2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2006 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 women's 800 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 12–13.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Janeth Jepkosgei
 Kenya		 Maria Mutola
 Mozambique		 Nouria Mérah-Benida
 Algeria

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 2:05.11 Q
2 3 Nahida Touhami  Algeria 2:06.01 Q
3 1 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:06.35 Q
4 1 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 2:07.80 Q
5 1 Lebogang Phalula  South Africa 2:08.10 q
6 1 Josephine Nyarunda  Kenya 2:09.41 q
7 3 Safa Issaoui  Tunisia 2:09.56
8 3 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni  Togo 2:10.07
9 2 Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria 2:10.08 Q
10 2 Amina Aït Hammou  Morocco 2:10.22 Q
11 1 Eliane Saholinirina  Madagascar 2:10.39
12 3 Grace Ebor  Nigeria 2:10.40
13 2 Leonor Piuza  Mozambique 2:10.50
14 2 Matata Sanogo  Mali 2:12.33
15 3 Rabecca Nachula  Zambia 2:13.18
16 2 Annet Mwanzi Lukhuyi  Kenya 2:13.30
17 3 Annabelle Lascar  Mauritius 2:13.45
18 2 Lebo Phalula  South Africa 2:13.85
19 3 Moleboheng Mafata  Lesotho 2:21.28
20 2 Berhane Herpassa  Ethiopia DQ
21 1 Fatma Lanouar  Tunisia DNS
21 1 Inusah Mitchell  Ghana DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 2:00.64
2nd Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:01.08
3rd Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria 2:02.18
4 Amina Aït Hammou  Morocco 2:02.41
5 Nahida Touhami  Algeria 2:05.33
6 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 2:07.65
7 Josephine Nyarunda  Kenya 2:09.13
8 Lebogang Phalula  South Africa 2:10.00

References