Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11 and 13 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.

## Medalists

| Gold | Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Boaz Lalang (KEN) |
| Bronze | Job Kinyor (KEN) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| World leading | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:42.61 | Monaco | 22 July 2011 |
| African record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| September 11, 2011 | 20:00 | Semifinals |
| September 13, 2011 | 19:10 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:47.50 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Job Kinyor | Kenya | 1:47.80 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Prince Mumba | Zambia | 1:48.15 | q |
| 4 | 2 | David Mutua | Kenya | 1:48.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:49.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:49.49 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Boaz Lalang | Kenya | 1:49.50 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Ghyrmay Yowhanes | Eritrea | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:49.99 | |
| 10 | 2 | Isaac Seoke | Botswana | 1:50.20 | |
| 11 | 3 | Teshome Weyessa | Ethiopia | 1:50.29 | |
| 12 | 1 | Kristof Shaanika | Namibia | 1:50.91 | |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Nghipandulwa | Namibia | 1:51.13 | |
| 14 | 1 | Wilyam Philip | Sudan | 1:51.66 | |
| 15 | 3 | Ntawuyirushimtege Pomt | Rwanda | 1:52.26 | |
| 16 | 2 | Osman Yahya | Sudan | 1:52.54 | |
| 17 | 2 | Samuel Ibraimo Machava | Mozambique | 1:53.42 | |
| 18 | 1 | Manuel António | Angola | 1:53.90 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ngouari Mouissi | Republic of the Congo | 1:54.60 | |
| 20 | 3 | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea | 1:57.87 | NR |
| 21 | 2 | Lusanga Kafwa Rosel | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1:58.00 | |
| 22 | 1 | Frederic Vaz | Cape Verde | 1:59.81 | |
| | 3 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:46.32 |
| | Boaz Lalang | Kenya | 1:46.40 |
| | Job Kinyor | Kenya | 1:46.52 |
| 4 | Prince Mumba | Zambia | 1:47.04 |
| 5 | Ghyrmay Yowhanes | Eritrea | 1:47.47 |
| 6 | David Mutua | Kenya | 1:47.81 |
| 7 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:47.95 |
| 8 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:49.86 |
