Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	12 April (heats) 13 April (final)
Competitors	26 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:56.68 GR
Medalists
Caster Semenya    South Africa   Margaret Wambui    Kenya   Natoya Goule    Jamaica

Athletics at the 2018 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
20 km walk	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
Para events
100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women

The women's 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 13 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
Games record	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.35	Manchester, England	29 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:59.26		Q
2	4	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.11	PB	Q
3	1	Eglay Nalyanya (KEN)	2:00.28	PB	q
4	7	Dorcus Ajok (UGA)	2:00.53		q
5	3	Angie Petty (NZL)	2:00.62
6	2	Keely Small (AUS)	2:00.81	PB
7	5	Natalia Evangelidou (CYP)	2:01.77	NR
8	8	Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI)	2:04.72
9	7	Mariama Coneth (SLE)	2:16.57

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2	Margaret Wambui (KEN)	2:00.60		Q
2	7	Natoya Goule (JAM)	2:00.74		Q
3	8	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (ENG)	2:00.81
4	3	Brittany McGowan (AUS)	2:01.17
5	6	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	2:01.69
6	7	Agnes Abu (GHA)	2:02.50	PB
7	5	Ciara Mageean (NIR)	2:03.30
8	1	Tsepang Sello (LES)	2:06.54
9	4	Valentine Hello (VAN)	2:18.26

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Emily Cherotich Tuei (KEN)	2:00.58		Q
2	6	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	2:00.69		Q
3	3	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	2:00.73	PB
4	2	Lynsey Sharp (SCO)	2:01.33
5	1	Alena Brooks (TTO)	2:01.81	NR
6	8	Adelle Tracey (ENG)	2:02.03
7	5	Nimali W.K.L. Arachchige (SRI)	2:08.52
8	4	Alice Ishimwe (RWA)	2:11.36	PB

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	5	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.68	GR
	4	Margaret Wambui (KEN)	1:58.07
	1	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:58.82	PB
4	8	Winnie Nanyondo (UGA)	2:00.36
5	7	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.83
6	3	Dorcus Ajok (UGA)	2:01.22
7	6	Emily Cherotich Tuei (KEN)	2:01.74
8	2	Eglay Nalyanya (KEN)	2:03.08

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