2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3–4.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Agnes Samaria  Namibia

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	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	2:03.23	Q
2	3	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:04.62	Q
3	3	Charity Wandia	Kenya	2:05.06	Q
4	3	Fatimoh Muhammed	Liberia	2:06.35	q, NR
5	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:06.74	Q
6	2	Leonor Piuza	Mozambique	2:07.06	Q
7	1	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:07.07	Q
8	1	Faith Macharia	Kenya	2:07.69	q
9	2	Mestawot Tadesse	Ethiopia	2:07.86
10	2	Ehsan Gibril	Sudan	2:07.93
11	1	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	2:10.35
12	2	Dina Lebo Phalula	South Africa	2:12.14
13	2	Ayisha Mitchel	Ghana	2:12.15
14	3	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	2:13.03
15	1	Jeanne D'Arc Uwamahoro	Rwanda	2:14.07
16	2	Dipa Traoré	Mali	2:14.96
17	1	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:15.44
18	3	Madina Kedir	Ethiopia	2:15.46
19	1	Judie Milandou-Mfounda	Republic of the Congo	2:27.37
20	2	Florence Dembert	Chad	2:41.04
	1	Bel Cynthia	Liberia	DNS
	3	Elizet Banda	Zambia	DNS
	3	Irene Motunge	Botswana	DNS
	3	Jacklin Sakilu	Tanzania	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	1:58.70
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:00.47
	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:00.62
4	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:04.74
5	Charity Wandia	Kenya	2:05.86
6	Leonor Piuza	Mozambique	2:05.95
7	Fatimoh Muhammed	Liberia	2:07.27
	Faith Macharia	Kenya	DNF

References

• Results (Archived)