Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 6 August 2022.

Women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (first round) 6 August (final)
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:57.07
Medalists
Mary Moraa    Kenya   Keely Hodgkinson    England   Laura Muir    Scotland
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Records

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

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
Commonwealth record	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008
Games record	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.68	Gold Coast, Australia	13 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:50	First round
Saturday 6 August 2022	19:45	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus next two fastest) advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	2	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:58.39	Q
2	2	Laura Muir (SCO)	1:58.84	Q
3	1	Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:59.22	Q
4	1	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	1:59.35	Q
5	2	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	1:59.76	q, SB
6	2	Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.04	q
7	1	Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA)	2:00.17
8	3	Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	2:00.18	Q
9	1	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	2:00.36	SB
10	3	Catriona Bisset (AUS)	2:00.40	Q
11	3	Jemma Reekie (SCO)	2:00.68
12	3	Jarinter Mwasya (KEN)	2:00.95
13	2	Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI)	2:01.20	NR
14	3	Madeleine Kelly (CAN)	2:02.99
15	1	Jenny Selman (SCO)	2:06.53
16	2	Joanna Archer (GUY)	2:07.24
17	1	Manqabang Tsibela (LES)	2:13.34
18	3	Rebecca Bernardin (TCA)	2:25.83

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:57.07
	Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	1:57.40
	Laura Muir (SCO)	1:57.87
4	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:57.88	SB
5	Catriona Bisset (AUS)	1:59.41
6	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.52
7	Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.79
8	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	2:01.17