2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 12–13.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:05.11	Q
2	3	Nahida Touhami	Algeria	2:06.01	Q
3	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:06.35	Q
4	1	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:07.80	Q
5	1	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	2:08.10	q
6	1	Josephine Nyarunda	Kenya	2:09.41	q
7	3	Safa Issaoui	Tunisia	2:09.56
8	3	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	2:10.07
9	2	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	2:10.08	Q
10	2	Amina Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:10.22	Q
11	1	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar	2:10.39
12	3	Grace Ebor	Nigeria	2:10.40
13	2	Leonor Piuza	Mozambique	2:10.50
14	2	Matata Sanogo	Mali	2:12.33
15	3	Rabecca Nachula	Zambia	2:13.18
16	2	Annet Mwanzi Lukhuyi	Kenya	2:13.30
17	3	Annabelle Lascar	Mauritius	2:13.45
18	2	Dina Lebo Phalula	South Africa	2:13.85
19	3	Moleboheng Mafata	Lesotho	2:21.28
	2	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	DQ
	1	Fatma Lanouar	Tunisia	DNS
	1	Inusah Mitchell	Ghana	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:00.64
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:01.08
	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	2:02.18
4	Amina Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:02.41
5	Nahida Touhami	Algeria	2:05.33
6	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:07.65
7	Josephine Nyarunda	Kenya	2:09.13
8	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	2:10.00

References

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