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

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	2:02.47	Q
2	1	Lorraine Baker	England	2:03.24	Q
3	1	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:03.46	Q
4	1	Julie Schwass	Australia	2:03.88	q
5	2	Kirsty Wade	Wales	2:03.94	Q
6	2	Diane Edwards	England	2:04.05	Q
7	1	Camille Cato	Canada	2:04.08	q
8	2	Brit McRoberts	Canada	2:04.33	Q
9	2	Elizabeth MacArthur	Scotland	2:04.40
10	2	Helen Thorpe	England	2:05.61
11	1	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	2:18.53
12	2	Lieketseng Mpopelle	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	Camille Cato	Canada	2:03.26
6	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:03.85
7	Brit McRoberts	Canada	2:05.10
8	Julie Schwass	Australia	2:05.14

References

1. Results
2. Heats results