African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's 800 m

The men's 800-meter run at the 2019 African Games took place on August 26th, 27th and 28th at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .

30 runners from 21 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Abdessalem Ayouni with 1: 45.17 minutes, which was also a new record in the African Games. Silver went to Cornelius Tuwei with 1: 45.41 minutes and Oussama Nabil won the bronze medal with 1: 45.42 seconds.

Records

World record	David Rudisha	1: 40.91 min	Olympic Games in London , United Kingdom	August 9, 2012
Record of games	Cosmas Silei	1: 45.38 min	Africa Games in Lagos , Nigeria	January 1973

Prelims

From the four preliminary races, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 26, 2019, 6:43 pm

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	4th	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1.50.21
2	5	Cornelius Tuwei	Kenya	1: 50.36
3	7th	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1: 50.46
4th	6th	Semere Mihret	Eritrea	1: 50.54
5	8th	Adisu Girma Tola	Ethiopia	1: 50.73
6th	3	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1: 50.89
7th	1	Gilberto Quintas a Leite	Sao Tome and Principe	1: 59.32
8th	2	Francky Mbotto	Central African Republic	DNF

Run 2

August 26, 2019, 6:50 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	5	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1: 50.05
2	4th	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1: 50.12
3	7th	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1: 50.23
4th	8th	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1: 50.26
5	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1: 50.29
6th	3	Prosper Niyonkuru	Burundi	1: 53.16
7th	6th	Diarra Hamidou	Mali	1: 54.51
8th	2	Bacha Morka Mulata	Ethiopia	1: 55.22

Run 3

August 26, 2019, 6:57 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	7th	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	1: 48.34
2	1	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1: 48.48
3	6th	Salim Abu Mayanja	Uganda	1: 48.54
4th	3	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1: 48.59
5	4th	Hamada Ahmed	Egypt	1: 48.98
6th	5	Nyasha Keith Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1: 51.34
7th	2	Yusuf Ali Abdirashid	Somalia	1: 55.66
	8th	Dey Dey Tuach	South Sudan	DNS

Run 4

August 26, 2019, 7:04 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	2	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1.50.27
2	5	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1: 50.77
3	3	Edrissa Marong	Gambia	1: 51.55
4th	4th	Omer Amano Abdulkadir	Ethiopia	1: 52.54
5	6th	Manuel Benjamin	Equatorial Guinea	1: 53.50
6th	7th	Bobando Kevin	Republic of the Congo	1: 55.01
7th	8th	Jean Bertrand Samuel vielleuse	Mauritius	1: 55.29

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 27, 2019, 5:46 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	4th	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	1: 47.91
2	8th	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1: 48.12
3	7th	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1: 48.23
4th	1	Cornelius Tuwei	Kenya	1: 48.35
5	5	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1: 48.43
6th	6th	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1: 49.14
7th	3	Hamada Ahmed	Egypt	1: 50.10
8th	2	Edrissa Marong	Gambia	1: 51.76

Run 2

August 27, 2019, 5:53 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	4th	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1: 48.51
2	5	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1: 48.76
3	1	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1: 48.92
4th	8th	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1: 48.93
5	3	Salim Abu Mayanja	Uganda	1: 49.94
6th	6th	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1: 49.17
7th	7th	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1: 49.18
8th	2	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1: 49.37

final

August 28, 2019, 6:49 pm

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
	3	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1: 45.17 GR
	2	Cornelius Tuwei	Kenya	1: 45.41
	5	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1: 45.42
4th	4th	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	1.45.43
5	7th	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1: 45.73
6th	1	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech	Kenya	1: 46.08
7th	6th	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1: 46.10
8th	8th	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1: 46.82

Web links and sources

• Results on the 2019 African Games website
• Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .