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

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJapheth KimutaiHezekiél SepengJohan Botha

Results Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heat 1, Heat 2, Heat 3, Heat 4&5 results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Japheth Kimutai 1:47.49 Q 2 2 Paskar Owor 1:47.90 Q, PB 3 1 Johan Botha 1:48.16 Q 4 2 Jason Lobo 1:48.23 q 5 4 Savieri Ngidhi 1:48.24 Q 6 4 Hezekiél Sepeng 1:48.31 Q 7 1 Bradley Donkin 1:48.32 Q 8 1 Glody Dube 1:48.44 q 9 5 Kennedy Kimwetich 1:48.48 Q 10 1 Shaun Farrell 1:48.51 q 11 4 Joseph Ischia 1:48.61 q 12 3 Andrew Hart 1:48.70 Q 13 3 Crispen Mutakanyi 1:48.89 Q 14 4 Veranus Kamati 1:48.99 q, PB 15 2 Mao Tjiroze 1:49.02 q, SB 16 2 Kenroy Levy 1:49.09 SB 17 5 Marvin Watts 1:49.19 Q 18 4 Grant Graham 1:49.25 19 5 Richard Girvan 1:49.33 20 3 Eddie King 1:49.38 21 5 Subramaniam Vasu 1:49.76 22 5 Chipako Chungu 1:49.80 23 3 Dale Jones 1:50.54 SB 24 3 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 1:50.66 PB 25 1 Stephen Agar 1:51.07 26 4 Mpho Morobe 1:51.45 27 1 Ian Godwin 1:52.01 28 3 Chris Brown 1:52.76 29 5 Dave Pamah 1:52.91 30 3 Reuben Silwimba 1:53.31 31 1 Gregory Chipman 1:54.57 32 1 Nickie Peters 1:55.78 32 3 Kayless Tavakalo 1:55.78 35 4 Gerard Solomon 1:57.87 36 2 Mphafi Karabo 1:59.20 2 Naseer Ismail 5 Selwyn Bonne

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Japheth Kimutai 1:46.88 Q 2 1 Hezekiél Sepeng 1:47.05 Q 3 1 Kennedy Kimwetich 1:47.12 Q 4 1 Savieri Ngidhi 1:47.20 Q 5 1 Andrew Hart 1:47.34 Q 5 2 Johan Botha 1:47.34 Q 7 2 Crispen Mutakanyi 1:47.58 Q 8 2 Bradley Donkin 1:47.65 Q 9 2 Glody Dube 1:47.78 PB 10 1 Paskar Owor 1:47.90 11 2 Jason Lobo 1:47.96 12 1 Marvin Watts 1:48.40 13 2 Joseph Ischia 1:48.43 14 2 Mao Tjiroze 1:48.58 SB 15 1 Shaun Farrell 1:49.21 16 1 Veranus Kamati 1:49.22

Final Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Japheth Kimutai 1:43.82 Hezekiél Sepeng 1:44.44 SB Johan Botha 1:44.57 PB 4 Savieri Ngidhi 1:45.18 5 Andrew Hart 1:45.71 PB 6 Bradley Donkin 1:46.86 PB 7 Crispen Mutakanyi 1:46.97 8 Kennedy Kimwetich 1:48.13

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