2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Caster Semenya South Africa	Francine Niyonsaba Burundi	Habitam Alemu Ethiopia

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	2	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:01.36	Q
2	2	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	2:01.63	Q
3	2	Noelie Yarigo	Benin	2:02.05	q
4	3	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	2:02.51	Q
5	3	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	2:02.54	Q
6	1	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	2:02.66	Q
7	2	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	2:02.80	q
8	1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2:02.90	Q
9	3	Eunice Sum	Kenya	2:03.38
10	1	Emily Cherotich	Kenya	2:03.40
11	3	Amna Bakhait	Sudan	2:04.44
12	3	Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi	Nigeria	2:04.67
13	1	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	2:04.77
14	2	Kore Tola	Ethiopia	2:05.87
15	3	Khadija Benkassem	Morocco	2:08.35
16	2	Liliane Nguetsa	Cameroon	2:08.41
17	2	Tsepang Sello	Lesotho	2:09.03
18	1	Maryjoy Mudyiravanji	Zimbabwe	2:11.62
19	1	Violette Ndayikengurukiye	Burundi	2:11.89
20	1	Semira Mebrahtu	Eritrea	2:12.19
21	3	Souhra Ali Med	Djibouti	2:13.09
	1	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	DNF
	3	Carla Mendes	Cape Verde	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1:56.06	CR
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1:57.97
	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	1:58.86
4	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	1:58.90
5	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	1:59.41
6	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:00.01
7	Noelie Yarigo	Benin	2:04.36
	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	DNF