Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		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
30 km 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 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mike Boit  Kenya	Seymour Newman  Jamaica	Kenya

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2		Australia	1:48.9	Q
2	2		England	1:49.1	Q
3	2	Peter Hoffmann	Scotland	1:49.1	Q
4	2		Wales	1:49.3	q
5	3	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:49.48	Q
6	3	Garry Cook	England	1:49.9	Q
7	3		Scotland	1:50.0	Q
8	2		Ghana	1:50.2	q
9	3		Guyana	1:50.3	q
10	2		Canada	1:50.4	q
11	4	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:50.6	Q
12	4	David Warren	England	1:51.4	Q
13	1		Australia	1:51.5	Q
13	4		New Zealand	1:51.5	Q
15	1		Kenya	1:51.6	Q
15	1	Seymour Newman	Jamaica	1:51.6	Q
15	4		Canada	1:51.56
18	1		Northern Ireland	1:51.71
19	3		Grenada	1:52.22
20	4		Grenada	1:52.61
21	4		Saint Kitts and Nevis	1:52.66
22	1		Bermuda	1:52.83
23	1	Dave Hill	Canada	1:53.77
24	2		Mauritius	1:54.83
25	3	William Amakye	Ghana	1:54.90
26	1		Barbados	1:55.24
27	3		Saint Lucia	1:58.43
28	2		Saint Lucia	2:01.08
	3	Michael Watson	Bermuda	DQ
	1		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	DNS
	4		Turks and Caicos Islands	DNS
	4		Antigua and Barbuda	DNS

Semifinals[]

Held on 8 August

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Seymour Newman	Jamaica	1:48.83	Q
2	1		Wales	1:49.25	Q
3	1		Australia	1:49.26	Q
4	2	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:49.88	Q
5	1		Kenya	1:49.93	Q
6	1	Peter Hoffmann	Scotland	1:50.10
7	2		Ghana	1:50.62	Q
8	2	Garry Cook	England	1:50.75	Q
9	2		Australia	1:50.77	Q
10	2		New Zealand	1:50.77
11	1		England	1:50.89
12	1		Canada	1:51.23
13	2		Guyana	1:51.86
14	2	David Warren	England	1:51.96
15	2		Scotland	1:56.80
	1	James Maina Boi	Kenya	DQ

Final[]

Held on 10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mike Boit	Kenya	1:46.39
	Seymour Newman	Jamaica	1:47.30
		Kenya	1:47.57
4		Australia	1:47.74
5	Garry Cook	England	1:48.06
6		Ghana	1:48.15
7		Australia	1:48.90
8		Wales	1:49.32

References[]

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results