2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Douala, Cameroon.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alex Kipngetich Kenya	Kethobogile Haingura Botswana	Tom Dradiga Uganda

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Alex Kipngetich	Kenya	1:45.59	Q
2	2	Idow Hassan Ali	Somalia	1:46.40	Q
3	2	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.68	q
4	1	Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana	1:46.86	Q
5	2	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:46.97	q
6	1	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:47.65	Q
7	1	Nicholas Kebenei	Kenya	1:48.07
8	1	Dawid Dam	Namibia	1:48.40
9	3	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:48.81	Q
10	1	Makman Yoagbati	Togo	1:48.99	NR
11	3	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:49.00	Q
12	2	Hazem Miawad	Egypt	1:49.05
13	2	Francky Mbotto	Central African Republic	1:49.09
14	3	Abdellah Mouzlib	Morocco	1:49.13
15	2	Mohamed Idriss Hassan	Djibouti	1:49.87
16	3	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1:50.61
17	1	Samuel Buche	Ethiopia	1:50.73
18	3	Samuel Dari	Chad	1:53.20
19	3	Alaa Al-Gorni	Libya	1:53.63
20	1	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:54.93
21	1	Medard Behodjingar	Chad	1:56.48
22	1	Aboubakar Soudi	Cameroon	1:56.48
23	3	Sylvain Azonhin	Benin	1:57.21
24	2	Esmael Freitas	São Tomé and Príncipe	1:57.64
	2	Killian Daude	Reunion	DNS
	3	Patrice Remandro	Madagascar	DNS
	3	Fabrice Iradukunda	Burundi	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alex Kipngetich	Kenya	1:45.02
	Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana	1:45.54
	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:46.01
4	Tumo Nkape	Botswana	1:46.69
5	Éric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	1:47.09
6	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1:47.95
7	Idow Hassan Ali	Somalia	1:48.37
8	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	2:01.76