# Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 27–29 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Maria Mutola Mozambique | Diane Cummins Canada | Agnes Samaria Namibia |

## 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 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:01.87 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Susan Scott | Scotland | 2:02.82 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 2:03.04 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Grace Ebor | Nigeria | 2:03.12 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Marian Burnett | Guyana | 2:03.31 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Charlotte Moore | England | 2:03.38 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:03.40 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Michelle Ballentine | Jamaica | 2:03.66 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:03.88 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Emma Davies | Wales | 2:04.02 | q, SB |
| 11 | 4 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:04.09 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Joanne Fenn | England | 2:04.17 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:04.45 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Anny Christofidou | Cyprus | 2:04.48 | q, NR |
| 15 | 1 | Melissa de Leon | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:04.65 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Anna Ndege | Tanzania | 2:05.13 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Rebecca Lyne | England | 2:05.26 | |
| 18 | 3 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 2:05.80 | |
| 19 | 1 | Oluoma Nwoke | Nigeria | 2:05.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | Sheena Gooding | Barbados | 2:06.47 | |
| 21 | 2 | Tamika Williams | Bermuda | 2:06.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | Kelly McNeice | Northern Ireland | 2:06.68 | |
| 23 | 5 | Marian Omajuwa | Nigeria | 2:07.24 | |
| 24 | 5 | Janill Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:11.58 | |
| 25 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:14.38 | |
| 26 | 1 | Bongiwe Mndzebele | Swaziland | 2:17.82 | |
| 27 | 1 | Sisilia Dauniwe | Fiji | 2:18.59 | |
| | 5 | Kadie Koroma | Sierra Leone | DQ | |
| | 1 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 3 | Addeh Mwamba | Zambia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

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 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:00.55 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:00.85 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Charlotte Moore | England | 2:00.95 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Susan Scott | Scotland | 2:01.03 | q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:01.59 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michelle Ballentine | Jamaica | 2:02.043 | q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 2:02.50 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Joanne Fenn | England | 2:03.04 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:03.48 | |
| 10 | 2 | Marian Burnett | Guyana | 2:03.52 | |
| 11 | 2 | Grace Ebor | Nigeria | 2:03.65 | |
| 12 | 2 | Emma Davies | Wales | 2:03.93 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:04.15 | |
| 14 | 1 | Melissa de Leon | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:04.45 | |
| 15 | 2 | Anny Christofidou | Cyprus | 2:05.05 | |
| 16 | 1 | Anna Ndege | Tanzania | 2:05.87 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.35 | GR |
| | Diane Cummins | Canada | 1:58.82 | SB |
| | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 1:59.15 | NR |
| 4 | Susan Scott | Scotland | 1:59.30 | NR |
| 5 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 1:59.73 | SB |
| 6 | Charlotte Moore | England | 1:59.75 | PB |
| 7 | Joanne Fenn | England | 1:59.86 | PB |
| 8 | Michelle Ballentine | Jamaica | 2:03.75 | |