Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1986 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	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 800 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kirsty Wade  Wales	Diane Edwards  England	Lorraine Baker  England

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anne Purvis	Scotland	8:02.47	Q
2	1	Lorraine Baker	England	8:03.24	Q
3	1	Renée Belanger	Canada	8:03.46	Q
4	1		Australia	8:03.88	q
5	2	Kirsty Wade	Wales	8:03.94	Q
6	2	Diane Edwards	England	8:04.05	Q
7	1		Canada	8:04.08	q
8	2	Brit McRoberts	Canada	8:04.33	Q
9	2		Scotland	8:04.40
10	2	Helen Thorpe	England	8:05.61
11	1		Lesotho	8:18.53
	2		Lesotho	DQ

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kirsty Wade	Wales	2:00.94
	Diane Edwards	England	2:01.12
	Lorraine Baker	England	2:01.79
4	Anne Purvis	Scotland	2:02.17
5		Canada	2:03.26
6	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:03.85
7	Brit McRoberts	Canada	2:05.10
8		Australia	2:05.14

References[]