Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1994 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 1994 Commonwealth Games was held at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Inez Turner  Jamaica	Charmaine Crooks  Canada	Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:03.14	Q
2	1	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	2:03.37	Q
3	3	Selina Kosgei	Kenya	2:03.38	Q
4	3	Melanie Collins	Australia	2:03.57	Q
5	1	Sandra Dawson	Australia	2:03.71	q
5	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:03.71	Q
7	3	Catherine Dawson	Wales	2:03.81	q
8	2	Lisa Lightfoot	Australia	2:03.90	Q
9	2	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	2:04.60
10	2	Joanna Latimer	Northern Ireland	2:05.19
11	3	Vicky Lynch	Canada	2:05.70
12	1	Dawn Gandy	England	2:06.52
13	1	Jean Fletcher	Canada	2:07.30
14	3	Sonya Bowyer	England	2:08.14
15	3	Jennifer Fisher	Bermuda	2:08.65
16	1	Julia Sandiford	Barbados	2:10.02
17	2	Sheila Seebaluck	Mauritius	2:11.63
18	2	Dithapelo Molefi	Botswana	2:11.64
19	3	Motselisi Mojaki	Lesotho	2:31.66
20	1	Gifty Abankwa	Ghana	9:99.98 !DQ
20	3	Dawn Williams	Dominica	9:99.98 !DQ
21	2	Diane Modahl	England	9:99.99 !DNS

Heat 3 4: Vicky Lynch. (Can) 2.05.70. 5: Sonya Bowyer. (Eng). 2.08.14. 6: Jennifer Fisher. (Bermuda). 2.08.65. 7: Motselisi Moiaki. Lesotho. 2.31.66. Disqualified: Dawn Williams. (Dominica)

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:01.74
02 !	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:02.35
03 !	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	2:03.12
4	Catherine Dawson	Wales	2:03.17
5	Selina Kosgei	Kenya	2:03.78
6	Lisa Lightfoot	Australia	2:03.82
7	Melanie Collins	Australia	2:04.09
8	Sandra Dawson	Australia	2:04.41

References