2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
| Events at the 2012 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 at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 and 29 June.
Medalists
| Gold | Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria |
| Silver | Anthony Chemut Kenya |
| Bronze | André Oliver South Africa |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) |
1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| African record | David Rudisha (KEN) |
1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| Championship record | David Rudisha (KEN) |
1:42.84 | Nairobi, Kenya | 30 July 2010 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2012 | 15:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 June 2012 | 16:30 | Final |
Results
Round 1
First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:46.15 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | André Oliver | South Africa | 1:46.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya | 1:46.78 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Shiferaw Wola |  Ethiopia | 1:47.27 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Isaac Seokle |  Botswana | 1:47.90 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Cornelious Kiplagat | Kenya | 1:47.92 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Julius Mutekanga |  Uganda | 1:48.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Moussa Camara |  Mali | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Mamush Lencha | Ethiopia | 1:48.98 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Severin Sahinkuye |  Burundi | 1:49.13 | |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:49.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Lumax Selasi |  Ghana | 1:49.29 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Rynhardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:50.12 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Mor Seck |  Senegal | 1:50.17 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Nghipandula |  Namibia | 1:50.85 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Tarek Eshebli |  Libya | 1:51.86 | |
| 17 | 3 | 6i | Omar Jammeh |  Gambia | 1:52.96 | |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Mahazou Alassane |  Benin | 1:52.98 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Jacouba Boubacar Soumana |  Niger | 1:54.42 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Ali Ahmed Mohamed |  Djibouti | 1:54.85 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Ramadhan Hamed | Libya | 1:55.16 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | 6e | Benjamín Enzema |  Equatorial Guinea | 1:56.23 | NR |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe | Kenya | 1:56.29 | |
| 99 | 1 | 7 | Nigel Amos | Botswana | DNS | |
| 99 | 2 | 7 | Abdelkerim Mohammed |  Eritrea | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:43.88 | |
 | 4 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya | 1:44.53 | |
 | 5 | André Oliver | South Africa | 1:45.09 | |
| 4 | 6 | Cornelious Kiplagat | Kenya | 1:47.83 | |
| 5 | 1 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:48.26 | |
| 6 | 7 | Isaac Seokle | Botswana | 1:48.39 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mamush Lencha Shirko | Ethiopia | 1:48.98 | |
| 8 | 8 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:49.12 |
References
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