# Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 800 metres

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 |
| | 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 |