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

The men's 800 metres event at the 2019 African Games was held on 26, 27 and 28 August in Rabat.^[1]

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