2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 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

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	Boaz Kiprugut	Kenya	1:48.63	Q
2	3	Sampson Laari	Ghana	1:48.80	Q
3	4	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:49.91	Q
4	3	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:49.94	Q
5	1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:50.19	Q
6	4	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:50.25	Q
7	3	Nyasha Mutsetse	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	Dey Dey	South Sudan	1:53.20	q
12	3	Fathi Ahmed Adam	Sudan	1:53.82	q
13	3	Abraham Matet	South Sudan	1:54.85	q
14	4	Abraham Guot Thon	South Sudan	2:02.03
15	2	Benedicto Makumba	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
18	1	Yobsan Girma	Ethiopia	DNS
18	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
18	1	Lumpongu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
18	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	DNS
18	2	Feysal Mohamed Adan	Somalia	DNS
18	2	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	DNS
18	2	Adisa Girma	Ethiopia	DNS
18	3	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	DNS
18	4	Kevin Bobando	Republic of the Congo	DNS
18	4	Samuel Yaro	Ghana	DNS
18	4	Lamin Keita	Gambia	DNS
18	4	Gift Ngwenya	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	Sampson Laari	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	Nyasha Mutsetse	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	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:51.30	Q
9	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:51.59
10	1	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	1:52.45
11	1	Dey Dey	South Sudan	1:52.91
12	1	Fathi Ahmed Adam	Sudan	1:53.39
13	2	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:56.21
14	2	Benedicto Makumba	Malawi	2:00.46
15	1	Boaz Kiprugut	Kenya	DQ
15	2	Abraham Matet	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	Sampson Laari	Ghana	1:47.62
7	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:50.00
8	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:50.90

References

1. Results