Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates10 April (heats)
12 April (final)
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Winning time1:45.11
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Wycliffe Kinyamal  Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg   Kyle Langford  Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Luke Mathews  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium between 10 and 12 April 2018. [1] The event was won by Wycliffe Kinyamal from Kenya as he finished ahead of the fast-finishing Kyle Langford who had come from sixth to second in the final straight.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of Kenya.svg  David Rudisha  (KEN)1:40.91 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012
Games record Flag of England.svg  Steve Cram  (ENG)1:43.22 Edinburgh, Scotland 31 July 1986

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 10 April 201810:30First round
Thursday 12 April 201822:13Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final. [3]

Heat 1
RankLaneNameResultNotesQual.
12Flag of Kenya.svg  Wycliffe Kinyamal  (KEN)1:45.46 Q
28Flag of England.svg  Kyle Langford  (ENG)1:45.61 Q
31Flag of Australia.svg  Joseph Deng  (AUS)1:45.72 q
47Flag of New Zealand.svg  Brad Mathas  (NZL)1:46.32 PB q
54Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Akani Slater  (SVG)1:48.83 PB
63Flag of Scotland.svg  Guy Learmonth  (SCO)1:49.20
77Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Michael James  (LCA)1:51.89
85Flag of Jersey.svg  Elliott Dorey  (JER)1:52.60 SB
96Flag of Malawi.svg  Benedicto Makumba  (MAW)1:57.22 PB
Heat 2
RankLaneNameResultNotesQual.
18Flag of Botswana.svg  Nijel Amos  (BOT)1:45.12 Q
25Flag of Australia.svg  Luke Mathews  (AUS)1:46.53 Q
36Flag of Kenya.svg  Cornelius Tuwei  (KEN)1:47.10
43Flag of Cyprus.svg  Christos Dimitriou  (CYP)1:47.82 PB
52Flag of Mozambique.svg  Alberto Mamba  (MOZ)1:48.19 SB
64Flag of England.svg  Elliot Giles  (ENG)1:48.54
77Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Alex Beddoes  (COK)1:51.64 NR
81Flag of Fiji.svg  Petero Veitaqomaki  (FIJ)1:54.22 PB
97Flag of Dominica.svg  Judah Corriette  (DMA)1:57.79
Heat 3
RankLaneNameResultNotesQual.
17Flag of Kenya.svg  Jonathan Kitilit  (KEN)1:47.27 Q
28Flag of Scotland.svg  Jake Wightman  (SCO)1:47.43 Q
33Flag of Australia.svg  Josh Ralph  (AUS)1:47.76
46Flag of Ghana.svg  Alex Amankwah  (GHA)1:47.80
52Flag of England.svg  Andrew Osagie  (ENG)1:48.20
65Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Joseph Reid  (IOM)1:50.03
71Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Kasique Oliver  (SVG)1:51.55 SB
–4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Jenito Guezane  (MOZ)R 163.3a

Final

The medals were determined in the final. [2]

RankLaneNameResultNotes
16Flag of Kenya.svg  Wycliffe Kinyamal  (KEN)1:45.11
23Flag of England.svg  Kyle Langford  (ENG)1:45.16 PB
31Flag of Australia.svg  Luke Mathews  (AUS)1:45.60 SB
48Flag of Scotland.svg  Jake Wightman  (SCO)1:45.82
52Flag of New Zealand.svg  Brad Mathas  (NZL)1:46.07 PB
65Flag of Kenya.svg  Jonathan Kitilit  (KEN)1:46.12
77Flag of Australia.svg  Joseph Deng  (AUS)1:47.20
84Flag of Botswana.svg  Nijel Amos  (BOT)1:48.45

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 800m". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Men's 800m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Athletics | Men's 800m - Round 1 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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