2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ben Youssef Meité  Ivory Coast
Silver	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt
Bronze	Noah Akwu  Nigeria

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
African record	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.68	Atlanta, United States	1 August 1996
Championship record	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.99	Dakar, Senegal	22 August 1998

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	14:00	Round 1
30 June 2012	15:20	Semifinals
1 July 2012	16:10	Final

Results

Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 8 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s, Heat 6: -0.3 m/s, Heat 7 -0.3 m/s, Heat 8: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	7	6	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.95	Q
2	2	5	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.98	Q
3	7	3	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.04	q
4	3	1	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	21.07	Q
5	4	1	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	21.09	Q
6	7	8	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.11	q
7	5	7	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	21.12	Q
8	6	5	Tim Abeyie	Ghana	21.14	Q
8	8	8	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	21.14	Q
10	1	5	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	21.15	Q
11	6	7	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	21.19	Q
12	2	7	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	21.20	Q
12	8	1	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko	Ghana	21.20	Q
14	6	8	Titus Kafunda Mukhala	Zambia	21.21	q
15	1	4	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.22	Q
16	4	6	Ali Ngaimoko	Uganda	21.31	Q
17	7	2	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.32	q
18	8	7	Francis Zimwara	Zimbabwe	21.34	q
19	8	3	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	21.38	q
20	4	2	Ashhad Agyapong	Ghana	21.42	q
21	3	6	Stanley Azie	Nigeria	21.45	Q
22	2	3	Tony Chirchir	Kenya	21.49	Q
23	5	2	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	21.50	Q
24	2	5	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.64	q
25	3	4	Frank Puriza	Namibia	21.72
26	2	4	Brian Dzingai	Zimbabwe	21.74
27	8	6	Jean-Yves Esparon	Seychelles	21.75
28	2	8	Assim Abdoule	Gambia	21.81
29	5	1	Adam Yarou	Benin	21.95
30	4	7	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.96
31	5	4	Lingo Obanga Ojulu	Ethiopia	21.98
32	1	2	Touray Ibrahim	Sierra Leone	22.00
33	6	3	Yendountien Tiebekabe	Togo	22.02
34	1	8	Neddy Marie	Seychelles	22.03
34	3	8	Marvin Lewis	Liberia	22.03
36	7	4	Leeroy Henriette	Seychelles	22.07
37	3	7	Isaac Jones	Gambia	22.08
38	2	2	Abyot Lencho	Ethiopia	22.09
39	5	5	Thierie Ferdinand	Mauritius	22.25
40	7	7	Marvini Bonde	Zimbabwe	22.29
41	4	3	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	22.46
42	6	4	Abdallah Al Bain Abbo	Chad	22.57
43	6	6	Kassimou Amadou Tidjani	Benin	22.70
44	3	5	Mahamat Modou Moussa	Chad	22.72
45	4	5	Christ Bitsindou	Republic of the Congo	22.75
46	5	3	Narcisse Dingamyo	Chad	22.87
47	5	8	Saifeldel Ali	Libya	22.90
48	1	3	Kabeya Mukendi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.64
49	7	1	Reginaldo Montenguba	Equatorial Guinea	24.24
	3	2	Pierre Paul Bissek	Cameroon	DNF
	6	2	Mohamed Khouaja	Libya	DNF
	4	8	Rosel Kafwa Lusanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DSQ
	8	5	Boubavir Tawerghi	Libya	DSQ
	1	6	Tekle Berhane	Eritrea	DNS
	1	7	Richard Chitambi	Zambia	DNS
	2	6	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	DNS
	3	3	Jiddou Ould Haye	Mauritania	DNS
	4	4	Siapade Marius Loua	Ivory Coast	DNS
	5	6	Jean Tarcicius Batambok	Cameroon	DNS
	8	2	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	20.61	Q
2	3	3	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	20.62	Q
3	1	5	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	20.63	Q, NR
4	1	6	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	20.66	Q
5	2	4	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.70	Q
6	3	5	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.74	Q
7	3	6	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	20.78	q
8	1	3	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	20.83	q
9	2	4	Tim Abeyie	Ghana	20.98
10	1	7	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.02
11	2	8	Ali Ngaimoko	Uganda	21.07
12	2	7	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.08
13	2	2	Titus Kafunda Mukhala	Zambia	21.11
14	2	6	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.12
15	1	4	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko	Ghana	21.20
16	3	8	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	21.21
17	3	7	Tony Chirchir	Kenya	21.34
18	1	2	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.38
18	3	2	Francis Zimwara	Zimbabwe	21.38
19	1	1	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	21.52
21	2	1	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.70
22	1	8	Stanley Azie	Nigeria	21.83
	3	1	Ashhad Agyapong	Ghana	DNS
	3	4	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	DNS

Final

Wind: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	20.62
	4	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	20.76
	7	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.83
4	5	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	20.87
5	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	21.01
6	1	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	21.09
7	3	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	21.11
8	8	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	21.39

References

• Results