Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 800 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Cram England	Tom McKean Scotland	Peter Elliott England

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Pat Scammell	Australia	1:49.68	Q
2	1	Peter Elliott	England	1:49.73	Q
3	1	Mal Edwards	Wales	1:49.81	Q
4	1	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:50.07	Q
5	1	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	1:50.07	q
6	1	Isaac Ganunga	Malawi	1:50.78	q
7	3	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:51.23	Q
8	3	Steve Cram	England	1:51.42	Q
9	3	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	1:51.90	Q
10	3	Paul Williams	Wales	1:52.55	Q
11	2	Sebastian Coe	England	1:53.13	Q
12	2	Brian Thompson	Canada	1:53.25	Q
13	2	Mark Kirk	Northern Ireland	1:53.29	Q
14	2	Tom McKean	Scotland	1:53.31	Q
15	1	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1:53.38	q
16	2	Nick Hand	Guernsey	1:53.45	q
17	2	Mike Guegan	Jersey	1:53.97
18	3	Binesh Prasad	Fiji	1:55.13
19	3	Avelino Baldachino	Gibraltar	1:55.14
20	2	Gideon Mthembu	Swaziland	1:55.77
21	1	Sawelio Lutuni	Fiji	1:58.09

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Peter Elliott	England	1:47.42	Q
2	2	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	1:47.63	Q
3	2	Sebastian Coe	England	1:48.07	Q
4	2	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:48.29	Q
5	2	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:48.40
6	2	Paul Williams	Wales	1:48.52
7	1	Steve Cram	England	1:48.71	Q
8	1	Tom McKean	Scotland	1:49.02	Q
9	1	Pat Scammell	Australia	1:49.24	Q
10	1	Mal Edwards	Wales	1:49.33	Q
11	1	Mark Kirk	Northern Ireland	1:49.69
12	1	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	1:49.98
13	1	Brian Thompson	Canada	1:50.25
14	2	Isaac Ganunga	Malawi	1:50.88
15	1	Nick Hand	Guernsey	1:54.83
16	2	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1:55.29

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Cram	England	1:43.22	GR
	Tom McKean	Scotland	1:44.80	PB
	Peter Elliott	England	1:45.42
4	Pat Scammell	Australia	1:45.86
5	Mal Edwards	Wales	1:47.27
6	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	1:49.04
7	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:51.29
	Sebastian Coe	England	DNS