2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women'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 women's 800 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Caster Semenya  South Africa	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	Emily Cherotich  Kenya

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2:02.01	Q
2	1	Rabab Arafi	Morocco	2:02.32	Q
3	1	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:02.44	q
4	1	Noélie Yarigo	Benin	2:02.94	q
5	3	Emily Cherotich	Kenya	2:03.35	Q
6	3	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:03.36	Q
7	2		Kenya	2:03.96	Q
8	1		Ethiopia	2:04.61
9	2		Ethiopia	2:04.83	Q
10	1	Halima Nakaayi	Uganda	2:04.97
11	2		Ghana	2:05.64
12	3		Ethiopia	2:06.52
13	2		South Africa	2:07.82
14	2		Tunisia	2:09.49
15	1		Burundi	2:10.11
16	3	Tsepang Sello	Lesotho	2:15.03
17	3		Sudan	2:17.87
18	2		Zimbabwe	2:20.75
	2		Eritrea	DQ
	1		Namibia	DNS
	1		Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2		Sudan	DNS
	2	Siham Hilali	Morocco	DNS
	3		Republic of the Congo	DNS
	3		South Sudan	DNS
	3		Central African Republic	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1:58.20
	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:00.24
	Emily Cherotich	Kenya	2:00.70
4		Kenya	2:01.43
5	Rabab Arafi	Morocco	2:01.49
6	Noélie Yarigo	Benin	2:02.68
7	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:02.83
8		Ethiopia	2:04.89

References[]