The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 29 January and 1 February 1990.

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by less than 0.05 seconds at these games.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSammy TiropNixon KiprotichMatthew Yates

Results Heats Qualification: First four of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sammy Tirop 1:48.60 Q 2 3 Robert Kibet 1:49.16 Q 3 3 Matthew Yates 1:49.24 Q 4 1 Sebastian Coe 1:49.83 Q 4 2 Nixon Kiprotich 1:49.83 Q 6 1 David Strang 1:49.92 Q 7 1 Melford Homela 1:49.97 Q 8 1 John Walker 1:50.09 q 9 2 Ikem Billy 1:50.32 Q 10 3 Mike Birke 1:50.36 Q 11 4 Mbiganyi Thee 1:50.71 Q 12 3 Michael Craig 1:50.81 Q 13 2 Brian Whittle 1:50.87 Q 14 1 Neil Horsfield 1:50.88 q 15 4 Tom McKean 1:50.87 Q 16 2 Paul Osland 1:51.00 Q 17 3 Kenneth Dzekedzeke 1:51.17 18 3 Samson Vellabouy 1:51.19 19 4 Simon Doyle 1:51.21 Q 20 2 Zacharia Machangani 1:51.41 21 4 Simon Hoogewerf 1:52.00 Q 22 2 Mark Kirk 1:52.09 23 2 Alick Musukuma 1:52.18 24 1 Mohammad Hossain Milzer 1:52.44 25 4 Paul Breed 1:52.92 26 4 Philip Sinon 1:53.17 27 3 John Siguria 1:57.57 28 4 Ancel Nalau 2:00.33

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Tom McKean 1:46.83 Q 2 1 Nixon Kiprotich 1:46.92 Q 3 2 Robert Kibet 1:47.00 Q 4 1 Sammy Tirop 1:47.04 Q 5 2 Simon Doyle 1:47.38 Q 6 1 Brian Whittle 1:47.51 Q 7 1 Sebastian Coe 1:47.67 Q 8 2 Matthew Yates 1:47.77 Q 9 1 Ikem Billy 1:47.80 q 10 1 Mbiganyi Thee 1:48.33 11 2 Melford Homela 1:48.53 12 1 Paul Osland 1:48.59 13 1 John Walker 1:49.60 14 2 Mike Birke 1:49.64 15 2 Neil Horsfield 1:49.93 16 2 Michael Craig 1:51.00 17 2 David Strang 1:51.05 18 1 Simon Hoogewerf 1:53.75

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sammy Tirop 1:45.98 Nixon Kiprotich 1:46.00 Matthew Yates 1:46.62 4 Brian Whittle 1:46.85 5 Ikem Billy 1:47.16 6 Sebastian Coe 1:47.24 7 Tom McKean 1:47.27 8 Simon Doyle 1:48.06 9 Robert Kibet 1:48.57

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