2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Last updated March 03, 2019

Events at the 2008 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
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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.

The 800 metres, or 800 meters, is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of the track and has been an Olympic event since the first games in 1896. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200-metre track, therefore requiring four laps.

The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.

Addis Ababa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Rudisha Kenya	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	Asbel Kiprop 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	3	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:50.28	Q
2	4	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:50.32	Q
3	3	Onalenna Baloyi	Botswana	1:50.48	Q
4	3	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:50.48	Q
5	3	Saïd Doulal	Morocco	1:50.52	q
6	4	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:50.64	Q
7	4	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:51.56	Q
8	4	Mahamoud Farah	Djibouti	1:51.71	q
9	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:52.72	Q
10	1	Eshetu Zewde	Ethiopia	1:52.80	Q
11	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:52.93	Q
12	2	Henok Legesse	Ethiopia	1:53.22	Q
13	1	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:53.81	Q
14	2	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:53.89	Q
15	1	Bakary Jabbi	Gambia	1:56.12	q
16	2	Joseph Nzirorera	Rwanda	1:58.04	q
17	4	Abdalla Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	2:00.22
18	3	Mohamed Ahmed Omar	Somalia	2:04.19
19	3	Brahim Ouaddai	Chad	2:05.96
20	2	Alseny Conde	Guinea	2:07.59
21	1	Abdoulaye Wagne	Senegal	9:99.99!DNS
21	4	Mboyo Iyeli	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9:99.99!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	1	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:48.35	Q
2	2	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:48.82	Q
3	1	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:48.99	Q
4	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:49.01	Q
5	2	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:49.03	Q
6	2	Henok Legesse	Ethiopia	1:49.03	Q
7	2	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:49.15	q
8	2	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:49.69	q
9	2	Eshetu Zewde	Ethiopia	1:49.92
10	1	Onalenna Baloyi	Botswana	1:49.94
11	1	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:51.13
12	1	Mahamoud Farah	Djibouti	1:51.39
13	1	Joseph Nzirorera	Rwanda	1:52.31
14	1	Severin Sahinkuye	Burundi	1:52.64
15	2	Saïd Doulal	Morocco	1:57.42
16	2	Bakary Jabbi	Gambia	9:99.99!DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01!	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:44.20	CR
02!	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.41
03!	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	1:46.02
4	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:46.33
5	Shiferaw Wola	Ethiopia	1:48.37
6	Henok Legesse	Ethiopia	1:49.10
7	Samson Ngoepe	South Africa	1:49.22
8	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	1:52.98

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