Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2015 African Games :

| Track events |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | | women |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events |||||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| Field events |||||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events |||||
| Heptathlon | | women |
| Decathlon | men | |
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held on 13 and 15 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nijel Amos Botswana | Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria | Job Kinyor Kenya |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:46.65 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Boitumelo Masilo | Botswana | 1:46.80 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Alberto Mamba | Mozambique | 1:46.80 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Mengistu Alemu | Ethiopia | 1:46.88 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Job Kinyor | Kenya | 1:49.38 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:49.44 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:50.00 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:50.07 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Yassine Hathat | Algeria | 1:50.27 | |
| 10 | 3 | Alex Ngouare Moissi | Republic of the Congo | 1:50.73 | |
| 11 | 1 | Fozi Mohamed Ramadan | Djibouti | 1:51.06 | |
| 12 | 3 | Adam Fathee | Sudan | 1:51.30 | |
| 13 | 3 | Yobsan Girma | Ethiopia | 1:51.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:51.81 | |
| 15 | 2 | Abdelkerim Mehemmed | Eritrea | 1:52.33 | |
| 16 | 3 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 1:52.34 | |
| 16 | 1 | Dey Dey Tuach | South Sudan | 1:52.93 | |
| 17 | 2 | Abraham Guot Thon | South Sudan | 1:53.18 | |
| 18 | 1 | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea | 1:53.35 | NR |
| 19 | 2 | Daher Abdoulfatah | Djibouti | 1:53.67 | |
| 20 | 3 | Ahmed Hussein Hassan | Somalia | 1:54.83 | |
| 21 | 3 | Joseph Akoon Akoon | South Sudan | 1:58.23 | |
| | 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | DNF | |
| | 1 | Kevin Bobando | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 1 | Jena Umar | Ethiopia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:50.45 |
| | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:50.72 |
| | Job Kinyor | Kenya | 1:50.79 |
| 4 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:50.93 |
| 5 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:50.98 |
| 6 | Mengistu Alemu | Ethiopia | 1:52.11 |
| 7 | Alberto Mamba | Mozambique | 1:52.15 |
| 8 | Boitumelo Masilo | Botswana | 1:52.35 |
