2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
# 2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| David Rudisha Kenya | Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan | Asbel Kiprop Kenya |

## 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 | Kenya | 1:50.28 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 1:50.32 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Onalenna Baloyi | Botswana | 1:50.48 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Samson Ngoepe | South Africa | 1:50.48 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Saïd Doulal | Morocco | 1:50.52 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:50.64 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Abdalla Abdelgadir | Sudan | 1:51.56 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Mahamoud Farah | Djibouti | 1:51.71 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:52.72 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Eshetu Zewde | Ethiopia | 1:52.80 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:52.93 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Henok Legesse | Ethiopia | 1:53.22 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:53.81 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 1:53.89 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Bakary Jabbi | Gambia | 1:56.12 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Joseph Nzirorera | Rwanda | 1:58.04 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Abdalla Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | 2:00.22 | |
| 18 | 3 | Mohamed Ahmed Omar | Somalia | 2:04.19 | |
| 19 | 3 | Brahim Ouaddai | Chad | 2:05.96 | |
| 20 | 2 | Alseny Conde | Guinea | 2:07.59 | |
| | 1 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | DNS | |
| | 4 | Mboyo Iyeli | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 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 | Kenya | 1:48.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:48.82 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:48.99 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:49.01 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:49.03 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Henok Legesse | Ethiopia | 1:49.03 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Abdalla Abdelgadir | Sudan | 1:49.15 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Samson Ngoepe | South Africa | 1:49.69 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Eshetu Zewde | Ethiopia | 1:49.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | Onalenna Baloyi | Botswana | 1:49.94 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 1:51.13 | |
| 12 | 1 | Mahamoud Farah | Djibouti | 1:51.39 | |
| 13 | 1 | Joseph Nzirorera | Rwanda | 1:52.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:52.64 | |
| 15 | 2 | Saïd Doulal | Morocco | 1:57.42 | |
| | 2 | Bakary Jabbi | Gambia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:44.20 | CR |
| | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:45.41 | |
| | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 1:46.02 | |
| 4 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:46.33 | |
| 5 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:48.37 | |
| 6 | Henok Legesse | Ethiopia | 1:49.10 | |
| 7 | Samson Ngoepe | South Africa | 1:49.22 | |
| 8 | Abdalla Abdelgadir | Sudan | 1:52.98 | |
