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Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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The 800 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March 2006 and Thursday 23 March 2006.

The top two runners in each of the three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 8 runners competed in the final.

Records edit

World Record 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN Cologne, Germany 24 August 1997
Games Record 1:43.22 Steve Cram ENG Edinburgh, Scotland July, 1986

Medals edit

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
  Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya   Achraf Tadili, Canada   John Litei, Kenya

Qualification edit

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank Athlete Nation Games
Result 		27 March Rank
Comm. World Comm. World
1 2 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi   South Africa Did Not Compete 1 2
2 3 Wilfred Bungei   Kenya Did Not Compete 2 3
3 4 William Yiampoy   Kenya Did Not Compete 3 4
4 6 Gary Reed   Canada 4th in heat, did not advance to final 4 6
5 8 Alfred Yego   Kenya Did Not Compete 5 8
6 =17 Joseph Mutua   Kenya Did Not Compete 6 =17
7 27 James Mcilroy   Northern Ireland 4th in heat, did not advance to final 9 29
8 30 Samwel Mwera   Tanzania DSQ 11 33
9 31 John Litei   Kenya Bronze 8 27
10 32 Achraf Tadili   Canada Silver 10 31

Alex Kipchirchir's gold in this event took him from outside the top 100 to 24th in the world, and to seventh in the Commonwealth.

Results edit

All times shown are in minutes.

  • Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
  • q denotes qualification by overall place.
  • DNS denotes did not start.
  • DNF denotes did not finish.
  • DQ denotes disqualification.
  • NR denotes national record.
  • GR denotes Games record.
  • WR denotes world record.
  • PB denotes personal best.
  • SB denotes season best.

Heats edit

Heat 1 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 20:42
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 John Litei   Kenya 4 1:46.55 Q
2 3 Achraf Tadili   Canada 1 1:47.67 Q
3 =4 Jason Stewart   New Zealand 5 1:47.74 q
4 8 Ghamanda Ram   India 3 1:48.03
5 14 Nigel Leonce   Saint Lucia 2 1:51.33
- - Samwel Mwera   Tanzania 6 DSQ 163.3
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei   Kenya 53.04 s
Heat 2 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 20:50
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 2 Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya 2 1:46.96 Q
2 =4 Nick Bromley   Australia 3 1:47.74 Q
3 6 Onalenna Oabona   Botswana 4 1:47.78 q
4 7 Gary Reed   Canada 5 1:47.96
5 =10 Jimmy Adar   Uganda 6 1:49.33
6 15 Setefano Mika   Samoa 1 1:52.13
- - Bakary Jabbi   The Gambia 7 DNS
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya 53.79 s
Heat 3 of 3
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 21:00
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 9 Sherridan Kirk   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1:49.11 Q
2 =10 Cosmas Rono   Kenya 6 1:49.33 Q
3 12 David Gill   Canada 2 1:49.80
4 13 James Mcilroy   Northern Ireland 1 1:49.85
5 16 Lamin Keita   The Gambia 4 1:54.35
6 17 Michael Donawa   Bermuda 5 1:54.65
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m Sherridan Kirk   Trinidad and Tobago 55.06 s
Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Order Place Time Qual. Record
1 John Litei   Kenya 1 4 1 1:46.55 Q
2 Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya 2 2 1 1:46.96 Q
3 Achraf Tadili   Canada 1 1 2 1:47.67 Q
4 Nick Bromley   Australia 2 3 2 1:47.74 Q
Jason Stewart   New Zealand 1 5 3 1:47.74 q
6 Onalenna Oabona   Botswana 2 4 3 1:47.78 q
7 Gary Reed   Canada 2 5 4 1:47.96
8 Ghamanda Ram   India 1 3 4 1:48.03
9 Sherridan Kirk   Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 1 1:49.11 Q
10 Jimmy Adar   Uganda 2 6 5 1:49.33
Cosmas Rono   Kenya 3 6 2 1:49.33 Q
12 David Gill   Canada 3 2 3 1:49.80
13 James Mcilroy   Northern Ireland 3 1 4 1:49.85
14 Nigel Leonce   Saint Lucia 1 2 5 1:51.33
15 Setefano Mika   Samoa 2 1 6 1:52.13
16 Lamin Keita   The Gambia 3 4 5 1:54.35
17 Michael Donawa   Bermuda 3 5 6 1:54.65
- Samwel Mwera   Tanzania 1 6 - DSQ 163.3
Bakary Jabbi   The Gambia 2 7 - DNS

Final edit

Final
Date: Thursday 23 March 2006
Time: 20:50
Place Athlete Nation Order Time Record
1 Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya 5 1:45.88
2 Achraf Tadili   Canada 4 1:46.93
3 John Litei   Kenya 3 1:46.98
4 Sherridan Kirk   Trinidad and Tobago 6 1:47.45
5 Jason Stewart   New Zealand 7 1:47.72
6 Nick Bromley   Australia 1 1:50.45
7 Cosmas Rono   Kenya 8 1:52.03
8 Onalenna Oabona   Botswana 2 1:57.20
Split
Mark Athlete Nation Time
400 m John Litei   Kenya 53.67 s

References edit

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