# 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 | |
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held at the Johannesburg Stadium.

## 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 | |
| | 2 | Assane Diallo | Senegal | DNF | |
| | 3 | David Molise | Lesotho | DNF | |
| | 1 | Akim Balogoun | Benin | DNS | |
| | 1 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 1 | Chipako Chungu | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Moses Kondowe | Malawi | DNS | |
| | 4 | Faissoil Ben | Comoros | DNS | |
| | 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 | |
| | 1 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 1:44.91 | GR |
| | 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 | |