The men's 200 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics

2010 African Championships in Athletics

The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010.-Background:The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time...

 were held on July 31–August 1.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Amr Ibrahi Mostafa Seoud	Ben Youssef Meité	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Obinna Metu Obinna Metu Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....		20.82	Q
	8	Ben Youssef Meité		20.90	Q
	5	Amr Ibrahi Mostafa Seoud		20.95	Q
	2	Anderson Mureta Mutegi		20.99	Q
	8	Allah Laryea-Akrong		21.01	Q
	3	Fanuel Kenosi		21.10	Q
	6	Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi is a Morrocan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record...		21.13	Q
	2	Fred Agbaje		21.16	Q
	8	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Hitjivirue Kaanjuka is a Namibian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2008 African Championships he finished fifth in the 100 metres race and seventh in the 200 metres. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships without progressing from the initial heat.-References:...		21.20	q
10	1	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...		21.25	Q
11	8	Delivert Kimbembe		21.25	q
12	2	Ali Ngaimoko		21.27	q
13	8	Kipkemoi Soy		21.29	q, SB
14	5	Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...		21.33	Q
15	7	Mouhamadou Lamine Niang		21.36	Q
16	1	Nana Kofi Sanah		21.37	q
17	1	Eric Milazar Eric Milazar Éric Milazar is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius....		21.40	q
18	3	Stephen Barasa		21.41	Q, SB
19	6	Fabrice Coiffic Fabrice Coiffic Fabrice Coiffic is a Mauritian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres, who competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2006 African Championships in Athletics...		21.43	Q
20	7	Lehata Mosito		21.48	Q
21	3	Abdourahmane Ndour		21.50	q
22	3	Suwaibu Sanneh		21.50	q
23	6	Hua Wilfrieds Serg Koffi		21.52
24	2	Pierre Paul Bisseck		21.53
25	1	Moussa Sissoko Moussa Sissoko Moussa Sissoko is a French football player of Malian descent who currently plays for French club Toulouse in Ligue 1. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder capable of playing in either the holding role or as an attacker. Sissoko is described as a "well-rounded central midfielder" who is "tall,...		21.54
26	4	Mhadjou Youssouf Mhadjou Youssouf Mhadjou Youssouf is a Comorian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round....		21.55	Q
27	4	Emmanuel Appiah Kubi		21.57	Q
28	3	Jesse Urikhob		21.64
29	7	Idrissa Adam Idrissa Adam Idrissa Adam is a Cameroonian sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.His first international outing came at the African Junior Athletics Championships in 2003, where he was fifth in the 100 m final...		21.66
30	6	Titus Kafunda		21.72
30	5	Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Omano Egwero is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....		21.72
32	5	Saviour Kombe		21.95
33	8	Hago Tadesse		21.97
34	7	Siapade Marius Loua		22.01
35	5	Lazarous Inya		22.04
36	6	Neddy Marie		22.12
37	6	Ousmane Jibba		22.13
38	4	Augustino Mande		22.14
39	8	Leeroy Henriette		22.19	SB
40	7	Abyot Lencho		22.22
41	1	François Belinga		22.26
42	1	Ghyd Olonghot		22.32
43	4	Anthony Okiror		22.44
44	1	Laurent Masatu		22.59
45	7	Mafo Tshihinga		22.69
46	6	Dylan Rensburg		22.75
47	7	Saidi Hamsi Ndayisaba		22.93
48	8	Kabongo Mulumba		23.22

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Brian Dzingai

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Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi is a Morrocan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record...		20.51	Q, NR Moroccan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Morocco maintained by Moroccan Royal Athletics Federation: Fédération Royale Marocaine d’Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified...
	3	Obinna Metu Obinna Metu Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....		20.65	Q
	1	Ben Youssef Meité		20.76	Q, SB
	2	Amr Ibrahi Mostafa Seoud		20.80	Q
	1	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...		20.87	Q
	1	Fanuel Kenosi		20.89	q
	3	Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...		20.90	q
	3	Delivert Kimbembe		20.91	SB
	2	Anderson Mureta Mutegi		20.96	Q
10	3	Mouhamadou Lamine Niang		20.98
11	1	Kipkemoi Soy		21.00	SB
12	2	Fred Agbaje		21.02
13	2	Allah Laryea-Akrong		21.04
14	2	Lehata Mosito		21.19	PB
15	2	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Hitjivirue Kaanjuka is a Namibian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2008 African Championships he finished fifth in the 100 metres race and seventh in the 200 metres. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships without progressing from the initial heat.-References:...		21.35
16	1	Mhadjou Youssouf Mhadjou Youssouf Mhadjou Youssouf is a Comorian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round....		21.38	SB
17	1	Abdourahmane Ndour		21.41
18	1	Fabrice Coiffic Fabrice Coiffic Fabrice Coiffic is a Mauritian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres, who competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2006 African Championships in Athletics...		21.43
19	2	Ali Ngaimoko		21.46
20	2	Eric Milazar Eric Milazar Éric Milazar is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius....		21.50
21	1	Emmanuel Appiah Kubi		21.51
22	3	Nana Kofi Sanah		21.53
23	3	Suwaibu Sanneh		21.58
24	3	Stephen Barasa		21.63	SB

Final

Wind: +1.30 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Amr Ibrahi Mostafa Seoud		20.36	NR Egyptian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Egypt maintained by the Egyptian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:*...
	4	Ben Youssef Meité		20.39	SB
	8	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...		20.56
4	5	Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi is a Morrocan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record...		20.59
5	6	Obinna Metu Obinna Metu Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....		20.72
6	7	Anderson Mureta Mutegi		20.81
7	2	Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...		21.09
8	1	Fanuel Kenosi		21.22

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