| Women's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games |
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| Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 30 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 800 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 January and 1 February at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Diane Edwards | Ann Williams | Sharon Stewart |
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Wendy Old | 2:03.19 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Gail Luke | 2:03.73 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Diane Edwards | 2:04.86 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Sharon Stewart | 2:05.46 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Lorraine Baker | 2:05.80 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | 2:05.86 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | Nicky Knapp | 2:06.11 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Brit Lind-Peterson | 2:06.17 | q | |
| 9 | 1 | Ann Williams | 2:06.22 | Q | |
| 10 | 1 | Carlene Dillimore | 2:06.88 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Ranza Clark | 2:07.73 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Marcia Tate | 2:09.15 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Sheila Seebaluck | 2:13.69 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Edwards | 2:00.25 | GR | ||
| Ann Williams | 2:00.40 | |||
| Sharon Stewart | 2:00.87 | |||
| 4 | Wendy Old | 2:01.70 | ||
| 5 | Lorraine Baker | 2:01.77 | ||
| 6 | Gail Luke | 2:02.71 | ||
| 7 | Nicky Knapp | 2:03.79 | ||
| 8 | Brit Lind-Peterson | 2:07.40 | ||
| 9 | Toni Hodgkinson | 2:09.11 |