2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 2010 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 at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–30.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Rudisha  Kenya	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya	Jackson Kivuva  Kenya

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	1	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:48.66	Q
2	1	Mouhcine Elamine	Morocco	1:48.81	Q
3	4	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:49.50	Q
4	3	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.93	Q
5	4	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:50.00	Q
6	1	Windy Jonas	South Africa	1:50.22	Q
7	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:50.51	Q
8	3	Fikadu Dejene	Ethiopia	1:50.82	Q
9	4	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	1:51.35	Q
10	2	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	1:51.44	Q
11	1	Frank Martin	Tanzania	1:51.68	q
12	3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:51.81	Q
13	2	Mor Seck	Senegal	1:51.88	Q
14	4	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:51.92	q
15	3	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	1:52.12	q
16	2	Barae Hhera	Tanzania	1:52.38	q
17	1	Alex Fra Ngouari-Mouissi	Republic of the Congo	1:55.68	SB
18	2	Ishaku Mohammed	Nigeria	1:56.02
19	2	Potien Ntawuyirushintege	Rwanda	1:56.56
20	1	Lourenco Bartolo Antonio	Angola	1:57.32
21	2	Vicente Ntutumu Obama	Equatorial Guinea	2:03.58
	3	Abdalla Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	DNF
	1	Patrick Saboun	Central African Republic	DNS
	3	Joseph Malipilo	Zambia	DNS
	3	Jeremias Silva	Guinea-Bissau	DNS
	4	Oscar Bouba	Cameroon	DNS
	4	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:46.58	Q
2	2	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:47.28	Q
3	2	Mouhcine Elamine	Morocco	1:47.68	Q
4	2	Windy Jonas	South Africa	1:48.56	q
5	2	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:48.79	q, PB
6	1	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.49	Q
7	1	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:49.53	Q
8	1	Mor Seck	Senegal	1:49.80	Q
9	2	Dawit Wolde	Ethiopia	1:50.26
10	1	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:50.30
11	1	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	1:50.35
12	1	Fikadu Dejene Dabushe	Ethiopia	1:50.94
13	1	Frank Martin	Tanzania	1:51.43
14	2	Barae Hhera	Tanzania	1:52.11
	2	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	DNF
	1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:42.84	CR
	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:44.85	SB
	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:45.47	SB
4	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:46.39
5	Mouhcine Elamine	Morocco	1:47.18
6	Mor Seck	Senegal	1:47.61
7	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:48.36	PB
8	Windy Jonas	South Africa	1:49.08

External links

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