2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 and 29 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria |
| - | - |
| Silver | Anthony Chemut Kenya |
| Bronze | André Oliver South Africa |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| Championship record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:42.84 | Nairobi, Kenya | 30 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 28 June 2012 | 15:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 June 2012 | 16:30 | Final |

## Results

### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:46.15 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | André Oliver | South Africa | 1:46.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya | 1:46.78 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:47.27 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Isaac Seokle | Botswana | 1:47.90 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Cornelious Kiplagat | Kenya | 1:47.92 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Julius Mutekanga | Uganda | 1:48.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Mamush Lencha | Ethiopia | 1:48.98 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:49.13 | |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:49.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Lumax Selasi | Ghana | 1:49.29 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Rynhardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:50.12 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Mor Seck | Senegal | 1:50.17 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Nghipandula | Namibia | 1:50.85 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Tarek Eshebli | Libya | 1:51.86 | |
| 17 | 3 | 6i | Omar Jammeh | Gambia | 1:52.96 | |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Mahazou Alassane | Benin | 1:52.98 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Jacouba Boubacar Soumana | Niger | 1:54.42 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Ali Ahmed Mohamed | Djibouti | 1:54.85 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Ramadhan Hamed | Libya | 1:55.16 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | 6e | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea | 1:56.23 | NR |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe | Kenya | 1:56.29 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Nigel Amos | Botswana | DNS | |
| | 2 | 7 | Abdelkerim Mohammed | Eritrea | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 1:43.88 |
| | 4 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya | 1:44.53 |
| | 5 | André Oliver | South Africa | 1:45.09 |
| 4 | 6 | Cornelious Kiplagat | Kenya | 1:47.83 |
| 5 | 1 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:48.26 |
| 6 | 7 | Isaac Seokle | Botswana | 1:48.39 |
| 7 | 2 | Mamush Lencha Shirko | Ethiopia | 1:48.98 |
| 8 | 8 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:49.12 |
