Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
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

The women's 800 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held at the Johannesburg Stadium.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria	Grace Birungi  Uganda

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	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:04.69	Q
2	1	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:04.93	Q
3	1	Hareg Sidelil	Ethiopia	2:05.78	q
4	1	Marian Omajuwa	Nigeria	2:06.24	q
5	1	Akosua Serwah	Ghana	2:06.46
6	2	Zanelle Grobler	South Africa	2:07.61	Q
7	2	Shura Hutesa	Ethiopia	2:07.82	Q
8	1	Stéphanie Zanga	Cameroon	2:08.65
9	1	Catherine Maapela	South Africa	2:08.77
10	2	Nahida Touhami	Algeria	2:08.83
10	3	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	2:08.83	Q
12	3	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:08.87	Q
13	3	Léontine Tsiba	Republic of the Congo	2:09.27
14	3	Fatma Lanouar	Tunisia	2:09.78
15	3	Addeh Mwamba	Zambia	2:10.26
16	3	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:10.73
17	2	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:11.58
18	2	Japhet Mwanga	Tanzania	2:12.30
19	3	Spéciose Gakobwa	Burundi	2:12.38
20	3	Josiane Abougone	Gabon	2:15.17
21	1	Euridice Borges Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	2:15.59
22	2	Safia Abukar Hussein	Somalia	2:41.81
23	1	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	9:99.99 !DNS
23	2	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	9:99.99 !DNS
23	2	Ablavi Agbenyeke	Togo	9:99.99 !DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.73	GR
02 !	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	2:00.83
03 !	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:01.76
4	Hareg Sidelil	Ethiopia	2:07.46
5	Zanelle Grobler	South Africa	2:09.10
6	Marian Omajuwa	Nigeria	2:10.92
7	Shura Hutesa	Ethiopia	2:20.79
8	Lwiza John	Tanzania	9:99.99 !DNF

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