The men's 800 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSteve CramTom McKeanPeter Elliott
Results Heats Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats and semifinals results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Pat Scammell 1:49.68 Q 2 1 Peter Elliott 1:49.73 Q 3 1 Mal Edwards 1:49.81 Q 4 1 Paul Forbes 1:50.07 Q 5 1 Joseph Ramotshabi 1:50.07 q 6 1 Isaac Ganunga 1:50.78 q 7 3 Peter Bourke 1:51.23 Q 8 3 Steve Cram 1:51.42 Q 9 3 Simon Hoogewerf 1:51.90 Q 10 3 Paul Williams 1:52.55 Q 11 2 Sebastian Coe 1:53.13 Q 12 2 Brian Thompson 1:53.25 Q 13 2 Mark Kirk 1:53.29 Q 14 2 Tom McKean 1:53.31 Q 15 1 John Chappory 1:53.38 q 16 2 Nick Hand 1:53.45 q 17 2 Mike Guegan 1:53.97 18 3 Binesh Prasad 1:55.13 19 3 Avelino Baldachino 1:55.14 20 2 Gideon Mthembu 1:55.77 21 1 Sawelio Lutuni 1:58.09
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Peter Elliott 1:47.42 Q 2 2 Simon Hoogewerf 1:47.63 Q 3 2 Sebastian Coe 1:48.07 Q 4 2 Paul Forbes 1:48.29 Q 5 2 Peter Bourke 1:48.40 6 2 Paul Williams 1:48.52 7 1 Steve Cram 1:48.71 Q 8 1 Tom McKean 1:49.02 Q 9 1 Pat Scammell 1:49.24 Q 10 1 Mal Edwards 1:49.33 Q 11 1 Mark Kirk 1:49.69 12 1 Joseph Ramotshabi 1:49.98 13 1 Brian Thompson 1:50.25 14 2 Isaac Ganunga 1:50.88 15 1 Nick Hand 1:54.83 16 2 John Chappory 1:55.29
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Cram 1:43.22 GR Tom McKean 1:44.80 PB Peter Elliott 1:45.42 4 Pat Scammell 1:45.86 5 Mal Edwards 1:47.27 6 Simon Hoogewerf 1:49.04 7 Paul Forbes 1:51.29 Sebastian Coe
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