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.

Contents

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

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