Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue City of Manchester Stadium
Dates
  • 26 July 2002 (heats)
  • 27 July 2002 (semi finals)
  • 28 July 2002 (final)
Competitors27 from 21 nations
Winning time1:46.32
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place between 27 and 29 July at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi won the gold medal with a time of 1:46.32 giving South Africa its first victory in the event. Kenyan Joseph Mutua placed second, taking the silver medal in 1:46.57. He finished ahead of Kris McCarthy of Australia who won the bronze. [1] [2]

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This was the ninth running of the 800 metres event at the Commonwealth Games after converting to metric at the 1970 Edinburgh Games. An 880 yards event was contested between 1930 and 1966. 27 competitors from 21 nations entered the event. [3] The champion from Kuala Lumpur, Japheth Kimutai was unable to defend his title finishing fifth in the final. [1] Whilst the silver medallist in both 1994 and 1998, South African Hezekiél Sepeng, failed to arrive in Manchester for the Games after sustaining a hamstring injury. [4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

Records before the 2002 Commonwealth Games
RecordTime (s)Athlete (nation)MeetLocationDateRef
World record 1:41.11Flag of Denmark.svg  Wilson Kipketer  (DEN) Weltklasse in Köln Cologne, Germany24 August 1997 [3]
Commonwealth record 1:41.73Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sebastian Coe  (GBR) Florence, Italy10 June 1981 [5]
Games record 1:43.22Flag of England.svg  Steve Cram  (ENG) Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland31 July 1986 [3]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 27 July, starting at 11:10 in the morning. [3]

Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the best 4 of remaining athletes (q) advance to the semi finals.

Heat 1

Results of heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Otukile Lekote Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:47.68 Q
2 Paskar Owor Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:47.87 Q, SB
3 Nathan Brannen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:48.04 Q
4 Prince Mumba Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:48.40 q, PB
5 Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:48.51 q
6 Nickie Peters Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:52.73

Heat 2

Results of heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.53 Q
2 Kris McCarthy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:48.85 Q
3 Neil Speaight Flag of England.svg  England 1:49.67 Q
4 Constantinos Hadjimarkou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:51.26
5 Clive Baron Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 1:59.48
Ebrima Ceesay Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia DQ
Clement Abai Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea DNS

Heat 3

Results of heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:49.62 Q
2 Zach Whitmarsh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.92 Q
3 Glody Dube Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:50.16 Q
4 Curtis Robb Flag of England.svg  England 1:50.34
5 Amilcar Leal Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:50.85
6 Marvin Watts Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:51.39
7 Daryl Vassallo Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1:57.66

Heat 4

Results of heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:49.08 Q
2 James McIlroy Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:49.21 Q
3 Joel Kidger Flag of England.svg  England 1:49.47 Q
4 Matthew Shone Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:49.67 q
5 Isireli Naikelekelevesi Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:50.01 q
6 Sylvester Chishiba Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:50.86 PB
7 Dauda Manasary Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2:04.59

Semi finals

The semi finals were held on 28 July, starting at 18:45 in the evening. [6]

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Semi final 1

Results of semi final 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:46.43 Q
2 Otukile Lekote Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:46.65 Q
3 James McIlroy Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:46.93 Q,
4 Paskar Owor Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:47.14 q, SB
5 Nathan Brannen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.65
6 Joel Kidger Flag of England.svg  England 1:48.12 PB
7 Matthew Shone Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:49.08
8 Isireli Naikelekelevesi Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:50.00

Semi final 2

Results of semi final 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:46.72 Q
2 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:46.81 Q
3 Kris McCarthy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:47.06 Q
4 Glody Dube Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:47.19 q
5 Neil Speaight Flag of England.svg  England 1:47.22
6 Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:47.98
7 Prince Mumba Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:48.51
8 Zach Whitmarsh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.61

Final

The final was held at 20:24 on 29 July. [7]

Results of the final
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:46.32
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:46.57
Bronze medal icon.svg Kris McCarthy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:46.79
4 Otukile Lekote Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:47.04
5 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:47.46
6 James McIlroy Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:47.77
7 Paskar Owor Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:48.96
8 Glody Dube Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2:17.40

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