Men's 800 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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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.

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[edit] 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

[edit] Medals

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

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Heats

Heat 1 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: ??:?? AM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 John Litei Flag of Kenya Kenya 4 1:46.55 Q
2 3 Achraf Tadili Flag of Canada Canada 1 1:47.67 Q
3 =4 Jason Stewart Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 1:47.74 q
4 8 Ghamanda Ram Flag of India India 3 1:48.03
5 14 Nigel Leonce Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 2 1:51.33
- - Samwel Mwera Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 6 DNQ 163.3
Spilt
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei Flag of Kenya Kenya 53.04 s
Heat 2 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: ??:?? AM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 2 Alex Kipchirchir Flag of Kenya Kenya 2 1:46.96 Q
2 =4 Nick Bromley Flag of Australia Australia 3 1:47.74 Q
3 6 Onalenna Oabona Flag of Botswana Botswana 4 1:47.78 q
4 7 Gary Reed Flag of Canada Canada 5 1:47.96
5 =10 Jimmy Adar Flag of Uganda Uganda 6 1:49.33
6 15 Setefano Mika Flag of Samoa Samoa 1 1:52.13
- - Bakary Jabbi Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 7 DNS
Spilt
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Alex Kipchirchir Flag of Kenya Kenya 53.79 s
Heat 3 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: ??:?? AM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 9 Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 3 1:49.11 Q
2 =10 Cosmas Rono Flag of Kenya Kenya 6 1:49.33 Q
3 12 David Gill Flag of Canada Canada 2 1:49.80
4 13 James Mcilroy Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 1:49.85
5 16 Lamin Keita Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 4 1:54.35
6 17 Michael Donawa Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 5 1:54.65
Spilt
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 55.06 s
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 John Litei Flag of Kenya Kenya 1 4 1 1:46.55 Q
2 Alex Kipchirchir Flag of Kenya Kenya 2 2 1 1:46.96 Q
3 Achraf Tadili Flag of Canada Canada 1 1 2 1:47.67 Q
4 Nick Bromley Flag of Australia Australia 2 3 2 1:47.74 Q
Jason Stewart Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 1 5 3 1:47.74 q
6 Onalenna Oabona Flag of Botswana Botswana 2 4 3 1:47.78 q
7 Gary Reed Flag of Canada Canada 2 5 4 1:47.96
8 Ghamanda Ram Flag of India India 1 3 4 1:48.03
9 Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 1 1:49.11 Q
10 Jimmy Adar Flag of Uganda Uganda 2 6 5 1:49.33
Cosmas Rono Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 6 2 1:49.33 Q
12 David Gill Flag of Canada Canada 3 2 3 1:49.80
13 James Mcilroy Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3 1 4 1:49.85
14 Nigel Leonce Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 1 2 5 1:51.33
15 Setefano Mika Flag of Samoa Samoa 2 1 6 1:52.13
16 Lamin Keita Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 3 4 5 1:54.35
17 Michael Donawa Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 3 5 6 1:54.65
- Samwel Mwera Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 1 6 - DSQ 163.3
Bakary Jabbi Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 2 7 - DNS

[edit] Final

Final
Date: Thursday 23 March 2006
Time: ??:?? PM
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Record
1 Alex Kipchirchir Flag of Kenya Kenya 5 1:45.88
2 Achraf Tadili Flag of Canada Canada 4 1:46.93
3 John Litei Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 1:46.98
4 Sherridan Kirk Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6 1:47.45
5 Jason Stewart Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 7 1:47.72
6 Nick Bromley Flag of Australia Australia 1 1:50.45
7 Cosmas Rono Flag of Kenya Kenya 8 1:52.03
8 Onalenna Oabona Flag of Botswana Botswana 2 1:57.20
Spilt
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei Flag of Kenya Kenya 53.67 s