African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's Half Marathon
The men's half marathon at the 2019 African Games took place in Rabat on August 30th .
22 runners from 15 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Titus Ekiru with 1:01:42 h, which was also a new record in the African Games. Silver went to Mohamed Reda el-Aaraby with 1:02:44 h and Hamza Sahli won the bronze medal with 1:02:45 h.
Records
| World record |
 Abraham Kiptum
|
0:58:18 h | Valencia Half Marathon , Spain | October 28, 2018 |
| Record of games |
 Deriba Merga
|
1:02:24 h | Africa Games in Algiers , Algeria | July 20, 2007 |
Result
August 30, 2019, 7:10 a.m.
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Titus Ekiru |
Kenya
|
1:01:42 GR |
|
Mohamed Reda el-Aaraby |
 Morocco
|
1:02:44 |
|
Hamza Sahli |
Morocco
|
1:02:45 |
| 4th | Morris Gachaga |
Kenya
|
1:02:51 |
| 5 | Panuel Mkungo |
Kenya
|
1:03:10 |
| 6th | Yasin Haji Hayato |
Ethiopia
|
1:03:36 |
| 7th | Robert Chemonges |
 Uganda
|
1:03:57 |
| 8th | Guye Adola Idemo |
Ethiopia
|
1:04:12 |
| 9 | Belay Tilahun Bezabeh |
Ethiopia
|
1:05:16 |
| 10 | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie |
 Eritrea
|
1:05:27 |
| 11 | Yonas Tsighe |
Eritrea
|
1:05:34 |
| 12 | Ahmed Bakry |
 Egypt
|
1:06:13 |
| 13 | Moses Tarakinyu |
 Zimbabwe
|
1:08:09 |
| 14th | Jeremiah Shaliaxwe |
 Namibia
|
1:08:36 |
| 15th | Ngor Ngor |
 South Sudan
|
1:10:19 |
| 16 | Ruben Pascal Sanca |
 Cape Verde
|
1:10:37 |
| 17th | Valentin Betoudji |
 Ghana
|
1:10:44 |
| 18th | Herrera Jonathan Atse |
 Ivory Coast
|
1:11:31 |
| 19th | Venancio Daniel Ndala Tchingombe |
 Angola
|
1:11:38 |
| 20th | Vincent Kyondwa Kapatala |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
|
1:13:54 |
| Moomin Booqora Gala |
 Djibouti
|
DNF | |
| Belal Ahmed |
Egypt
|
||
| Jobo Khatoane |
 Lesotho
|
DNS | |
| Felix Chemonges |
Uganda
|
Web links and sources
- Results on the 2019 African Games website
- Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .