Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2014 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	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Disability events
100 m (T12)		women
100 m (T37)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T37/38)		women
Discus (F42/44)	men
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The Men's 800 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park between 29 and 31 July 2014.^[1] The event was won by Olympic silver-medallist, Nijel Amos, who beat Olympic champion and World record holder, David Rudisha.

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:46.89		Q
2	3	Michael Rimmer (ENG)	1:47.64		Q
3	4	Ricardo Cunningham (JAM)	1:47.71	SB	Q
4	5	Guy Learmonth (SCO)	1:47.85		q
5	1	Brandon McBride (CAN)	1:49.29		q
6	2	(RWA)	1:55.31
7	7	(PNG)	1:59.09

Heat 2[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	André Olivier (RSA)	1:47.93		Q
2	2	Ronald Musagala (UGA)	1:48.23		Q
3	1	Alberto Mamba (MOZ)	1:48.57		Q
4	4	Mukhtar Mohammed (ENG)	1:49.13		q
5	6	(NGR)	1:50.59
6	5	(TTO)	1:51.57

Heat 3[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Jeffrey Riseley (AUS)	1:48.63		Q
2	6	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN)	1:48.70		Q
3	2	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:49.38		Q
4	1	(BER)	1:49.61		q
5	3	(PNG)	1:52.36	PB
6	4	Alex Beddoes (COK)	1:53.160	NR
	5	Andrew Osagie (ENG)		DQ

Heat 4[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	(BER)	1:50.48		Q
2	5	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:50.56		Q
3	7	(KEN)	1:50.88		Q
4	6	Jamaal James (TTO)	1:51.62
5	1	Josh Ralph (AUS)	1:52.48
6	4	(RWA)	1:55.61
7	2	(PNG)	2:03.45

Semi-finals[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:46.61		Q
2	4	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN)	1:46.88		Q
3	8	Guy Learmonth (SCO)	1:47.78		Q
4	1	Ricardo Cunningham (JAM)	1:47.80
5	6	Jeffrey Riseley (AUS)	1:47.82		q
6	2	(BER)	1:48.59
7	7	Mukhtar Mohammed (ENG)	1:51.91
	5	Brandon McBride (CAN)	DQ

Semi-final 2[]

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:45.65		Q
2	3	Ronald Musagala (UGA)	1:45.98		Q
3	4	André Olivier (RSA)	1:46.30		Q
4	5	(KEN)	1:47.35		q
5	7	Michael Rimmer (ENG)	1:47.70		q
6	2	Alberto Mamba (MOZ)	1:47.73	NR
7	8	Joe Thomas (WAL)	1:50.08
8	1	(BER)	1:50.17

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	5	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:45.18
	4	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:45.48
	6	André Olivier (RSA)	1:46.03
4	8	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN)	1:46.09
5	3	Jeffrey Riseley (AUS)	1:46.12
6	1	Guy Learmonth (SCO)	1:46.69	PB
7	2	Michael Rimmer (ENG)	1:46.71
8	9	Ronald Musagala (UGA)	1:47.19
9	7	(KEN)	1:47.34

References[]