Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Steve Cram England | Tom McKean Scotland | Peter Elliott England |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 1:49.68 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Peter Elliott | England | 1:49.73 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mal Edwards | Wales | 1:49.81 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Paul Forbes | Scotland | 1:50.07 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Joseph Ramotshabi | Botswana | 1:50.07 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Isaac Ganunga | Malawi | 1:50.78 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Peter Bourke | Australia | 1:51.23 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Steve Cram | England | 1:51.42 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | 1:51.90 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Paul Williams | Wales | 1:52.55 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Sebastian Coe | England | 1:53.13 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Brian Thompson | Canada | 1:53.25 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Mark Kirk | Northern Ireland | 1:53.29 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Tom McKean | Scotland | 1:53.31 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | John Chappory | Gibraltar | 1:53.38 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Nick Hand | Guernsey | 1:53.45 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Mike Guegan | Jersey | 1:53.97 | |
| 18 | 3 | Binesh Prasad | Fiji | 1:55.13 | |
| 19 | 3 | Avelino Baldachino | Gibraltar | 1:55.14 | |
| 20 | 2 | Gideon Mthembu | Swaziland | 1:55.77 | |
| 21 | 1 | Sawelio Lutuni | Fiji | 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 | England | 1:47.42 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | 1:47.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sebastian Coe | England | 1:48.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Paul Forbes | Scotland | 1:48.29 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Peter Bourke | Australia | 1:48.40 | |
| 6 | 2 | Paul Williams | Wales | 1:48.52 | |
| 7 | 1 | Steve Cram | England | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Tom McKean | Scotland | 1:49.02 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 1:49.24 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Mal Edwards | Wales | 1:49.33 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Mark Kirk | Northern Ireland | 1:49.69 | |
| 12 | 1 | Joseph Ramotshabi | Botswana | 1:49.98 | |
| 13 | 1 | Brian Thompson | Canada | 1:50.25 | |
| 14 | 2 | Isaac Ganunga | Malawi | 1:50.88 | |
| 15 | 1 | Nick Hand | Guernsey | 1:54.83 | |
| 16 | 2 | John Chappory | Gibraltar | 1:55.29 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Cram | England | 1:43.22 | GR |
| | Tom McKean | Scotland | 1:44.80 | PB |
| | Peter Elliott | England | 1:45.42 | |
| 4 | Pat Scammell | Australia | 1:45.86 | |
| 5 | Mal Edwards | Wales | 1:47.27 | |
| 6 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | 1:49.04 | |
| 7 | Paul Forbes | Scotland | 1:51.29 | |
| | Sebastian Coe | England | DNS | |
