# Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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

## Medalists

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

## Results
### Heats

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

### Semifinals

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

### Final

| 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 | |