2018 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nijel Amos Botswana	Emmanuel Korir Kenya	Mostafa Smaili Morocco

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	3	Jonathan Kitilit	Kenya	1:46.55	Q
2	2	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1:46.92	Q
3	3	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1:46.99	Q
4	3	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:47.28	q
5	2	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:47.41	Q
6	3	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:47.66	q
7	2	Adisu Girma	Ethiopia	1:47.79
8	3	Tadese Lemi	Ethiopia	1:47.83
9	3	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1:48.17
10	1	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	1:48.19	Q
11	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:48.42	Q
12	1	Ahmed Hasan	Ethiopia	1:48.46
13	1	Rashid Etiau	Uganda	1:48.48
14	2	Yassine Hethat	Algeria	1:48.59
15	1	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:48.60
16	1	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1:48.71
17	3	Geofrey Rutto	Uganda	1:48.78
18	1	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:49.40
19	3	Semere Medhanie	Eritrea	1:49.66
20	3	Donald Nyamjua	Cameroon	1:49.91
21	3	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:49.97
22	2	Jerry Motsau	South Africa	1:50.30
23	1	Kevin Bonbado	Republic of the Congo	1:50.80
24	2	Benjamin Manuel Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	1:50.91
25	1	Djibril Ndar Fall	Senegal	1:51.36
26	2	Santino Kenyi Oreng	South Sudan	1:51.56
27	3	Moussa Zaroumeye	Niger	1:52.18
28	2	Hassan Mohammed Hassan Adam	Sudan	1:52.73
29	2	Prosper Niyonkuru	Burundi	1:52.83
30	2	Idow Ali	Somalia	1:53.01
31	1	Yiech Pur Biel	ART	1:53.20
32	3	Joseph Elia Ernesto	ART	1:55.20
33	1	Adam Fadlelah Abdelwahab	Sudan	1:55.65
34	2	James Chiengjiek	ART	1:58.69
	2	Hamada Mohamed	Egypt	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:45.20
	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1:45.65
	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:45.90
4	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1:45.91
5	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	1:46.33
6	Jonathan Kitilit	Kenya	1:46.88
7	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:48.31
8	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:51.46