Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 29 January and 1 February 1990.[1]
The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by less than 0.05 seconds at these games.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Sammy Tirop![]() | Nixon Kiprotich![]() | Matthew Yates![]() |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First four of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Sammy Tirop | ![]() | 1:48.60 | Q |
2 | 3 | Robert Kibet | ![]() | 1:49.16 | Q |
3 | 3 | Matthew Yates | ![]() | 1:49.24 | Q |
4 | 1 | Sebastian Coe | ![]() | 1:49.83 | Q |
4 | 2 | Nixon Kiprotich | ![]() | 1:49.83 | Q |
6 | 1 | David Strang | ![]() | 1:49.92 | Q |
7 | 1 | Melford Homela | ![]() | 1:49.97 | Q |
8 | 1 | John Walker | ![]() | 1:50.09 | q |
9 | 2 | Ikem Billy | ![]() | 1:50.32 | Q |
10 | 3 | Mike Birke | ![]() | 1:50.36 | Q |
11 | 4 | Mbiganyi Thee | ![]() | 1:50.71 | Q |
12 | 3 | Michael Craig | ![]() | 1:50.81 | Q |
13 | 2 | Brian Whittle | ![]() | 1:50.87 | Q |
14 | 1 | Neil Horsfield | ![]() | 1:50.88 | q |
15 | 4 | Tom McKean | ![]() | 1:50.87 | Q |
16 | 2 | Paul Osland | ![]() | 1:51.00 | Q |
17 | 3 | Kenneth Dzekedzeke | ![]() | 1:51.17 | |
18 | 3 | Samson Vellabouy | ![]() | 1:51.19 | |
19 | 4 | Simon Doyle | ![]() | 1:51.21 | Q |
20 | 2 | Zacharia Machangani | ![]() | 1:51.41 | |
21 | 4 | Simon Hoogewerf | ![]() | 1:52.00 | Q |
22 | 2 | Mark Kirk | ![]() | 1:52.09 | |
23 | 2 | Alick Musukuma | ![]() | 1:52.18 | |
24 | 1 | Mohammad Hossain Milzer | ![]() | 1:52.44 | |
25 | 4 | Paul Breed | ![]() | 1:52.92 | |
26 | 4 | Philip Sinon | ![]() | 1:53.17 | |
27 | 3 | John Siguria | ![]() | 1:57.57 | |
28 | 4 | Ancel Nalau | ![]() | 2:00.33 |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Tom McKean | ![]() | 1:46.83 | Q |
2 | 1 | Nixon Kiprotich | ![]() | 1:46.92 | Q |
3 | 2 | Robert Kibet | ![]() | 1:47.00 | Q |
4 | 1 | Sammy Tirop | ![]() | 1:47.04 | Q |
5 | 2 | Simon Doyle | ![]() | 1:47.38 | Q |
6 | 1 | Brian Whittle | ![]() | 1:47.51 | Q |
7 | 1 | Sebastian Coe | ![]() | 1:47.67 | Q |
8 | 2 | Matthew Yates | ![]() | 1:47.77 | Q |
9 | 1 | Ikem Billy | ![]() | 1:47.80 | q |
10 | 1 | Mbiganyi Thee | ![]() | 1:48.33 | |
11 | 2 | Melford Homela | ![]() | 1:48.53 | |
12 | 1 | Paul Osland | ![]() | 1:48.59 | |
13 | 1 | John Walker | ![]() | 1:49.60 | |
14 | 2 | Mike Birke | ![]() | 1:49.64 | |
15 | 2 | Neil Horsfield | ![]() | 1:49.93 | |
16 | 2 | Michael Craig | ![]() | 1:51.00 | |
17 | 2 | David Strang | ![]() | 1:51.05 | |
18 | 1 | Simon Hoogewerf | ![]() | 1:53.75 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Sammy Tirop | ![]() | 1:45.98 | |
![]() | Nixon Kiprotich | ![]() | 1:46.00 | |
![]() | Matthew Yates | ![]() | 1:46.62 | |
4 | Brian Whittle | ![]() | 1:46.85 | |
5 | Ikem Billy | ![]() | 1:47.16 | |
6 | Sebastian Coe | ![]() | 1:47.24 | |
7 | Tom McKean | ![]() | 1:47.27 | |
8 | Simon Doyle | ![]() | 1:48.06 | |
9 | Robert Kibet | ![]() | 1:48.57 |
References
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2016-08-03.