Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1974 British 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
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Kipkurgat  Kenya	Mike Boit  Kenya	John Walker  New Zealand

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	1:47.1	Q
2	1	Andy Carter	England	1:48.5	Q
3	1		Australia	1:49.18	Q[2]
4	1		New Zealand	1:51.3	Q
5	1		Guernsey	1:52.16
6	1		Papua New Guinea	1:53.96
7	1		Botswana	1:59.52
1	2	John Kipkurgat	Kenya	1:48.2	Q
2	2		Australia	1:49.91	Q[2]
3	2		Botswana	1:50.1	Q
4	2	Colin Campbell	England	1:50.2	Q
5	2	Jaiye Abidoye	Nigeria	1:50.86
6	2		Mauritius	1:55.27
7	2		Fiji	1:55.48
1	3	John Walker	New Zealand	1:47.8	Q
2	3		Kenya	1:48.0	Q
3	3		Wales	1:48.3	Q
4	3		Scotland	1:49.1	Q
5	3	Richard Kermode	Fiji	1:49.81
6	3		Nigeria	1:51.94
1	4	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:49.0	Q
2	4	Graeme Rootham	Australia	1:49.56	Q[2]
3	4	Peter Browne	England	1:50.5	Q
4	4	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	1:50.8	Q
5	4		New Zealand	1:52.11
6	4		Mauritius	1:57.03

Semifinals[]

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Kipkurgat	Kenya	1:44.38	Q[3]
2	1	Andy Carter	England	1:45.57	Q[3]
3	1		Kenya	1:46.2	Q
4	1		Wales	1:46.26	Q[3]
5	1	Graeme Rootham	Australia	1:47.19
6	1		Australia	1:48.56
7	1	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	1:50.76
8	1		New Zealand	1:57.78
1	2	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:45.40	Q[3]
2	2	John Walker	New Zealand	1:46.2	Q
3	2		Australia	1:46.44	Q[2]
4	2	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	1:46.6	Q
5	2		Scotland	1:48.13
6	2	Peter Browne	England	1:49.10
7	2		Botswana	1:50.52
8	2	Colin Campbell	England	1:51.64

Final[]

Held on 29 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Kipkurgat	Kenya	1:43.91	GR
	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:44.39
	John Walker	New Zealand	1:44.92
4	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	1:45.32
5	Andy Carter	England	1:45.97
6		Australia	1:46.75
7		Kenya	1:47.66
8		Wales	1:48.90

References[]

• Heats and Semifinals results