# 2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–30.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| David Rudisha Kenya | Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya | Jackson Kivuva Kenya |

## 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 | 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:48.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mouhcine Elamine | Morocco | 1:48.81 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:49.50 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:49.93 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 1:50.00 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Windy Jonas | South Africa | 1:50.22 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:50.51 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Fikadu Dejene | Ethiopia | 1:50.82 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Nadjim Manseur | Algeria | 1:51.35 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 1:51.44 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Frank Martin | Tanzania | 1:51.68 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:51.81 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Mor Seck | Senegal | 1:51.88 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:51.92 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Nghipandulwa | Namibia | 1:52.12 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Barae Hhera | Tanzania | 1:52.38 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Alex Fra Ngouari-Mouissi | Republic of the Congo | 1:55.68 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Ishaku Mohammed | Nigeria | 1:56.02 | |
| 19 | 2 | Potien Ntawuyirushintege | Rwanda | 1:56.56 | |
| 20 | 1 | Lourenco Bartolo Antonio | Angola | 1:57.32 | |
| 21 | 2 | Vicente Ntutumu Obama | Equatorial Guinea | 2:03.58 | |
| | 3 | Abdalla Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | DNF | |
| | 1 | Patrick Saboun | Central African Republic | DNS | |
| | 3 | Joseph Malipilo | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Jeremias Silva | Guinea-Bissau | DNS | |
| | 4 | Oscar Bouba | Cameroon | DNS | |
| | 4 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:46.58 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:47.28 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mouhcine Elamine | Morocco | 1:47.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Windy Jonas | South Africa | 1:48.56 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:48.79 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:49.49 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:49.53 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mor Seck | Senegal | 1:49.80 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 1:50.26 | |
| 10 | 1 | Jimmy Adar | Uganda | 1:50.30 | |
| 11 | 1 | Daniel Nghipandulwa | Namibia | 1:50.35 | |
| 12 | 1 | Fikadu Dejene Dabushe | Ethiopia | 1:50.94 | |
| 13 | 1 | Frank Martin | Tanzania | 1:51.43 | |
| 14 | 2 | Barae Hhera | Tanzania | 1:52.11 | |
| | 2 | Nadjim Manseur | Algeria | DNF | |
| | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:42.84 | CR |
| | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:44.85 | SB |
| | Jackson Kivuva | Kenya | 1:45.47 | SB |
| 4 | Shiferaw Wola | Ethiopia | 1:46.39 | |
| 5 | Mouhcine Elamine | Morocco | 1:47.18 | |
| 6 | Mor Seck | Senegal | 1:47.61 | |
| 7 | Severin Sahinkuye | Burundi | 1:48.36 | PB |
| 8 | Windy Jonas | South Africa | 1:49.08 | |