title: Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 800 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 800 metres
  
  Athletics at the 2019 African 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 | women |
  | 4×100 m relay | men | women |
  | 4×400 m relay | men | women |
  | Road events |||||
  | Half marathon | men | women |
  | 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 2019 African Games was held on 26 and 27 August in Rabat.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia | Rababe Arafi Morocco | Halimah Nakaayi Uganda |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 2:02.44 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Malika Akkaoui | Morocco | 2:03.57 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Noélie Yarigo | Benin | 2:04.10 | q |
  | 4 | 2 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 2:04.47 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Halima Hachlaf | Morocco | 2:04.58 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Hirut Meshesha | Ethiopia | 2:04.74 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Rababe Arafi | Morocco | 2:04.75 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | Souhra Ali Med | Djibouti | 2:05.12 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Naomi Korir | Kenya | 2:05.17 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Eglay Nafuna Nalyanya | Kenya | 2:05.54 | |
  | 11 | 3 | Freweyni Hailu | Ethiopia | 2:05.73 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Haifa Tarchoun | Tunisia | 2:07.28 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Oratile Nowe | Botswana | 2:08.78 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Carla Mendes | Cape Verde | 2:09.96 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Tsepang Sello | Lesotho | 2:11.53 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Violette Ndayikengurukiye | Burundi | 2:12.08 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Habibatou Bamba | Mali | 2:12.82 | |
  | 18 | 1 | Regina Deogratius Mpigachai | Tanzania | 2:13.19 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Nyat Ghebreslassie | Eritrea | 2:19.57 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Stella Stella | South Sudan | 2:32.39 | |
  | | 2 | Neide Dias | Angola | DNS | |
  | | 3 | Nelly Jepkosgei | Kenya | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Hirut Meshesha | Ethiopia | 2:03.16 |
  | | Rababe Arafi | Morocco | 2:03.20 |
  | | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 2:03.55 |
  | 4 | Malika Akkaoui | Morocco | 2:03.78 |
  | 5 | Halima Hachlaf | Morocco | 2:03.82 |
  | 6 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 2:04.20 |
  | 7 | Noélie Yarigo | Benin | 2:04.66 |
  | 8 | Souhra Ali Med | Djibouti | 2:05.99 |
  