Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 27–29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	Joseph Mutua Kenya	Kris McCarthy Australia

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:47.68	Q
2	1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.87	Q, SB
3	1	Nathan Brannen	Canada	1:48.04	Q
4	1	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.40	q, PB
5	1	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:48.51	q
6	2	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:48.53	Q
7	2	Kris McCarthy	Australia	1:48.85	Q
8	4	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:49.08	Q
9	4	James McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1:49.21	Q
10	4	Joel Kidger	England	1:49.47	Q
11	3	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:49.62	Q
12	2	Neil Speaight	England	1:49.67	Q
12	4	Matthew Shone	Wales	1:49.67	q
14	3	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	1:49.92	Q
15	4	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:50.01	q
16	3	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:50.16	Q
17	3	Curtis Robb	England	1:50.34
18	3	Amilcar Leal	Mozambique	1:50.85
19	4	Sylvester Chishiba	Zambia	1:50.86	PB
20	2	Constantinos Hadjimarkou	Cyprus	1:51.26
21	3	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1:51.39
22	1	Nickie Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:52.73
23	3	Daryl Vassallo	Gibraltar	1:57.66
24	2	Clive Baron	Dominica	1:59.48
25	4	Dauda Manasary	Sierra Leone	2:04.59
	2	Ebrima Ceesay	Gambia	DQ
	2	Clement Abai	Papua New Guinea	DNS

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:46.43	Q
2	1	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:46.65	Q
3	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.72	Q
4	2	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:46.81	Q
5	1	James McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1:46.93	Q
6	2	Kris McCarthy	Australia	1:47.06	Q
7	1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.14	q, SB
8	2	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:47.19	q
9	2	Neil Speaight	England	1:47.22
10	1	Nathan Brannen	Canada	1:47.65
11	2	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:47.98
12	1	Joel Kidger	England	1:48.12	PB
13	2	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.51
14	1	Matthew Shone	Wales	1:49.08
15	2	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	1:49.61
16	1	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:50.00

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.32
	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:46.57
	Kris McCarthy	Australia	1:46.79
4	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:47.04
5	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:47.46
6	James McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1:47.77
7	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:48.96
8	Glody Dube	Botswana	2:17.40