Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday 8 October and Sunday 10 October 2010.

Men's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The top three runners in each of the initial four heats automatically alongside the four fasters runners qualified for the semifinals. The top three plus the two fastest runners advanced to the final.

Records

World Record	1:41.01	David Rudisha	KEN	Rieti, Italy	29 August 2010
Games Record	1:43.22	Steve Cram	ENG	Edinburgh, Scotland	1986

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	4	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:49.92	Q
2	5	Francis Pathi (IND)	1:50.12	Q
3	8	Andrew Osagie (ENG)	1:50.44	Q
4	6	James McIlroy (NIR)	1:50.91	q
5	3	Andre Drummonds (JAM)	1:55.48
6	7	Hameed Mohamed (MDV)	2:01.07	PB
7	2	Tony Ialu (VAN)	2:04.46

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	3	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:49.47	Q
2	8	Chris Gowell (WAL)	1:49.92	Q
3	6	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:50.18	Q
4	4	Jon Rankin (CAY)	1:51.35	q
5	5	Thomas Vandy (SLE)	1:51.69	PB
–	7	Yuvaraaj Panerselvam (MAS)		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	7	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:50.46	Q
2	8	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	1:50.74	Q
3	2	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:51.64	Q
4	3	Ricardo Cunningham (JAM)	1:52.65
5	6	Vadivellan Mahendran (MAS)	1:54.39
6	5	Kossam Chale (MAW)	1:57.36
7	4	Shifaz Moahmed (MDV)	1:59.18	PB

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	2	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:49.42	Q
2	4	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:50.17	Q
3	7	Niall Brooks (ENG)	1:50.54	Q
4	6	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	1:51.13	q, NR
5	3	Manjit (IND)	1:51.22	q
6	5	Alusine Deen-Sesay (SLE)	1:56.43

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	3	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:46.41	Q
2	7	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:46.73	Q
3	6	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:46.83	Q
4	4	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:46.92	q
5	5	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	1:47.26	q
6	2	James McIlroy (NIR)	1:47.76	SB
7	8	Manjit (IND)	1:50.88
8	9	Jon Rankin (CAY)	1:51.10	NR

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	9	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:47.09	Q
2	2	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:47.15	Q
3	8	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:47.22	Q
4	7	Andrew Osagie (ENG)	1:47.52
5	4	Niall Brooks (ENG)	1:48.33
6	6	Chris Gowell (WAL)	1:49.78
7	5	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	1:51.84
–	3	Francis Pathi (IND)		DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	5	Boaz Lalang (KEN)	1:46.60
	4	Richard Kiplagat (KEN)	1:46.95
	7	Abraham Kiplagat (KEN)	1:47.37
4	3	Gareth Warburton (WAL)	1:48.59
5	8	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:49.57
6	6	Darren St. Clair (ENG)	1:52.15
7	9	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:52.39
–	2	Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)	–	DNS

External links

• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics^[usurped]