2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wayde van Niekerk South Africa	Adama Jammeh Gambia	Emmanuel Matadi Liberia

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: +1.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	20.34	Q
2	7	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	20.68	Q
3	5	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.74	Q
4	2	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	20.84	Q
5	5	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.87	Q
6	4	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.90	Q
7	1	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	21.08	Q
8	7	Fode Sissoko	Mali	21.10	Q
9	1	Ahmed Ali	Sudan	21.12	Q
9	6	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	21.12	Q
11	1	Martin Owusu-Antwi	Ghana	21.18	Q
12	2	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	21.19	Q
13	6	Peter Mwai	Kenya	21.20	Q
14	6	Mangar Chep	South Sudan	21.20	Q
15	3	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	21.36	Q
16	6	Skander Djamil Athmani	Algeria	21.40	q
17	3	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	21.41	Q
18	2	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.46	Q
18	6	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	21.46	q
20	2	Gilbert Otieno	Kenya	21.47	q
21	5	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	21.61	Q
22	3	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	21.64	Q
23	1	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	21.72
24	7	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	21.73	Q
25	5	Gilles Antony Afoumba	Congo	21.76
26	4	Émilien Tchan Bi Chan	Ivory Coast	21.78	Q
27	7	Mike Mokamba Nyang'au	Kenya	21.83
28	4	Pius Adome	Uganda	21.85
29	6	Mohamed Dawoud	Egypt	21.94
30	2	Basilius Karupu	Namibia	22.17
31	1	Sidiki Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	22.37
32	2	Mohamed Abdelazim Mohamed	Sudan	22.50
33	4	Awad El Karim Makki	Sudan	23.04
34	2	Stephan Ukele	South Sudan	23.07
35	5	Gilberto Leite	São Tomé and Príncipe	23.49
36	1	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	23.72
	1	Chidamba Hazemba	Zambia	DNS
	1	Gogbeu Francis Koné	Ivory Coast	DNS
	2	Akani Simbine	South Africa	DNS
	3	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	DNS
	3	Abdusetar Kemal	Ethiopia	DNS
	3	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	DNS
	3	Freddy Nguz	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	4	Khumbo Makwakwa	Malawi	DNS
	4	Tjimbatu Kauajo	Namibia	DNS
	4	Connias Mudzingwa	Zimbabwe	DNS
	5	Abdulie Azim	Gambia	DNS
	5	Mlandvo Shongwe	Swaziland	DNS
	6	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	DNS
	7	Abdoulie Assim	Gambia	DNS
	7	Titus Kafunda	Zambia	DNS
	7	Gatkuoth Wal	South Sudan	DNS

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	20.03	Q
2	3	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.48	Q
3	2	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	20.51	Q
4	1	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	20.52	Q
5	3	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.75	Q
6	3	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	20.77	q
7	3	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	20.82	q
8	1	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	20.92
9	1	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	20.97
10	2	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.99	Q
11	2	Martin Owusu-Antwi	Ghana	21.02
11	3	Fode Sissoko	Mali	21.02
13	2	Peter Mwai	Kenya	21.18
14	1	Skander Djamil Athmani	Algeria	21.28
15	1	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	21.31
16	1	Ahmed Ali	Sudan	21.38
16	3	Mangar Chep	South Sudan	21.38
18	2	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	21.49
19	3	Gilbert Otieno	Kenya	21.52
20	2	Émilien Tchan Bi Chan	Ivory Coast	21.72
21	2	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.80
22	3	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	21.85
23	1	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	21.98
	2	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	DQ

Final

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	20.02
	3	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	20.45
	6	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	20.55
4	1	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	20.83
5	8	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.83
6	2	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	20.92
	4	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	DNS
	7	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	DNS