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

The women's 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 13 April 2018.^[1]

Women's 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	12 April (heats) 13 April (final)
Competitors	26 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:56.68 GR
Medalists
Caster Semenya    South Africa   Margaret Wambui    Kenya   Natoya Goule    Jamaica
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Records

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

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
Games record	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.35	Manchester, England	29 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 12 April 2018	12:20	First round
Friday 13 April 2018	20:45	Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:59.26		Q
2	4	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.11	PB	Q
3	1	Eglay Nalyanya (KEN)	2:00.28	PB	q
4	7	Dorcus Ajok (UGA)	2:00.53		q
5	3	Angie Petty (NZL)	2:00.62
6	2	Keely Small (AUS)	2:00.81	PB
7	5	Natalia Evangelidou (CYP)	2:01.77	NR
8	8	Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI)	2:04.72
9	7	Mariama Coneth (SLE)	2:16.57

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2	Margaret Wambui (KEN)	2:00.60		Q
2	7	Natoya Goule (JAM)	2:00.74		Q
3	8	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (ENG)	2:00.81
4	3	Brittany McGowan (AUS)	2:01.17
5	6	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	2:01.69
6	7	Agnes Abu (GHA)	2:02.50	PB
7	5	Ciara Mageean (NIR)	2:03.30
8	1	Tsepang Sello (LES)	2:06.54
9	4	Valentine Hello (VAN)	2:18.26

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Emily Cherotich Tuei (KEN)	2:00.58		Q
2	6	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	2:00.69		Q
3	3	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	2:00.73	PB
4	2	Lynsey Sharp (SCO)	2:01.33
5	1	Alena Brooks (TTO)	2:01.81	NR
6	8	Adelle Tracey (ENG)	2:02.03
7	5	Nimali W.K.L. Arachchige (SRI)	2:08.52
8	4	Alice Ishimwe (RWA)	2:11.36	PB

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	5	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.68	GR
	4	Margaret Wambui (KEN)	1:58.07
	1	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:58.82	PB
4	8	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	2:00.36
5	7	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.83
6	3	Dorcus Ajok (UGA)	2:01.22
7	6	Emily Cherotich Tuei (KEN)	2:01.74
8	2	Eglay Nalyanya (KEN)	2:03.08