Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 18, 19 and 20 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aaron Cheminingwa Kenya	Ngeno Kipngetich Kenya	Tumo Nkape Botswana

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Fithawi Zaid	Eritrea	1:45.90	Q, NR
2	2	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:46.69	Q
3	4	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.84	Q
4	3	Samuel Buche	Ethiopia	1:46.95	Q
5	4	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:47.12	Q
6	3	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:47.19	Q
7	3	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:47.33	Q
8	3	Dawid Dam	Namibia	1:47.42	q
9	4	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:47.55	Q
10	4	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:48.97	q
11	2	Hazem Miawad	Egypt	1:49.60	Q
12	4	Waberie Igueh Houssein	Djibouti	1:49.69	q
13	2	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:51.19	q
14	4	Hamid Sambo	Nigeria	1:51.28
15	1	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:51.64	Q
16	1	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:51.79	Q
17	1	Sampierre Gomez	The Gambia	1:51.94	Q
18	1	Makman Yoagbati	Togo	1:52.85
19	1	Birhanu Garumsa	Ethiopia	1:53.63
20	1	Arno Angula	Namibia	1:53.71
21	1	Abraham Guot Thon	South Sudan	1:54.20
22	3	Kelvin Chiku	Zimbabwe	1:55.36
23	4	Patrick Kpamba Mandata	Central African Republic	1:55.84
24	3	Hamidou Diarra	Mali	1:58.54
25	2	Kalie Sesay	Sierra Leone	1:59.28
26	3	Manuel Nzeng Nangal	Equatorial Guinea	2:07.22
	2	Mohamed Abdalla Ismail	Sudan	DNS

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.40	Q
2	1	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:46.53	Q
3	1	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.73	Q
4	1	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:47.04	q
5	1	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:47.52	q
6	1	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:47.56
7	1	Hazem Miawad	Egypt	1:48.59
8	2	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:48.89	Q
9	2	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:48.93	Q
10	2	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:48.99	Q
11	2	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:49.06
12	2	Samuel Buche	Ethiopia	1:49.15
13	1	Sampierre Gomez	The Gambia	1:49.19
14	2	Fithawi Zaid	Eritrea	1:50.41
15	2	Dawid Dam	Namibia	1:51.10
16	2	Waberie Igueh Houssein	Djibouti	1:51.30

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:45.72
	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:45.73
	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.04
4	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:46.14
5	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:46.53
6	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:46.74
7	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:46.77
8	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:47.40