Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The 800 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March 2006 and Thursday 23 March 2006.

The top two runners in each of the three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 8 runners competed in the final.

1 Records
2 Medals
3 Qualification
4 Results
- 4.1 Heats
- 4.2 Final
5 References

Records

World Record	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	DEN	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Games Record	1:43.22	Steve Cram	ENG	Edinburgh, Scotland	July, 1986

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya	Achraf Tadili, Canada	John Litei, Kenya

Qualification

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank		Athlete	Nation	Games Result	27 March Rank
Comm.	World	Athlete	Nation	Games Result	Comm.	World
1	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	Did Not Compete	1	2
2	3	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	Did Not Compete	2	3
3	4	William Yiampoy	Kenya	Did Not Compete	3	4
4	6	Gary Reed	Canada	4th in heat, did not advance to final	4	6
5	8	Alfred Yego	Kenya	Did Not Compete	5	8
6	=17	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	Did Not Compete	6	=17
7	27	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	4th in heat, did not advance to final	9	29
8	30	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	DSQ	11	33
9	31	John Litei	Kenya	Bronze	8	27
10	32	Achraf Tadili	Canada	Silver	10	31

Alex Kipchirchir's gold in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 24th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
q denotes qualification by overall place.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
GR denotes Games record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Heats

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	John Litei	Kenya	4	1:46.55	Q
2	3	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1	1:47.67	Q
3	=4	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	5	1:47.74	q
4	8	Ghamanda Ram	India	3	1:48.03
5	14	Nigel Leonce	Saint Lucia	2	1:51.33
-	-	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	6	DNQ		163.3

Spilt
Mark	Athlete	Nation	Time
400 m	John Litei	Kenya	53.04 s

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	2	1:46.96	Q
2	=4	Nick Bromley	Australia	3	1:47.74	Q
3	6	Onalenna Oabona	Botswana	4	1:47.78	q
4	7	Gary Reed	Canada	5	1:47.96
5	=10	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	6	1:49.33
6	15	Setefano Mika	Samoa	1	1:52.13
-	-	Bakary Jabbi	The Gambia	7	DNS

Spilt
Mark	Athlete	Nation	Time
400 m	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	53.79 s

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM
Place		Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Qual.	Record
1	9	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1:49.11	Q
2	=10	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	6	1:49.33	Q
3	12	David Gill	Canada	2	1:49.80
4	13	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	1	1:49.85
5	16	Lamin Keita	The Gambia	4	1:54.35
6	17	Michael Donawa	Bermuda	5	1:54.65

Spilt
Mark	Athlete	Nation	Time
400 m	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	55.06 s

Heats Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Order	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	John Litei	Kenya	1	4	1	1:46.55	Q
2	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	2	2	1	1:46.96	Q
3	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1	1	2	1:47.67	Q
4	Nick Bromley	Australia	2	3	2	1:47.74	Q
4	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1	5	3	1:47.74	q
6	Onalenna Oabona	Botswana	2	4	3	1:47.78	q
7	Gary Reed	Canada	2	5	4	1:47.96
8	Ghamanda Ram	India	1	3	4	1:48.03
9	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	1	1:49.11	Q
10	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	2	6	5	1:49.33
10	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	3	6	2	1:49.33	Q
12	David Gill	Canada	3	2	3	1:49.80
13	James Mcilroy	Northern Ireland	3	1	4	1:49.85
14	Nigel Leonce	Saint Lucia	1	2	5	1:51.33
15	Setefano Mika	Samoa	2	1	6	1:52.13
16	Lamin Keita	The Gambia	3	4	5	1:54.35
17	Michael Donawa	Bermuda	3	5	6	1:54.65
-	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	1	6	-	DSQ		163.3
-	Bakary Jabbi	The Gambia	2	7	-	DNS

Final

Final Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM
Place	Athlete	Nation	Order	Time	Record
1	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	5	1:45.88
2	Achraf Tadili	Canada	4	1:46.93
3	John Litei	Kenya	3	1:46.98
4	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1:47.45
5	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	7	1:47.72
6	Nick Bromley	Australia	1	1:50.45
7	Cosmas Rono	Kenya	8	1:52.03
8	Onalenna Oabona	Botswana	2	1:57.20

Spilt
Mark	Athlete	Nation	Time
400 m	John Litei	Kenya	53.67 s

References

Results

880 yards/800 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Men's

880 yards	1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966

800 metres	1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014

Women's

880 yards	1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966

800 metres	1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014