Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Women's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kirsty McDermott Wales	Anne Clarkson Scotland	Heather Barralet Australia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anne Clarkson	Scotland	2:04.06	Q
2	1	Lorraine Baker	England	2:04.11	Q
3	1	Terri-Anne Cater	Australia	2:05.17	Q
4	1	Evelyn Adiru	Uganda	2:05.39	Q
5	2	Shireen Hassan	England	2:05.51	Q
6	2	Kirsty McDermott	Wales	2:05.91	Q
7	1	Francine Gendron	Canada	2:06.23	q
8	2	Christine Hughes	New Zealand	2:06.52	Q
9	2	Heather Barralet	Australia	2:06.97	Q
9	2	Carol Lightfoot	Scotland	2:09.66
10	1	Cathy Rattray	Jamaica	2:10.22
11	1	Hildah Musopa	Zambia	2:10.41
12	2	Clara Bwalei	Kenya	2:10.57
13	2	Salitia Muga	Papua New Guinea	2:16.27
	1	Agnes Fwamba	Kenya	DNF
	2	Mary Chepkemboi	Kenya	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kirsty McDermott	Wales	2:01.31
	Anne Clarkson	Scotland	2:01.52
	Heather Barralet	Australia	2:01.70
4	Terri-Anne Cater	Australia	2:01.91
5	Shireen Hassan	England	2:02.21
6	Lorraine Baker	England	2:03.17
7	Christine Hughes	New Zealand	2:04.87
8	Francine Gendron	Canada	2:06.21
9	Evelyn Adiru	Uganda	2:06.23

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heat & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine