Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charlene Rendina  Australia	Sue Haden  New Zealand	Sabina Chebichi  Kenya

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:05.8	Q
2	1	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:05.9	Q
3	1	Rosemary Wright	Scotland	2:06.3	Q
4	1	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	2:06.4	Q
5	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	2:06.5	Q
6	1	Sheila Carey	England	2:09.12
7	1	Jean Lochhead	Wales	2:09.84
	1	Mercy Adomah	Ghana	DQ
1	2	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:04.0	Q
2	2	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:04.6	Q
3	2	Joan Allison	England	2:05.0	Q
4	2	Margaret Ramsay	Australia	2:06.0	Q
5	2	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	2:06.5	Q
6	2	Anne-Marie Davis	Canada	2:08.7	q
7	2	Chee Swee Lee	Singapore	2:10.16
8	2	Grace Ebukuyo	Nigeria	2:13.94
1	3	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:06.0	Q
2	3	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:06.2	Q
3	3	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:06.8	Q
4	3	Elizabeth Chelimo	Kenya	2:07.1	Q
5	3	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:07.23	Q[2]
6	3	Patricia Cropper	England	2:08.75
7	3	Helen Opoku	Ghana	2:15.53
8	3	Sebolelo Malebatso	Lesotho	2:27.24

Semifinals

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:04.0	Q
2	1	Joan Allison	England	2:04.1	Q
3	1	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:04.2	Q
4	1	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:04.4	Q
5	1	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	2:05.94
6	1	Margaret Ramsay	Australia	2:06.11
7	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	2:08.59
8	1	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:08.86
1	2	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:03.77	Q[2]
2	2	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:04.9	Q
3	2	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:05.2	Q
4	2	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:05.6	Q
5	2	Rosemary Wright	Scotland	2:05.73
6	2	Elizabeth Chelimo	Kenya	2:07.30
7	2	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	2:07.81
8	2	Anne-Marie Davis	Canada	2:09.16

Final

Held on 29 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charlene Rendina	Australia	2:01.11	GR
	Sue Haden	New Zealand	2:02.04
	Sabina Chebichi	Kenya	2:02.61
4	Joan Allison	England	2:03.10
5	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:03.63
6	Maureen Crowley	Canada	2:05.26
7	Shirley Somervell	New Zealand	2:05.83
8	Rose Tata	Kenya	2:13.26

References

• Heats and Semifinals results