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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 women's 800 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 17–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Tina Paulino  Mozambique	Diane Modahl  England

Results※

Heats※

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the "semifinals."

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.06	Q
2	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	2:01.43	Q
3	2	Vicky Lynch-Pounds	Canada	2:02.31	Q
4	4	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	2:02.33	Q
5	2	Emma Davies	Wales	2:02.39	q
6	3	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	2:02.62	Q
7	4	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:02.96	Q
8	3	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:02.97	Q
9	3	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	2:03.01	Q
10	3	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:02.39	q
10	4	Mari-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:03.14	Q
12	4	Rachel Newcombe	Wales	2:03.58	q
13	4	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:03.71	q
14	1	Diane Modahl	England	2:06.44	Q
15	1	Amanda Crowe	Northern Ireland	2:06.64	Q
16	1	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:06.81	Q
17	4	Adama Njie	Gambia	2:07.51
18	1	Nancy Langat	Kenya	2:07.68
19	2	Stéphanie Zanga	Cameroon	2:08.81
20	1	Soloseeni Krishnan	Malaysia	2:09.45
21	3	Dithapelo Molefi	Botswana	2:09.72
22	2	Karolina Tonono	Fiji	2:17.76
23	4	Bernadette Amara	Sierra Leone	2:31.56
24	2	Yaznee Nasheeda	Maldives	2:32.27
	1	Ruth Nanyiza	Zambia	DNF
	3	Tanya Blake	England	DNS

Semifinals※

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	2:00.11	Q, SB
2	1	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	2:00.49	Q, SB
3	1	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:01.63	Q, PB
4	1	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	2:01.80	Q, PB
5	1	Amanda Crowe	Northern Ireland	2:01.83	PB
6	1	Vicky Lynch-Pounds	Canada	2:02.79
7	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:02.84	Q
8	2	Diane Modahl	England	2:03.04	Q
9	1	Rachel Newcombe	Wales	2:03.28	PB
10	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	2:03.33	Q
11	2	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:03.56	Q
12	2	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:04.00
13	1	Mari-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:04.17
14	2	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:04.40
15	2	Emma Davies	Wales	2:05.03
16	2	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:05.06

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:57.60	CR
	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	1:58.39	SB
	Diane Modahl	England	1:58.81
4	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	1:59.71	SB
5	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	2:00.60
6	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:01.71	PB
7	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:01.92
8	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	2:02.74

References※