2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

2008 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Rudisha  Kenya	Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:50.28	Q
2	4	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:50.32	Q
3	3	Onalenna Baloyi	Botswana	1:50.48	Q
4	3	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:50.48	Q
5	3		Morocco	1:50.52	q
6	4		Ethiopia	1:50.64	Q
7	4	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:51.56	Q
8	4	Mahamoud Farah	Djibouti	1:51.71	q
9	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:52.72	Q
10	1		Ethiopia	1:52.80	Q
11	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:52.93	Q
12	2		Ethiopia	1:53.22	Q
13	1		Burundi	1:53.81	Q
14	2	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:53.89	Q
15	1		Gambia	1:56.12	q
16	2		Rwanda	1:58.04	q
17	4		Somalia	2:00.22
18	3		Somalia	2:04.19
19	3		Chad	2:05.96
20	2		Guinea	2:07.59
	1	Abdoulaye Wagne	Senegal	DNS
	4		Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS

Semifinals[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:48.35	Q
2	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:48.82	Q
3	1		Ethiopia	1:48.99	Q
4	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:49.01	Q
5	2	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.03	Q
6	2		Ethiopia	1:49.03	Q
7	2	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:49.15	q
8	2	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:49.69	q
9	2		Ethiopia	1:49.92
10	1	Onalenna Baloyi	Botswana	1:49.94
11	1	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:51.13
12	1	Mahamoud Farah	Djibouti	1:51.39
13	1		Rwanda	1:52.31
14	1		Burundi	1:52.64
15	2		Morocco	1:57.42
	2		Gambia	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:44.20	CR
	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.41
	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:46.02
4	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:46.33
5		Ethiopia	1:48.37
6		Ethiopia	1:49.10
7	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:49.22
8	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:52.98

References[]

• Results (Archived)