Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the
1998 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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
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

The women's 800 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 17–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Maria Mutola
 Mozambique
Tina Paulino
 Mozambique
Diane Modahl
 England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 1:59.06 Q
2 2 Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica 2:01.43 Q
3 2 Vicky Lynch-Pounds  Canada 2:02.31 Q
4 4 Tina Paulino  Mozambique 2:02.33 Q
5 2 Emma Davies  Wales 2:02.39 q
6 3 Julia Sakara  Zimbabwe 2:02.62 Q
7 4 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2:02.96 Q
8 3 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 2:02.97 Q
9 3 Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya 2:03.01 Q
10 3 Lwiza John  Tanzania 2:02.39 q
10 4 Mari-Louise Henning  South Africa 2:03.14 Q
12 4 Rachel Newcombe  Wales 2:03.58 q
13 4 Diane Cummins  Canada 2:03.71 q
14 1 Diane Modahl  England 2:06.44 Q
15 1 Amanda Crowe  Northern Ireland 2:06.64 Q
16 1 Grace Birungi  Uganda 2:06.81 Q
17 4 Adama Njie  Gambia 2:07.51
18 1 Nancy Langat  Kenya 2:07.68
19 2 Stéphanie Zanga  Cameroon 2:08.81
20 1 Soloseeni Krishnan  Malaysia 2:09.45
21 3 Dithapelo Molefi  Botswana 2:09.72
22 2 Karolina Tonono  Fiji 2:17.76
23 4 Bernadette Amara  Sierra Leone 2:31.56
24 2 Yaznee Nasheeda  Maldives 2:32.27
25 1 Ruth Nanyiza  Zambia DNF
25 3 Tanya Blake  England DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Tina Paulino  Mozambique 2:00.11 Q, SB
2 1 Julia Sakara  Zimbabwe 2:00.49 Q, SB
3 1 Lwiza John  Tanzania 2:01.63 Q, PB
4 1 Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya 2:01.80 Q, PB
5 1 Amanda Crowe  Northern Ireland 2:01.83 PB
6 1 Vicky Lynch-Pounds  Canada 2:02.79
7 2 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:02.84 Q
8 2 Diane Modahl  England 2:03.04 Q
9 1 Rachel Newcombe  Wales 2:03.28 PB
10 2 Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica 2:03.33 Q
11 2 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 2:03.56 Q
12 2 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2:04.00
13 1 Mari-Louise Henning  South Africa 2:04.17
14 2 Diane Cummins  Canada 2:04.40
15 2 Emma Davies  Wales 2:05.03
16 2 Grace Birungi  Uganda 2:05.06

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Maria Mutola  Mozambique 1:57.60 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tina Paulino  Mozambique 1:58.39 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Diane Modahl  England 1:58.81
4 Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica 1:59.71 SB
5 Julia Sakara  Zimbabwe 2:00.60
6 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 2:01.71 PB
7 Lwiza John  Tanzania 2:01.92
8 Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya 2:02.74

References

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