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Athletics at the 2023 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
	mixed
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 2023 African Games was held on 18, 19 and 20 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aaron Cheminingwa  Kenya	Ngeno Kipngetich  Kenya	Tumo Nkape  Botswana

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Fithawi Zaid	Eritrea	1:45.90	Q, NR
2	2	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:46.69	Q
3	4	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.84	Q
4	3	Samuel Buche	Ethiopia	1:46.95	Q
5	4	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:47.12	Q
6	3	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:47.19	Q
7	3	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:47.33	Q
8	3	Dawid Dam	Namibia	1:47.42	q
9	4	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:47.55	Q
10	4	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:48.97	q
11	2	Hazem Miawad	Egypt	1:49.60	Q
12	4	Waberie Igueh Houssein	Djibouti	1:49.69	q
13	2	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:51.19	q
14	4	Hamid Sambo	Nigeria	1:51.28
15	1	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:51.64	Q
16	1	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:51.79	Q
17	1	Sampierre Gomez	The Gambia	1:51.94	Q
18	1	Makman Yoagbati	Togo	1:52.85
19	1	Birhanu Garumsa	Ethiopia	1:53.63
20	1	Arno Angula	Namibia	1:53.71
21	1	Abraham Guot Thon	South Sudan	1:54.20
22	3	Kelvin Chiku	Zimbabwe	1:55.36
23	4	Patrick Kpamba Mandata	Central African Republic	1:55.84
24	3	Hamidou Diarra	Mali	1:58.54
25	2	Kalie Sesay	Sierra Leone	1:59.28
26	3	Manuel Nzeng Nangal	Equatorial Guinea	2:07.22
	2	Mohamed Abdalla Ismail	Sudan	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.40	Q
2	1	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:46.53	Q
3	1	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.73	Q
4	1	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:47.04	q
5	1	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:47.52	q
6	1	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:47.56
7	1	Hazem Miawad	Egypt	1:48.59
8	2	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:48.89	Q
9	2	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:48.93	Q
10	2	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:48.99	Q
11	2	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:49.06
12	2	Samuel Buche	Ethiopia	1:49.15
13	1	Sampierre Gomez	The Gambia	1:49.19
14	2	Fithawi Zaid	Eritrea	1:50.41
15	2	Dawid Dam	Namibia	1:51.10
16	2	Waberie Igueh Houssein	Djibouti	1:51.30

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Aaron Cheminingwa	Kenya	1:45.72
	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:45.73
	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.04
4	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:46.14
5	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:46.53
6	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:46.74
7	Nabil Oussama	Morocco	1:46.77
8	Ahmed Sayf Kadri	Tunisia	1:47.40

References

1. "Live results". Retrieved 2024-03-20.
2. Results book

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games
• 800 metres at the African Games