Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 17–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japheth Kimutai  Kenya	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	Johan Botha  South Africa

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:47.49	Q
2	2	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.90	Q, PB
3	1	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:48.16	Q
4	2	Jason Lobo	England	1:48.23	q
5	4	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:48.24	Q
6	4	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:48.31	Q
7	1	Bradley Donkin	England	1:48.32	Q
8	1	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:48.44	q
9	5	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:48.48	Q
10	1	Shaun Farrell	New Zealand	1:48.51	q
11	4	Joseph Ischia	Australia	1:48.61	q
12	3	Andrew Hart	England	1:48.70	Q
13	3	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1:48.89	Q
14	4	Veranus Kamati	Namibia	1:48.99	q, PB
15	2	Mao Tjiroze	Namibia	1:49.02	q, SB
16	2	Kenroy Levy	Jamaica	1:49.09	SB
17	5	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1:49.19	Q
18	4	Grant Graham	Scotland	1:49.25
19	5	Richard Girvan	Northern Ireland	1:49.33
20	3	Eddie King	Northern Ireland	1:49.38
21	5	Subramaniam Vasu	Malaysia	1:49.76
22	5	Chipako Chungu	Zambia	1:49.80
23	3	Dale Jones	Antigua and Barbuda	1:50.54	SB
24	3	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:50.66	PB
25	1	Stephen Agar	Canada	1:51.07
26	4	Mpho Morobe	Lesotho	1:51.45
27	1	Ian Godwin	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1:52.01
28	3	Chris Brown	Bahamas	1:52.76
29	5	Dave Pamah	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:52.91
30	3	Reuben Silwimba	Zambia	1:53.31
31	1	Gregory Chipman	Bahamas	1:54.57
32	1	Nickie Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:55.78
32	3	Kayless Tavakalo	Vanuatu	1:55.78
35	4	Gerard Solomon	Vanuatu	1:57.87
36	2	Mphafi Karabo	Lesotho	1:59.20
	2	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	DNS
	5	Selwyn Bonne	Seychelles	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:46.88	Q
2	1	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.05	Q
3	1	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:47.12	Q
4	1	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:47.20	Q
5	1	Andrew Hart	England	1:47.34	Q
5	2	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:47.34	Q
7	2	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1:47.58	Q
8	2	Bradley Donkin	England	1:47.65	Q
9	2	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:47.78	PB
10	1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.90
11	2	Jason Lobo	England	1:47.96
12	1	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1:48.40
13	2	Joseph Ischia	Australia	1:48.43
14	2	Mao Tjiroze	Namibia	1:48.58	SB
15	1	Shaun Farrell	New Zealand	1:49.21
16	1	Veranus Kamati	Namibia	1:49.22

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:43.82
	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:44.44	SB
	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:44.57	PB
4	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:45.18
5	Andrew Hart	England	1:45.71	PB
6	Bradley Donkin	England	1:46.86	PB
7	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1:46.97
8	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:48.13