Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2019 African Games
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
Half marathon		men		women
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

The men's 800 metres event at the 2019 African Games was held on 26, 27 and 28 August in Rabat.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abdessalem Ayouni Tunisia	Cornelious Kipkoech Tuwei Kenya	Nabil Oussama Morocco

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Abel Kipsang Bele	Kenya	1:48.34	Q
2	3	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:48.48	Q
3	3	Salim Abu Mayanja	Uganda	1:48.54	Q
4	3	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:48.59	q
5	3	Hamada Ahmed	Egypt	1:48.98	q
6	2	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1:50.05	Q
7	2	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1:50.12	Q
8	1	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:50.21	Q
9	2	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1:50.23	Q
10	2	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1:50.26	q
11	4	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1:50.27	Q
12	2	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:50.29	q
13	1	Cornelious Kipkoech Tuwei	Kenya	1:50.36	Q
14	1	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:50.46	Q
15	1	Semere Mihret	Eritrea	1:50.54
16	1	Adisu Girma	Ethiopia	1:50.73
17	4	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:50.77	Q
18	1	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:50.89
19	3	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:51.34
20	4	Edrissa Marong	Gambia	1:51.55	Q
21	4	Omer Amano	Ethiopia	1:52:54
22	2	Prosper Niyonkuru	Burundi	1:53.16
23	4	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	1:53.50
24	2	Diarra Hamidou	Mali	1:54.51
25	4	Kevin Bobando	Republic of the Congo	1:55.01
26	2	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:55.22
27	4	Jean Bertrand Vielleuse	Mauritius	1:55.29
28	3	Abdirashid Yusuf Ali	Somalia	1:55.66
29	1	Gilberto Leite	São Tomé and Príncipe	1:59.32
	1	Francky Mbotto	Central African Republic	DNF
	3	Dex Dex	Athlete Refugee Team	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) advanced directly to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Abel Kipsang Bele	Kenya	1:47.91	Q
2	1	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1:48.12	Q
3	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:48.23	Q
4	1	Cornelious Kipkoech Tuwei	Kenya	1:48.35	Q
5	1	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:48.43
6	2	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1:48.51	Q
7	2	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:48.76	Q
8	2	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:48.92	Q
9	2	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1:48.93	Q
10	2	Salim Abu Mayanja	Uganda	1:49.04
11	1	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:49.14
12	2	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1:49.17
13	2	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1:49.18
14	2	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:49.37
15	1	Hamada Ahmed	Egypt	1:50.10
16	1	Edrissa Marong	Gambia	1:51.76

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1:45.17	NR
	Cornelious Kipkoech Tuwei	Kenya	1:45.41
	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:45.42
4	Abel Kipsang Bele	Kenya	1:45.43
5	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:45.73
6	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1:46.08
7	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1:46.10
8	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:46.82