2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Douala, Cameroon.^[1][2]

Men's 200 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	25 June (heats & semi-finals) 26 June (final)
Competitors	52 from 28 nations
Winning time	20.25
Medalists
Joseph Fahnbulleh    Liberia   Tapiwanashe Makarawu    Zimbabwe   Emmanuel Eseme    Cameroon
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Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record[3]	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
African record[4]	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)	19.50	London, United Kingdom	23 July 2023
Championship record	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.99	Dakar, Senegal	22 August 1998
World leading[5]	Kenneth Bednarek (USA)	19.67	Doha, Qatar	10 May 2024
African leading[6]	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)	19.71	Nairobi, Kenya	20 April 2024

Results

Heats

Held on 25 June

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: -0.6 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s, Heat 8: +0.2 m/s, Heat 9: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa	20.69	Q
2	5	Noah Bibi	Mauritius	20.82	Q
3	4	Abdul-Rasheed Saminu	Ghana	20.88	Q
4	6	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria	20.94	Q
5	2	Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe	21.00	Q
6	2	Hachim Maaroufou	Comoros	21.02	Q
7	9	Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina	Cameroon	21.04	Q
8	3	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia	21.08	Q
9	9	Tumo Stagato van Wyk	Botswana	21.09	Q
10	8	Samuel Waweru	Kenya	21.10	Q
11	4	Fode Sissoko	Mali	21.18	Q
12	7	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon	21.21	Q
13	4	Elvis Gaseb	Namibia	21.22	q
14	5	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini	21.23	Q
15	5	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.25	q
16	3	Dominique Lasconi Mulamba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.29	Q
17	9	Patrice Esele Sasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.30	q
18	2	Jacky Yapo Uleich Adzeu	Ivory Coast	21.31	q
19	3	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	21.32	q
20	4	Sengan Jobe	Gambia	21.36	q
21	3	Mcebo Mkhaliphi	Eswatini	21.37
21	5	Lionnel Muteba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.37
23	1	Hatago Murere	Namibia	21.45	Q
24	6	Claude Itoungue Bongogne	Cameroon	21.51	Q
24	9	Omar Ndoye	Senegal	21.51
26	2	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	21.55
27	7	Godiraone Lobatlamang	Botswana	21.63	Q
28	7	Dan Kiviasi	Kenya	21.66
29	1	Kouadio Éric Kouame	Ivory Coast	21.68
30	4	Jerome Kounou	Benin	21.71
31	3	Ojulu Kul	Ethiopia	21.76
32	9	Wissy Frank Hoye Yenda Moukoula	Gabon	21.79
33	2	Denzel Adem	Seychelles	21.80
34	1	Mlandvo Maziya	Eswatini	21.81
35	2	Noah Lawson	Togo	21.83
36	6	Romeo Manzila Mahambou	Republic of the Congo	21.93
37	6	Seco Camara	Guinea-Bissau	21.95
38	1	David Nguema Allogho	Gabon	21.98
39	8	Sharry Dodin	Seychelles	21.99	Q
40	5	Mike Nyang'au	Kenya	22.04
41	4	Dylan Sicobo	Seychelles	22.21
42	2	Melkamu Assefa	Ethiopia	22.31
43	6	Caleb Adonai	Central African Republic	22.46
44	4	Ahmed Musa	Ethiopia	22.54
45	5	Ronaldinho Oliveira	Cape Verde	22.75
46	7	Ludovic Kilambaye	Chad	23.49
47	8	Marcos Santos	Angola	23.84
48	3	Joshan Vencatasamy	Mauritius	23.87
	2	Gnamien Nehemie N'Goran	Ivory Coast	DQ	TR17.2.3
	5	Rémi Adandjo	Benin	DQ	TR17.2.3
	3	Alieu Joof	Gambia	DNF
	6	Akeem Sirleaf	Liberia	DNF
	1	Mamadou Fall Sarr	Senegal	DNS
	1	Herve Toumandji	Central African Republic	DNS
	1	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	DNS
	3	Abdou Idhat	Senegal	DNS
	4	Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa	DNS
	5	Ahmed Essabai	Libya	DNS
	6	Kossi Médard Nayo	Togo	DNS
	7	Seye Ogunlewe	Nigeria	DNS
	7	Arão Adão Simão	Angola	DNS
	7	Amara Conte	Guinea	DNS
	8	Gregorio Ndong Oye	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
	8	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	DNS
	8	Fuseini Ibrahim	Ghana	DNS
	8	Ibrahima Hamayadji	Cameroon	DNS
	9	Gilbert Hainuca	Namibia	DNS

Semi-finals

Held on 25 June

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon	20.47	Q
2	3	Abdul-Rasheed Saminu	Ghana	20.52	Q
3	1	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia	20.58	Q
4	2	Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe	20.67	Q
5	3	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria	20.79	q
6	2	Noah Bibi	Mauritius	20.80	Q
7	1	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini	20.87	Q
8	3	Hachim Maaroufou	Comoros	21.07	q
9	1	Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina	Cameroon	21.08
10	2	Tumo Stagato van Wyk	Botswana	21.10
11	2	Godiraone Lobatlamang	Botswana	21.12
12	1	Elvis Gaseb	Namibia	21.21
13	2	Samuel Waweru	Kenya	21.22
14	2	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.23
15	1	Sengan Jobe	Gambia	21.37
16	3	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	21.45
17	2	Jacky Yapo Uleich Adzeu	Ivory Coast	21.46
18	3	Patrice Esele Sasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.47
19	2	Dominique Lasconi Mulamba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.64
20	1	Sharry Dodin	Seychelles	22.01
	1	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa	DNS
	1	Fode Sissoko	Mali	DNS
	3	Hatago Murere	Namibia	DNS
	3	Claude Itoungue Bongogne	Cameroon	DNS

Final

Held on 26 June

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia	20.25
	3	Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe	20.51
	5	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon	20.66
4	4	Abdul-Rasheed Saminu	Ghana	20.67
5	8	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini	20.95
6	2	Hachim Maaroufou	Comoros	21.02
7	7	Noah Bibi	Mauritius	21.16
8	1	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria	21.45

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 200 metres