2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1:47.22	Q
2	2	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:47.84	Q
3	3	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1:47.89	Q
4	2	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1:48.16	q
5	3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:48.49	Q
6	3	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:48.55	q
7	2	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	1:48.68
8	3	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1:48.74
9	2	Nabil Madi	Algeria	1:48.87
10	3	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:49.18
11	1	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:50.18	Q
12	1	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:50.21	Q
13	1	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:51.21
14	1	Gezahegn Alemu	Ethiopia	1:52.36
15	3	Ghirmay Tikabo	Eritrea	1:52.58
16	3	Joseph Kagisye	Burundi	1:53.06
17	1	Francis Asamoah	Ghana	1:53.97
18	2	Mathias Syndayihebura	Burundi	1:55.20
19	1	Ibrahim Ofangobi	Benin	1:55.51
20	1	Kursley Montimerdo	Mauritius	1:55.87
21	2	Abdulahi Yahye	Somalia	1:58.20
22	2	Manuel Marques	Angola	1:59.70
23	3	Faisal Mohamed	Somalia	2:05.04

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:45.52
	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1:45.79
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.20
4	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:47.15
5	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1:47.74
6	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:48.54
7	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:51.27
	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	DNS

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