2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Thuso Mpuang	Stéphan Buckland	Fanuel 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			20.81	Q
2	6			21.05	Q
3	5			21.09	Q
4	4			21.14	Q
5	1			21.18	Q
6	3			21.18	Q
7	5			21.21	Q
8	4			21.23	Q
9	1			21.27	Q
10	3			21.28	Q
11	1			21.36	Q
12	4			21.44	q
13	2			21.44	Q
14	6			21.54	Q
15	5			21.59	Q
16	3			21.62	Q
17	2			21.65	Q
18	5			21.66	q
19	6			21.73	Q
20	2			21.74	Q
21	1			21.80	q
22	5			21.81	q
23	6			21.86	q
24	2			21.88	q
25	3			21.96
26	6			22.00
27	5			22.02
28	4			22.05
29	2			22.10
30	3			22.37
31	2			22.42
32	4			22.57
33	1			22.58
34	2			22.65
35	6			22.69
36	6			22.78
37	2			23.01
38	5			23.23
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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			20.97	Q
2	2			21.01	Q
3	2			21.19	Q
4	3			21.21	Q
5	3			21.22	q
6	1			21.24	Q
7	1			21.39	Q
8	2			21.46	q
9	1			21.46
10	2			21.48
11	2			21.48
12	3			21.50
13	2			21.66
14	3			21.69
15	1			21.71
16	1			21.83
17	2			21.84
18	2			21.87
19	1			21.87
20	3			22.14
21	3			22.79
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Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			20.53	PB
	5			20.62	SB
	8			20.72	NR
4	6			20.73
5	3			20.82
6	2			21.24
7	1			21.28
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References

• Results (Archived)