2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

2010 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 at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–30.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Rudisha  Kenya	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya	Jackson Kivuva  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	1	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:48.66	Q
2	1		Morocco	1:48.81	Q
3	4		Ethiopia	1:49.50	Q
4	3	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.93	Q
5	4	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:50.00	Q
6	1		South Africa	1:50.22	Q
7	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:50.51	Q
8	3		Ethiopia	1:50.82	Q
9	4	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	1:51.35	Q
10	2	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	1:51.44	Q
11	1		Tanzania	1:51.68	q
12	3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:51.81	Q
13	2		Senegal	1:51.88	Q
14	4		Burundi	1:51.92	q
15	3	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	1:52.12	q
16	2		Tanzania	1:52.38	q
17	1		Republic of the Congo	1:55.68	SB
18	2		Nigeria	1:56.02
19	2		Rwanda	1:56.56
20	1		Angola	1:57.32
21	2		Equatorial Guinea	2:03.58
	3		Somalia	DNF
	1		Central African Republic	DNS
	3		Zambia	DNS
	3		Guinea-Bissau	DNS
	4		Cameroon	DNS
	4	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	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	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:46.58	Q
2	2	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:47.28	Q
3	2		Morocco	1:47.68	Q
4	2		South Africa	1:48.56	q
5	2		Burundi	1:48.79	q, PB
6	1	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.49	Q
7	1		Ethiopia	1:49.53	Q
8	1		Senegal	1:49.80	Q
9	2	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	1:50.26
10	1	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:50.30
11	1	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	1:50.35
12	1		Ethiopia	1:50.94
13	1		Tanzania	1:51.43
14	2		Tanzania	1:52.11
	2	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	DNF
	1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:42.84	CR
	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:44.85	SB
	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:45.47	SB
4		Ethiopia	1:46.39
5		Morocco	1:47.18
6		Senegal	1:47.61
7		Burundi	1:48.36	PB
8		South Africa	1:49.08

External links[]

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