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

Athletics at the 2006 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
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 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 22–24.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	Kenia Sinclair  Jamaica	Maria Mutola  Mozambique

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Susan Scott	Scotland	2:02.85	Q
2	5	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:03.11	Q
3	3	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:03.24	Q
4	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:03.39	Q
5	3	Jemma Simpson	England	2:03.49	Q
6	5	Hayley Tullett	Wales	2:03.55	Q, SB
7	5	Suzanne Walsham	Australia	2:04.00	q
8	3	Amanda Teteris	Canada	2:04.04	q
9	2	Lebogang Phakula	South Africa	2:04.27	Q
10	3	Leonor Piuza	Mozambique	2:04.30	q, PB
11	4	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica	2:04.44	Q
12	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:04.50	Q
13	2	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Grenada	2:04.68	q
14	2	Elizabeth Allen	Australia	2:04.97	q
15	4	Marilyn Okoro	England	2:05.01	Q
16	4	Pinki Parmanik	India	2:05.18	q
17	3	Grace Ebora	Nigeria	2:05.24
18	4	Katharine Vermeulen	Canada	2:05.29
19	1	Erica Sigmont	Australia	2:05.37
20	2	Caroline Chepkwony	Kenya	2:05.70	PB
21	5	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:06.04
22	4	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:06.64	SB
23	5	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:07.78	PB
24	1	Dina Phakula	South Africa	2:07.82
25	2	Salome Dell	Papua New Guinea	2:08.13	PB
26	1	Moleboheng Mafata	Lesotho	2:12.20	PB
27	1	Bushra Parveen	Pakistan	2:12.54

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.03	Q
2	1	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica	1:59.62	Q
3	1	Susan Scott	Scotland	2:00.31	Q, SB
4	1	Marilyn Okoro	England	2:00.84	q, PB
5	1	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Grenada	2:01.02	q, PB
6	2	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:01.34	Q
7	2	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:01.58	Q
8	2	Jemma Simpson	England	2:01.78	Q, PB
9	2	Leonor Piuza	Mozambique	2:01.84	PB
10	1	Hayley Tullett	Wales	2:02.44	SB
11	2	Pinki Parmanik	India	2:03.83	PB
12	2	Suzanne Walsham	Australia	2:04.02
13	1	Amanda Teteris	Canada	2:04.77
14	1	Elizabeth Allen	Australia	2:05.43
15	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:07.13
16	2	Lebogang Phakula	South Africa	2:08.20

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	1:57.88
02 !	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica	1:58.16	PB
03 !	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:58.77	SB
4	Susan Scott	Scotland	1:59.02	PB
5	Diane Cummins	Canada	1:59.31	SB
6	Jemma Simpson	England	2:01.11	PB
7	Marilyn Okoro	England	2:01.65
8	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Grenada	2:01.96

References

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