2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid RudishaIsmail Ahmed IsmailAsbel Kiprop 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 3 Jackson Kivuva 1:50.28 Q 2 4 Asbel Kiprop 1:50.32 Q 3 3 Onalenna Baloyi 1:50.48 Q 4 3 Samson Ngoepe 1:50.48 Q 5 3 Saïd Doulal 1:50.52 q 6 4 Shiferaw Wola Ethiopia 1996 1:50.64 Q 7 4 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:51.56 Q 8 4 Mahamoud Farah 1:51.71 q 9 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:52.72 Q 10 1 Eshetu Zewde Ethiopia 1996 1:52.80 Q 11 2 David Rudisha 1:52.93 Q 12 2 Henok Legesse Ethiopia 1996 1:53.22 Q 13 1 Severin Sahinkuye 1:53.81 Q 14 2 Jimmy Adar 1:53.89 Q 15 1 Bakary Jabbi 1:56.12 q 16 2 Joseph Nzirorera 1:58.04 q 17 4 Abdalla Mohamed Hussein 2:00.22 18 3 Mohamed Ahmed Omar 2:04.19 19 3 Brahim Ouaddai 2:05.96 20 2 Alseny Conde 2:07.59 21 1 Abdoulaye Wagne 9:99.99 DNS 21 4 Mboyo Iyeli 9:99.99 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 1 Asbel Kiprop 1:48.35 Q 2 2 David Rudisha 1:48.82 Q 3 1 Shiferaw Wola Ethiopia 1996 1:48.99 Q 4 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:49.01 Q 5 2 Jackson Kivuva 1:49.03 Q 6 2 Henok Legesse Ethiopia 1996 1:49.03 Q 7 2 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:49.15 q 8 2 Samson Ngoepe 1:49.69 q 9 2 Eshetu Zewde Ethiopia 1996 1:49.92 10 1 Onalenna Baloyi 1:49.94 11 1 Jimmy Adar 1:51.13 12 1 Mahamoud Farah 1:51.39 13 1 Joseph Nzirorera 1:52.31 14 1 Severin Sahinkuye 1:52.64 15 2 Saïd Doulal 1:57.42 16 2 Bakary Jabbi 9:99.99 DNS Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Rudisha 1:44.20 CR Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:45.41 Asbel Kiprop 1:46.02 4 Jackson Kivuva 1:46.33 5 Shiferaw Wola Ethiopia 1996 1:48.37 6 Henok Legesse Ethiopia 1996 1:49.10 7 Samson Ngoepe 1:49.22 8 Abdalla Abdelgadir 1:52.98 References Results (Archived) Category:800 metres at the African Championships in Athletics Category:Men's events at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics