Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (first round) 6 August (final)
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:57.07
Medalists
Mary Moraa    Kenya   Keely Hodgkinson    England   Laura Muir    Scotland
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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	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
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m 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
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 6 August 2022.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
Commonwealth record	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008
Games record	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.68	Gold Coast, Australia	13 April 2018

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:50	First round
Saturday 6 August 2022	19:45	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus next two fastest) advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	2	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:58.39	Q
2	2	Laura Muir (SCO)	1:58.84	Q
3	1	Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:59.22	Q
4	1	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	1:59.35	Q
5	2	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	1:59.76	q, SB
6	2	Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.04	q
7	1	Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA)	2:00.17
8	3	Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	2:00.18	Q
9	1	Georgia Griffith (AUS)	2:00.36	SB
10	3	Catriona Bisset (AUS)	2:00.40	Q
11	3	Jemma Reekie (SCO)	2:00.68
12	3	Jarinter Mwasya (KEN)	2:00.95
13	2	Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI)	2:01.20	NR
14	3	Madeleine Kelly (CAN)	2:02.99
15	1	Jenny Selman (SCO)	2:06.53
16	2	Joanna Archer (GUY)	2:07.24
17	1	Manqabang Tsibela (LES)	2:13.34
18	3	Rebecca Bernardin (TCA)	2:25.83

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Mary Moraa (KEN)	1:57.07
	Keely Hodgkinson (ENG)	1:57.40
	Laura Muir (SCO)	1:57.87
4	Natoya Goule (JAM)	1:57.88	SB
5	Catriona Bisset (AUS)	1:59.41
6	Alexandra Bell (ENG)	2:00.52
7	Lindsey Butterworth (CAN)	2:00.79
8	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	2:01.17