Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 29 January and 1 February 1990.[1]

Men's 800 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by less than 0.05 seconds at these games.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Sammy Tirop
  Kenya
Nixon Kiprotich
  Kenya
Matthew Yates
  England

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First four of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Sammy Tirop   Kenya 1:48.60 Q
2 3 Robert Kibet   Kenya 1:49.16 Q
3 3 Matthew Yates   England 1:49.24 Q
4 1 Sebastian Coe   England 1:49.83 Q
4 2 Nixon Kiprotich   Kenya 1:49.83 Q
6 1 David Strang   Scotland 1:49.92 Q
7 1 Melford Homela   Zimbabwe 1:49.97 Q
8 1 John Walker   New Zealand 1:50.09 q
9 2 Ikem Billy   England 1:50.32 Q
10 3 Mike Birke   Canada 1:50.36 Q
11 4 Mbiganyi Thee   Botswana 1:50.71 Q
12 3 Michael Craig   New Zealand 1:50.81 Q
13 2 Brian Whittle   Scotland 1:50.87 Q
14 1 Neil Horsfield   Wales 1:50.88 q
15 4 Tom McKean   Scotland 1:50.87 Q
16 2 Paul Osland   Canada 1:51.00 Q
17 3 Kenneth Dzekedzeke   Malawi 1:51.17
18 3 Samson Vellabouy   Malaysia 1:51.19
19 4 Simon Doyle   Australia 1:51.21 Q
20 2 Zacharia Machangani   Botswana 1:51.41
21 4 Simon Hoogewerf   Canada 1:52.00 Q
22 2 Mark Kirk   Northern Ireland 1:52.09
23 2 Alick Musukuma   Zambia 1:52.18
24 1 Mohammad Hossain Milzer   Bangladesh 1:52.44
25 4 Paul Breed   New Zealand 1:52.92
26 4 Philip Sinon   Seychelles 1:53.17
27 3 John Siguria   Papua New Guinea 1:57.57
28 4 Ancel Nalau   Vanuatu 2:00.33

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Tom McKean   Scotland 1:46.83 Q
2 1 Nixon Kiprotich   Kenya 1:46.92 Q
3 2 Robert Kibet   Kenya 1:47.00 Q
4 1 Sammy Tirop   Kenya 1:47.04 Q
5 2 Simon Doyle   Australia 1:47.38 Q
6 1 Brian Whittle   Scotland 1:47.51 Q
7 1 Sebastian Coe   England 1:47.67 Q
8 2 Matthew Yates   England 1:47.77 Q
9 1 Ikem Billy   England 1:47.80 q
10 1 Mbiganyi Thee   Botswana 1:48.33
11 2 Melford Homela   Zimbabwe 1:48.53
12 1 Paul Osland   Canada 1:48.59
13 1 John Walker   New Zealand 1:49.60
14 2 Mike Birke   Canada 1:49.64
15 2 Neil Horsfield   Wales 1:49.93
16 2 Michael Craig   New Zealand 1:51.00
17 2 David Strang   Scotland 1:51.05
18 1 Simon Hoogewerf   Canada 1:53.75

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Sammy Tirop   Kenya 1:45.98
  Nixon Kiprotich   Kenya 1:46.00
  Matthew Yates   England 1:46.62
4 Brian Whittle   Scotland 1:46.85
5 Ikem Billy   England 1:47.16
6 Sebastian Coe   England 1:47.24
7 Tom McKean   Scotland 1:47.27
8 Simon Doyle   Australia 1:48.06
9 Robert Kibet   Kenya 1:48.57

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2016-08-03.