2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Youssef Meïté  Ivory Coast	Mosito Lehata  Lesotho	Akani Simbine  South Africa

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.3 m/s, Heat 5: +1.5 m/s, Heat 6: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.22	Q
2	4	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.23	Q
3	6	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.24	Q
4	2	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.27	Q
5	5	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.32	Q
6	5	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.33	Q
7	5	Thando Roto	South Africa	10.36	Q
8	3	Arthur Gué Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.39	Q
8	4	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	10.39	Q
10	1	Josh Swaray	Senegal	10.44	Q
10	3	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	10.44	Q
12	2	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	10.46	Q
13	1	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.47	Q
13	2	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.47	Q
15	3	Brian Kasinda	Zambia	10.48	Q
16	3	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	10.49	q
17	2	Mark Otieno	Kenya	10.51	q
18	1	Titus Kafunda	Zambia	10.53	Q
19	6	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	10.57	Q
20	4	Kokoutse Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.64	q
21	1	Mlandvo Shongwe	Swaziland	10.65	q
22	2	Keene Motukisi	Botswana	10.66	q
23	4	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	10.70	q
23	5	Gilbert Otieno	Kenya	10.70
25	2	Mohamed Dawoud	Egypt	10.72
26	3	Even Tjiviju	Namibia	10.75
27	5	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	10.80
28	5	Shadrack Opoku-Agyeman	Ghana	10.88
29	2	Dylan Sicobo	Seychelles	10.89
30	1	Holder da Silva	Guinea-Bissau	10.93
31	4	Abdusetar Kemal	Ethiopia	11.00
32	1	Shingirai Hlanguyo	Zimbabwe	11.14
33	5	Khumbo Makwakwa	Malawi	11.42
34	4	Benetch Mulumba Kabongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.50
35	6	Didier Kiki	Benin	11.58	Q
36	3	Tjimbatu Kauajo	Namibia	11.64
37	6	Gat Kuoth Wal	South Sudan	11.79
38	3	Ben Okecha Paul	South Sudan	12.02
	6	Desdmond Aree	Ghana	DQ
	6	Gange Etemabeka	Republic of the Congo	DNF
	1	Mike Mokamba Nyang'au	Kenya	DNS
	1	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	DNS
	2	Sidiki Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	DNS
	3	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	DNS
	4	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	DNS
	5	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	DNS
	6	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	DNS
	6	Bediru Mehammed	Ethiopia	DNS

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.15	Q
2	2	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.20	Q
3	3	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.20	Q
4	2	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.24	Q
5	3	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.25	Q
6	1	Thando Roto	South Africa	10.28	Q
7	1	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.29	q
7	2	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.29	q
7	2	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	10.29
10	2	Josh Swaray	Senegal	10.31
11	1	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	10.39
12	1	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.40
13	3	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	10.41
14	3	Brian Kasinda	Zambia	10.47
15	3	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	10.48
16	2	Mark Otieno	Kenya	10.49
16	3	Arthur Gué Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.49
18	1	Titus Kafunda	Zambia	10.51
19	3	Mlandvo Shongwe	Swaziland	10.56
20	2	Keene Motukisi	Botswana	10.58
21	2	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	10.62
22	1	Kokoutse Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.74
23	1	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	10.74
24	3	Didier Kiki	Benin	11.25

Final

Wind: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	9.95
	4	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.04
	7	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.05
4	1	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.24
5	5	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.24
6	8	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.36
	6	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	DNS
	2	Thando Roto	South Africa	DNS

References

1. Results