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 GoldSilverBronzeThuso MpuangStéphan BucklandFanuel Kenosi

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

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 20.97 Q 2 2 Stéphan Buckland 21.01 Q 3 2 Khalid Idrissi Zougari 21.19 Q 4 3 Soleiman Salem Ayed 21.21 Q 5 3 Hitjivirue Kaanjuka 21.22 q 6 1 Obinna Metu 21.24 Q 7 1 Fanuel Kenosi 21.39 Q 8 2 Joseph Batangdon 21.46 q 9 1 Seth Amoo 21.46 10 2 Corne Du Plessis 21.48 11 2 Christopher Gyapong 21.48 12 3 Shepherd Agbeko 21.50 13 2 Moussa Sissoko 21.66 14 3 Adetoyi Durotoye 21.69 15 1 Abdourahmane Ndour 21.71 16 1 Wetere Galcha 21.83 17 2 Bereket Desta 21.84 18 2 Béranger Aymard Bosse 21.87 19 1 Onyeabor Ngwogu 21.87 20 3 François Belinga 22.14 21 3 Ogaweditse Museki 22.79 1 Fabrice Coiffic 1 Roger Angouono-Moke 3 Suwaibou Sanneh

Final Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Thuso Mpuang 20.53 PB 5 Stéphan Buckland 20.62 SB 8 Fanuel Kenosi 20.72 NR 4 6 Obinna Metu 20.73 5 3 Khalid Idrissi Zougari 20.82 6 2 Joseph Batangdon 21.24 7 1 Hitjivirue Kaanjuka 21.28 7 Soleiman Salem Ayed

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