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

Men's 800 metres
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
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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:
Kenya Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya Canada Achraf Tadili, Canada Kenya 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 South Africa Did Not Compete 1 2
2 3 Wilfred Bungei Kenya Kenya Did Not Compete 2 3
3 4 William Yiampoy Kenya Kenya Did Not Compete 3 4
4 6 Gary Reed Canada Canada 4th in heat, did not advance to final 4 6
5 8 Alfred Yego Kenya Kenya Did Not Compete 5 8
6 =17 Joseph Mutua Kenya Kenya Did Not Compete 6 =17
7 27 James Mcilroy Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4th in heat, did not advance to final 9 29
8 30 Samwel Mwera Tanzania Tanzania DSQ 11 33
9 31 John Litei Kenya Kenya Bronze 8 27
10 32 Achraf Tadili Canada 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 Kenya 4 1:46.55 Q
2 3 Achraf Tadili Canada Canada 1 1:47.67 Q
3 =4 Jason Stewart New Zealand New Zealand 5 1:47.74 q
4 8 Ghamanda Ram India India 3 1:48.03
5 14 Nigel Leonce Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 2 1:51.33
- - Samwel Mwera Tanzania Tanzania 6 DSQ 163.3
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei Kenya Kenya 53.04 s
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 Kenya 2 1:46.96 Q
2 =4 Nick Bromley Australia Australia 3 1:47.74 Q
3 6 Onalenna Oabona Botswana Botswana 4 1:47.78 q
4 7 Gary Reed Canada Canada 5 1:47.96
5 =10 Jimmy Adar Uganda Uganda 6 1:49.33
6 15 Setefano Mika Samoa Samoa 1 1:52.13
- - Bakary Jabbi The Gambia The Gambia 7 DNS
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Alex Kipchirchir Kenya Kenya 53.79 s
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 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1:49.11 Q
2 =10 Cosmas Rono Kenya Kenya 6 1:49.33 Q
3 12 David Gill Canada Canada 2 1:49.80
4 13 James Mcilroy Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 1:49.85
5 16 Lamin Keita The Gambia The Gambia 4 1:54.35
6 17 Michael Donawa Bermuda Bermuda 5 1:54.65
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Sherridan Kirk Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 55.06 s
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 John Litei Kenya Kenya 1 4 1 1:46.55 Q
2 Alex Kipchirchir Kenya Kenya 2 2 1 1:46.96 Q
3 Achraf Tadili Canada Canada 1 1 2 1:47.67 Q
4 Nick Bromley Australia Australia 2 3 2 1:47.74 Q
Jason Stewart New Zealand New Zealand 1 5 3 1:47.74 q
6 Onalenna Oabona Botswana Botswana 2 4 3 1:47.78 q
7 Gary Reed Canada Canada 2 5 4 1:47.96
8 Ghamanda Ram India India 1 3 4 1:48.03
9 Sherridan Kirk Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 1 1:49.11 Q
10 Jimmy Adar Uganda Uganda 2 6 5 1:49.33
Cosmas Rono Kenya Kenya 3 6 2 1:49.33 Q
12 David Gill Canada Canada 3 2 3 1:49.80
13 James Mcilroy Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3 1 4 1:49.85
14 Nigel Leonce Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 1 2 5 1:51.33
15 Setefano Mika Samoa Samoa 2 1 6 1:52.13
16 Lamin Keita The Gambia The Gambia 3 4 5 1:54.35
17 Michael Donawa Bermuda Bermuda 3 5 6 1:54.65
- Samwel Mwera Tanzania Tanzania 1 6 - DSQ 163.3
Bakary Jabbi The Gambia 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 Kenya 5 1:45.88
2 Achraf Tadili Canada Canada 4 1:46.93
3 John Litei Kenya Kenya 3 1:46.98
4 Sherridan Kirk Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6 1:47.45
5 Jason Stewart New Zealand New Zealand 7 1:47.72
6 Nick Bromley Australia Australia 1 1:50.45
7 Cosmas Rono Kenya Kenya 8 1:52.03
8 Onalenna Oabona Botswana Botswana 2 1:57.20
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei Kenya Kenya 53.67 s

References