2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

2016 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 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nijel Amos  Botswana	Jacob Rozani  South Africa	Rynhardt van Rensburg  South Africa

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		Kenya	1:48.63	Q
2	3		Ghana	1:48.80	Q
3	4	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:49.91	Q
4	3		South Africa	1:49.94	Q
5	1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:50.19	Q
6	4		Ethiopia	1:50.25	Q
7	3		Zimbabwe	1:50.34	q
8	1	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:50.39	Q
9	4	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	1:50.88	Q
10	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:51.08	Q
11	1		South Sudan	1:53.20	q
12	3		Sudan	1:53.82	q
13	3		South Sudan	1:54.85	q
14	4		South Sudan	2:02.03
15	2		Malawi	2:02.22	Q
16	2	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	2:02.57	Q
17	2	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	2:02.81	Q
	1		Ethiopia	DNS
	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
	1		Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	DNS
	2		Somalia	DNS
	2	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	DNS
	2		Ethiopia	DNS
	3	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	DNS
	4		Republic of the Congo	DNS
	4		Ghana	DNS
	4		Gambia	DNS
	4		Zimbabwe	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	2	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:48.36	Q
2	2		Ghana	1:48.46	Q
3	2	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:48.48	Q
4	2	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:48.52	q
5	2		Zimbabwe	1:49.69	q
6	1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:49.91	Q
7	1	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:50.55	Q
8	1		South Africa	1:51.30	Q
9	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:51.59
10	1	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	1:52.45
11	1		South Sudan	1:52.91
12	1		Sudan	1:53.39
13	2		Ethiopia	1:56.21
14	2		Malawi	2:00.46
	1		Kenya	DQ
	2		South Sudan	DQ

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:45.11
	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:45.38
	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:46.15
4	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:46.16
5	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:46.34
6		Ghana	1:47.62
7		South Africa	1:50.00
8		Zimbabwe	1:50.90

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