Commonwealth Games 800 m Roll of Honors
Year City Gold Silver Bronze
2006 Melbourne Alex Kipchirchir KEN1.45.88 Achraf Tadili CAN 1.46.93 John Litei KEN 1.46.98
2002 Manchester Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1.46.32 Joseph Mutua KEN 1.46.57 Kris McCarthy AUS 1.46.79
1998 Kuala Lumpur Japheth Kimutai KEN 1.43.82 Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 1.44.44 Johan Botha RSA 1.44.57
1994 Victoria Patrick Konchellah KEN 1.45.18 Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 1.45.76 Savieri N'Gidhi ZIM 1.46.06
1990 Auckland Sammy Tirop KEN 1.45.98 Nixon Kiprotich KEN 1.46.00 Matthew Yates ENG 1.46.62
1986 Edinburgh Steve Cram ENG 1.43.22 Tom McKean SCO 1.44.80 Peter Elliott ENG 1.45.42
1982 Brisbane Peter Bourke AUS 1.45.18 James Maina KEN 1.45.45 Chris McGeorge ENG 1.45.60
1978 Edmonton Mike Boit KEN 1.46.39 Seymour Newman JAM 1.47.30 Peter Lemashon KEN 1.47.57
1974 Christchurch John Kipkurgat KEN 1.43.91 Mike Boit KEN 1.44.39 John Walker NZL 1.44.92
1970 Edinburgh Robert Ouko KEN 1.46.89 Ben Cayenne TRI 1.47.42 Bill Smart CAN 1.47.43
Before 1970 races were run over 880 yards
1966 Kingston Noel Clough AUS 1.46.9 Wilson Kiprugut KEN 1.47.2 George Kerr JAM 1.47.2
1962 Perth Peter Snell NZL 1.47.64 George Kerr JAM 1.47.90 Tony Blue AUS 1.48.99
1958 Cardiff Herb Elliott AUS 1.49.32 Brian Hewson ENG 1.49.47 Mike Rawson ENG 1.50.94
1954 Vancouver Derek Johnson ENG 1.50.7 Brian Hewson ENG 1.51.2 Ian Boyd ENG 1.51.9
1950 Auckland John Parlett ENG 1.53.1 Jack Hutchins CAN 1.53.4 William Parnell CAN 1.53.4
1938 Sydney Pat Boot NZL 1.51.2 Frank Handley ENG 1.53.5* William Dale CAN 1.53.6*
1934 London Phil Edwards GUY 1.54.2 William Botha RSA 1.55.0* James Stothard SCO 1.55.1*
1930 Hamilton Thomas Hampson ENG 1.52.4 Reg Thomas ENG 1.54.8* Alex Wilson CAN 1.54.9*
*) indicates estimated time (before 1940 only winners were timed)