The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid RudishaIsmail Ahmed IsmailAsbel Kiprop
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 Jackson Kivuva 1:50.28 Q 2 4 Asbel Kiprop 1:50.32 Q 3 3 Onalenna Baloyi 1:50.48 Q 4 3 Samson Ngoepe 1:50.48 Q 5 3 Saïd Doulal 1:50.52 q 6 4 Shiferaw Wola 1:50.64 Q 7 4 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:51.56 Q 8 4 Mahamoud Farah 1:51.71 q 9 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:52.72 Q 10 1 Eshetu Zewde 1:52.80 Q 11 2 David Rudisha 1:52.93 Q 12 2 Henok Legesse 1:53.22 Q 13 1 Severin Sahinkuye 1:53.81 Q 14 2 Jimmy Adar 1:53.89 Q 15 1 Bakary Jabbi 1:56.12 q 16 2 Joseph Nzirorera 1:58.04 q 17 4 Abdalla Mohamed Hussein 2:00.22 18 3 Mohamed Ahmed Omar 2:04.19 19 3 Brahim Ouaddai 2:05.96 20 2 Alseny Conde 2:07.59 1 Abdoulaye Wagne 4 Mboyo Iyeli
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 1 Asbel Kiprop 1:48.35 Q 2 2 David Rudisha 1:48.82 Q 3 1 Shiferaw Wola 1:48.99 Q 4 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:49.01 Q 5 2 Jackson Kivuva 1:49.03 Q 6 2 Henok Legesse 1:49.03 Q 7 2 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:49.15 q 8 2 Samson Ngoepe 1:49.69 q 9 2 Eshetu Zewde 1:49.92 10 1 Onalenna Baloyi 1:49.94 11 1 Jimmy Adar 1:51.13 12 1 Mahamoud Farah 1:51.39 13 1 Joseph Nzirorera 1:52.31 14 1 Severin Sahinkuye 1:52.64 15 2 Saïd Doulal 1:57.42 2 Bakary Jabbi
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Rudisha 1:44.20 CR Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:45.41 Asbel Kiprop 1:46.02 4 Jackson Kivuva 1:46.33 5 Shiferaw Wola 1:48.37 6 Henok Legesse 1:49.10 7 Samson Ngoepe 1:49.22 8 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:52.98
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