2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 2014 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 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 11–12 on Stade de Marrakech.[1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Nijel Amos
 Botswana
Mohammed Aman
 Ethiopia
Taoufik Makhloufi
 Algeria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich  Kenya 1:45.80 Q
2 1 Amine El Manaoui  Morocco 1:46.01 Q
3 1 Antoine Gakeme  Burundi 1:46.24 q
4 2 Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia 1:46.63 Q
5 1 Alberto Mamba  Mozambique 1:46.68 q, NR
6 2 Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:46.73 Q
7 2 Cornelius Kiplagat  Kenya 1:46.81
8 1 Jena Umar  Ethiopia 1:47.09
9 2 Moussa Camara  Mali 1:47.14
10 2 Nader Belhanbel  Morocco 1:47.43
11 3 Evans Kipkorir  Kenya 1:48.66 Q
12 3 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria 1:48.90 Q
13 1 Hamid Sulema Ferej  Eritrea 1:49.17
14 3 Mamush Lencha  Ethiopia 1:49.90
15 2 Jammeh Omar  Gambia 1:49.96
16 2 Prince Mumba  Zambia 1:51.02
17 3 Redouane Baaziri  Morocco 1:51.06
18 3 Attoumane Abdoul Had  Comoros 1:55.09
19 3 Hamza Shlik  Libya 1:55.77
20 3 Junior Bele  Republic of the Congo 2:00.66
21 1 Bechir Ahmat Mahamat  Chad DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:48.54
2nd Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia 1:48.74
3rd Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria 1:49.08
4 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich  Kenya 1:49.10
5 Evans Kipkorir  Kenya 1:49.47
6 Alberto Mamba  Mozambique 1:49.63
7 Antoine Gakeme  Burundi 1:49.74
8 Amine El Manaoui  Morocco 1:49.93

References