2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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	Saïd Doulal	Morocco	1:50.52	q
6	4	Shiferaw Wola	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	Eshetu Zewde	Ethiopia	1:52.80	Q
11	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:52.93	Q
12	2	Henok Legesse	Ethiopia	1:53.22	Q
13	1	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:53.81	Q
14	2	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:53.89	Q
15	1	Bakary Jabbi	Gambia	1:56.12	q
16	2	Joseph Nzirorera	Rwanda	1:58.04	q
17	4	Abdalla Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	2:00.22
18	3	Mohamed Ahmed Omar	Somalia	2:04.19
19	3	Brahim Ouaddai	Chad	2:05.96
20	2	Alseny Conde	Guinea	2:07.59
	1	Abdoulaye Wagne	Senegal	DNS
	4	Mboyo Iyeli	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	Shiferaw Wola	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	Henok Legesse	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	Eshetu Zewde	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	Joseph Nzirorera	Rwanda	1:52.31
14	1	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:52.64
15	2	Saïd Doulal	Morocco	1:57.42
	2	Bakary Jabbi	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	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:48.37
6	Henok Legesse	Ethiopia	1:49.10
7	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:49.22
8	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:52.98

References

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