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2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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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

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

Records

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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

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

Results

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Round 1

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria 1:43.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Anthony Chemut  Kenya 1:44.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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