Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:47.68	Q
2	1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.87	Q, SB
3	1	Nathan Brannen	Canada	1:48.04	Q
4	1	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.40	q, PB
5	1	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:48.51	q
6	2	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:48.53	Q
7	2	Kris McCarthy	Australia	1:48.85	Q
8	4	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:49.08	Q
9	4	James McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1:49.21	Q
10	4	Joel Kidger	England	1:49.47	Q
11	3	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:49.62	Q
12	2	Neil Speaight	England	1:49.67	Q
12	4	Matthew Shone	Wales	1:49.67	q
14	3	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	1:49.92	Q
15	4	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:50.01	q
16	3	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:50.16	Q
17	3	Curtis Robb	England	1:50.34
18	3	Amilcar Leal	Mozambique	1:50.85
19	4	Sylvester Chishiba	Zambia	1:50.86	PB
20	2	Constantinos Hadjimarkou	Cyprus	1:51.26
21	3	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1:51.39
22	1	Nickie Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:52.73
23	3	Daryl Vassallo	Gibraltar	1:57.66
24	2	Clive Baron	Dominica	1:59.48
25	4	Dauda Manasary	Sierra Leone	2:04.59
	2	Ebrima Ceesay	Gambia	DQ
	2	Clement Abai	Papua New Guinea	DNS

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:46.43	Q
2	1	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:46.65	Q
3	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.72	Q
4	2	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:46.81	Q
5	1	James McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1:46.93	Q
6	2	Kris McCarthy	Australia	1:47.06	Q
7	1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.14	q, SB
8	2	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:47.19	q
9	2	Neil Speaight	England	1:47.22
10	1	Nathan Brannen	Canada	1:47.65
11	2	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:47.98
12	1	Joel Kidger	England	1:48.12	PB
13	2	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.51
14	1	Matthew Shone	Wales	1:49.08
15	2	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	1:49.61
16	1	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:50.00