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2018 African Championships in Athletics
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	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
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 women's 800 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Caster Semenya  South Africa	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	Habitam Alemu  Ethiopia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:01.36	Q
2	2	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	2:01.63	Q
3	2	Noelie Yarigo	Benin	2:02.05	q
4	3	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	2:02.51	Q
5	3	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	2:02.54	Q
6	1	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	2:02.66	Q
7	2	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	2:02.80	q
8	1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2:02.90	Q
9	3	Eunice Sum	Kenya	2:03.38
10	1	Emily Cherotich	Kenya	2:03.40
11	3	Amna Bakhait	Sudan	2:04.44
12	3	Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi	Nigeria	2:04.67
13	1	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	2:04.77
14	2	Kore Tola	Ethiopia	2:05.87
15	3	Khadija Benkassem	Morocco	2:08.35
16	2	Liliane Nguetsa	Cameroon	2:08.41
17	2	Tsepang Sello	Lesotho	2:09.03
18	1	Maryjoy Mudyiravanji	Zimbabwe	2:11.62
19	1	Violette Ndayikengurukiye	Burundi	2:11.89
20	1	Semira Mebrahtu	Eritrea	2:12.19
21	3	Souhra Ali Med	Djibouti	2:13.09
	1	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	DNF
	3	Carla Mendes	Cape Verde	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1:56.06	CR
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1:57.97
	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	1:58.86
4	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	1:58.90
5	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	1:59.41
6	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:00.01
7	Noelie Yarigo	Benin	2:04.36
	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	DNF

References

1. Results

• 2018 African Championships in Athletics
• 800 metres at the African Championships in Athletics