Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 17–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Japheth Kimutai	Hezekiél Sepeng	Johan Botha

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:47.49	Q
2	2			1:47.90	Q, PB
3	1			1:48.16	Q
4	2			1:48.23	q
5	4			1:48.24	Q
6	4			1:48.31	Q
7	1			1:48.32	Q
8	1			1:48.44	q
9	5			1:48.48	Q
10	1			1:48.51	q
11	4			1:48.61	q
12	3			1:48.70	Q
13	3			1:48.89	Q
14	4			1:48.99	q, PB
15	2			1:49.02	q, SB
16	2			1:49.09	SB
17	5			1:49.19	Q
18	4			1:49.25
19	5			1:49.33
20	3			1:49.38
21	5			1:49.76
22	5			1:49.80
23	3			1:50.54	SB
24	3			1:50.66	PB
25	1			1:51.07
26	4			1:51.45
27	1			1:52.01
28	3			1:52.76
29	5			1:52.91
30	3			1:53.31
31	1			1:54.57
32	1			1:55.78
32	3			1:55.78
35	4			1:57.87
36	2			1:59.20
	2
	5

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:46.88	Q
2	1			1:47.05	Q
3	1			1:47.12	Q
4	1			1:47.20	Q
5	1			1:47.34	Q
5	2			1:47.34	Q
7	2			1:47.58	Q
8	2			1:47.65	Q
9	2			1:47.78	PB
10	1			1:47.90
11	2			1:47.96
12	1			1:48.40
13	2			1:48.43
14	2			1:48.58	SB
15	1			1:49.21
16	1			1:49.22

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:43.82
			1:44.44	SB
			1:44.57	PB
4			1:45.18
5			1:45.71	PB
6			1:46.86	PB
7			1:46.97
8			1:48.13

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/newsroom/9809/1709170939News17Sept.html Heat 1
2. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at800men-s1.html Semifinal 1 results
3. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at800final-m.html Final results