Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
30 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Diane Edwards  England	Ann Williams  England	Sharon Stewart  Australia

Results

Heats

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	Wendy Old	Australia	2:03.19	Q
2	2	Gail Luke	Australia	2:03.73	Q
3	2	Diane Edwards	England	2:04.86	Q
4	1	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:05.46	Q
5	1	Lorraine Baker	England	2:05.80	Q
6	2	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:05.86	Q
7	1	Nicky Knapp	Canada	2:06.11	Q
8	2	Brit Lind-Peterson	Canada	2:06.17	q
9	1	Ann Williams	England	2:06.22	Q
10	1	Carlene Dillimore	New Zealand	2:06.88
11	1	Ranza Clark	Canada	2:07.73
12	2	Marcia Tate	Jamaica	2:09.15
13	1	Sheila Seebaluck	Mauritius	2:13.69

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Diane Edwards	England	2:00.25	GR
02 !	Ann Williams	England	2:00.40
03 !	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:00.87
4	Wendy Old	Australia	2:01.70
5	Lorraine Baker	England	2:01.77
6	Gail Luke	Australia	2:02.71
7	Nicky Knapp	Canada	2:03.79
8	Brit Lind-Peterson	Canada	2:07.40
9	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:09.11

References