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

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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.

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
	1	Ruth Nanyiza	Zambia	DNF
	3	Tanya Blake	England	DNS

Semifinals

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

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:57.60	CR
	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	1:58.39	SB
	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