3	1:49.80
13	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	3	1	4	1:49.85
14	Nigel Leonce	Saint Lucia	1	2	5	1:51.33
15	Setefano Mika	Samoa	2	1	6	1:52.13
16	Lamin Keita	The Gambia	3	4	5	1:54.35
17	Michael Donawa	Bermuda	3	5	6	1:54.65
-	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	1	6	-	DSQ		163.3
	Bakary Jabbi	The Gambia	2	7	-	DNS

Final

Final Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: 20:50
Place	Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Record
1	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	5	1:45.88
2	Achraf Tadili	Canada	4	1:46.93
3	John Litei	Kenya	3	1:46.98
4	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1:47.45
5		New Zealand	7	1:47.72
6	Nick Bromley	Australia	1	1:50.45
7	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	8	1:52.03
8		Botswana	2	1:57.20

References

• Results