Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The women's 800 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charlene Rendina   Australia	Sue Haden   New Zealand	Sabina Chebichi   Kenya

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:05.8	Q
2	1	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:05.9	Q
3	1	Rosemary Wright	Scotland	2:06.3	Q
4	1	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	2:06.4	Q
5	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	2:06.5	Q
6	1	Sheila Carey	England	2:09.12
7	1	Jean Lochhead	Wales	2:09.84
	1	Mercy Adomah	Ghana	DQ
1	2	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:04.0	Q
2	2	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:04.6	Q
3	2	Joan Allison	England	2:05.0	Q
4	2	Margaret Ramsay	Australia	2:06.0	Q
5	2	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	2:06.5	Q
6	2	Anne-Marie Davis	Canada	2:08.7	q
7	2	Chee Swee Lee	Singapore	2:10.16
8	2	Grace Ebukuyo	Nigeria	2:13.94
1	3	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:06.0	Q
2	3	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:06.2	Q
3	3	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:06.8	Q
4	3	Elizabeth Chelimo	Kenya	2:07.1	Q
5	3	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:07.23	Q [2]
6	3	Patricia Cropper	England	2:08.75
7	3	Helen Opoku	Ghana	2:15.53
8	3	Sebolelo Malebatso	Lesotho	2:27.24

Semifinals

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:04.0	Q
2	1	Joan Allison	England	2:04.1	Q
3	1	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:04.2	Q
4	1	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:04.4	Q
5	1	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	2:05.94
6	1	Margaret Ramsay	Australia	2:06.11
7	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	2:08.59
8	1	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:08.86
1	2	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:03.77	Q [2]
2	2	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:04.9	Q
3	2	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:05.2	Q
4	2	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:05.6	Q
5	2	Rosemary Wright	Scotland	2:05.73
6	2	Elizabeth Chelimo	Kenya	2:07.30
7	2	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	2:07.81
8	2	Anne-Marie Davis	Canada	2:09.16

Final

Held on 29 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:01.11	GR
	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:02.04
	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:02.61
4	Joan Allison	England	2:03.10
5	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:03.63
6	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:05.26
7	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:05.83
8	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:13.26

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
2. "Australia results" . Retrieved 23 December 2018.

• Heats and Semifinals results