2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3–4.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thuso Mpuang South Africa	Stéphan Buckland Mauritius	Fanuel Kenosi Botswana

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: -2.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -1.0 m/s, Heat 5: -1.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	20.81	Q
2	6	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	21.05	Q
3	5	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	21.09	Q
4	4	Seth Amoo	Ghana	21.14	Q
5	1	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	21.18	Q
6	3	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.18	Q
7	5	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	21.21	Q
8	4	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.23	Q
9	1	Corne Du Plessis	South Africa	21.27	Q
10	3	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.28	Q
11	1	Adetoyi Durotoye	Nigeria	21.36	Q
12	4	Abdourahmane Ndour	Senegal	21.44	q
13	2	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.44	Q
14	6	Shepherd Agbeko	Ghana	21.54	Q
15	5	Christopher Gyapong	Ghana	21.59	Q
16	3	Moussa Sissoko	Mali	21.62	Q
17	2	Roger Angouono-Moke	Republic of the Congo	21.65	Q
18	5	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	21.66	q
19	6	François Belinga	Cameroon	21.73	Q
20	2	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	21.74	Q
21	1	Béranger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	21.80	q
22	5	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	21.81	q
23	6	Ogaweditse Museki	Botswana	21.86	q
24	2	Onyeabor Ngwogu	Nigeria	21.88	q
25	3	Isaac Jones	Gambia	21.96
26	6	Abyot Lencho	Ethiopia	22.00
27	5	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	22.02
28	4	Sergio Mullins	South Africa	22.05
29	2	Narcisse Tevoedjre	Benin	22.10
30	3	Dazi Conet Theodore Kouassi	Ivory Coast	22.37
31	2	Marius Loua Siapade	Ivory Coast	22.42
32	4	Moumi Sebergue	Chad	22.57
33	1	Mounir Mahadi	Chad	22.58
34	2	Islam Mulinda	Rwanda	22.65
35	6	Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot	Republic of the Congo	22.69
36	6	Mafo Tshiyinoa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.78
37	2	Almamy Bangoura	Guinea	23.01
38	5	Moussa Camara	Guinea	23.23
	1	Muadam Hamisi	Tanzania	DNS
	1	Oumar Loum	Senegal	DNS
	1	Youssouf Mhadjou	Comoros	DNS
	3	Wilfried Bingangoye	Gabon	DNS
	3	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	DNS
	3	Katim Touré	Senegal	DNS
	4	Yasini Mihndini	Tanzania	DNS
	5	Éric Pacôme N'Dri	Ivory Coast	DNS
	6	Mussa Mlekwa	Tanzania	DNS

Semifinals

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

Wind: Heat 1: -5.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.7 m/s, Heat 3: -3.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.97	Q
2	2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	21.01	Q
3	2	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	21.19	Q
4	3	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	21.21	Q
5	3	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.22	q
6	1	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	21.24	Q
7	1	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.39	Q
8	2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.46	q
9	1	Seth Amoo	Ghana	21.46
10	2	Corne Du Plessis	South Africa	21.48
11	2	Christopher Gyapong	Ghana	21.48
12	3	Shepherd Agbeko	Ghana	21.50
13	2	Moussa Sissoko	Mali	21.66
14	3	Adetoyi Durotoye	Nigeria	21.69
15	1	Abdourahmane Ndour	Senegal	21.71
16	1	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	21.83
17	2	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	21.84
18	2	Béranger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	21.87
19	1	Onyeabor Ngwogu	Nigeria	21.87
20	3	François Belinga	Cameroon	22.14
21	3	Ogaweditse Museki	Botswana	22.79
	1	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	DNF
	1	Roger Angouono-Moke	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	3	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	DNS

Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.53	PB
	5	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.62	SB
	8	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	20.72	NR
4	6	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	20.73
5	3	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	20.82
6	2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.24
7	1	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.28
	7	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	DNF

References

• Results (Archived)