The men's 800 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMike BoitSeymour NewmanPeter Lemashon

Results Heats Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 John Higham 1:48.9 Q 2 2 Colin Szwed 1:49.1 Q 3 2 Peter Hoffmann 1:49.1 Q 4 2 Glen Grant 1:49.3 q 5 3 James Maina Boi 1:49.48 Q 6 3 Garry Cook 1:49.9 Q 7 3 Paul Forbes 1:50.0 Q 8 2 Halidu Zinentah 1:50.2 q 9 3 Rayfield Beaton 1:50.3 q 10 2 Doug Wournell 1:50.4 q 11 4 Mike Boit 1:50.6 Q 12 4 David Warren 1:51.4 Q 13 1 Chum Darvall 1:51.5 Q 13 4 Dennis Norris 1:51.5 Q 15 1 Peter Lemashon 1:51.6 Q 15 1 Seymour Newman 1:51.6 Q 15 4 Peter Favell 1:51.56 18 1 James McGuinness 1:51.71 19 3 Conrad Francis 1:52.22 20 4 Donald Pierre 1:52.61 21 4 Ezzard Wilson 1:52.66 22 1 Carlsen Phillips 1:52.83 23 1 Dave Hill 1:53.77 24 2 Henry Carver 1:54.83 25 3 William Amakye 1:54.90 26 1 Trevor Small 1:55.24 27 3 John Erysthee 1:58.43 28 2 Heligar Calderon 2:01.08 3 Michael Watson 1 Michael Olliviere 4 Lewis Swann 4 Auchinleck Spencer

Semifinals Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Seymour Newman 1:48.83 Q 2 1 Glen Grant 1:49.25 Q 3 1 Chum Darvall 1:49.26 Q 4 2 Mike Boit 1:49.88 Q 5 1 Peter Lemashon 1:49.93 Q 6 1 Peter Hoffmann 1:50.10 7 2 Halidu Zinentah 1:50.62 Q 8 2 Garry Cook 1:50.75 Q 9 2 John Higham 1:50.77 Q 10 2 Dennis Norris 1:50.77 11 1 Colin Szwed 1:50.89 12 1 Doug Wournell 1:51.23 13 2 Rayfield Beaton 1:51.86 14 2 David Warren 1:51.96 15 2 Paul Forbes 1:56.80 1 James Maina Boi

Final Held on 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mike Boit 1:46.39 Seymour Newman 1:47.30 Peter Lemashon 1:47.57 4 Chum Darvall 1:47.74 5 Garry Cook 1:48.06 6 Halidu Zinentah 1:48.15 7 John Higham 1:48.90 8 Glen Grant 1:49.32

References

Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results