Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
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

The men's 800 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held at the Johannesburg Stadium.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japheth Kimutai  Kenya	Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:48.25	Q
2	3	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:48.39	Q
3	3	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:48.47	Q
4	3	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:48.49	q
5	3	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:48.89	q
6	2	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:49.86	Q
7	2	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	1:49.87	Q
8	1	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:50.02	Q
9	1	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1:50.72	Q
10	3	Francis Munthali	Malawi	1:50.79	q
11	3	Pascal Murengerantwari	Burundi	1:51.75	q
12	2	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:51.81	Q
13	2	Pacifique Ayubusa	Rwanda	1:51.89
14	1	Lucky Hadebe	South Africa	1:52.00	Q
15	4	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:52.45	Q
16	4	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:52.49	Q
17	4	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:52.68	Q
18	1	Yaccob Furtenato	Eritrea	1:53.79
19	4	Bakulu Yambo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1:55.11
20	4	Yassin Mahamoud	Somalia	1:55.14
21	2	Christophe Manirakiza	Burundi	1:55.17
22	1	Menhard Luhanya	Malawi	1:55.79
23	4	Reuben Silwimba	Zambia	1:56.12
24	4	Karabo Mphafi	Lesotho	1:56.62
25	2	Jorge Duvane	Mozambique	2:00.28
26	2	Assane Diallo	Senegal	DNF
26	3	David Molise	Lesotho	DNF
27	1	Akim Balogoun	Benin	DNS
27	1	Adem Hecini	Algeria	DNS
27	1	Chipako Chungu	Zambia	DNS
27	2	Moses Kondowe	Malawi	DNS
27	4	Faissoil Ben	Comoros	DNS
27	4	Souleymane Meité	Ivory Coast	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the nest 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:46.85	Q
2	1	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:46.87	Q
3	1	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:46.99	Q
4	1	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:47.12	q
5	2	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:47.17	Q
6	2	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:47.49	Q
7	2	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	1:47.54	Q
8	1	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:47.96	q
9	1	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:48.35
10	2	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1:48.45
11	1	Pascal Murengerantwari	Burundi	1:48.62
12	2	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:49.23
13	2	Lucky Hadebe	South Africa	1:50.58
14	2	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:51.02
15	2	Francis Munthali	Malawi	1:51.53
16	1	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:44.91
	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:45.32
	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:45.58
4	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	1:45.96
5	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:46.24
6	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:47.31
7	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:47.64
8	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:50.85

References

1. Results