2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 and 29 June.Medalists
Records
Schedule
Results
Round 1
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi | | 1:46.15 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | André Oliver | | 1:46.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Anthony Chemut | | 1:46.78 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Shiferaw Wola | | 1:47.27 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Isaac Seokle | | 1:47.90 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Cornelious Kiplagat | | 1:47.92 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Julius Mutekanga | | 1:48.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Moussa Camara | | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Mamush Lencha | | 1:48.98 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Severin Sahinkuye | | 1:49.13 | |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Esrael Awoke | | 1:49.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Lumax Selasi | | 1:49.29 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Rynhardt van Rensburg | | 1:50.12 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Mor Seck | | 1:50.17 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Nghipandula | | 1:50.85 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Tarek Eshebli | | 1:51.86 | |
| 17 | 3 | 6i | Omar Jammeh | | 1:52.96 | |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Mahazou Alassane | | 1:52.98 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Jacouba Boubacar Soumana | | 1:54.42 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Ali Ahmed Mohamed | | 1:54.85 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Ramadhan Hamed | | 1:55.16 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | 6e | Benjamín Enzema | | 1:56.23 | NR |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe | | 1:56.29 | |
| 1 | 7 | Nigel Amos | | | |
| 2 | 7 | Abdelkerim Mohammed | | | |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 3 | Taoufik Makhloufi | | 1:43.88 | |
| 4 | Anthony Chemut | | 1:44.53 | |
| 5 | André Oliver | | 1:45.09 | |
| 6 | Cornelious Kiplagat | | 1:47.83 | |
| 1 | Shiferaw Wola | | 1:48.26 | |
| 7 | Isaac Seokle | | 1:48.39 | |
| 2 | Mamush Lencha Shirko | | 1:48.98 | |
| 8 | Moussa Camara | | 1:49.12 | |
