The men's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event at the Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held from 11–15 September 2011 at the Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-Elite competition:-Para-sport competition:-Games statistics:...

was held on 14-15 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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...	Ben Youssef Meité	Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:...

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: -4.1 m/s, Heat 5: -3.0 m/s, Heat 6: -2.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	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...		20.84	Q
2	2	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....		20.92	Q
3	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:...		20.96	Q
4	2	Ben Youssef Meité		20.98	q
5	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:...		21.31	q
6	3	Tim Abeyie Tim Abeyie Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....		21.33	Q
7	3	Hua Wilfrieds Serg Koffi		21.35	Q
8	3	Sibusiso Matsenjwa		21.38	Q
9	5	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko		21.39	Q
10	3	Adama Jammeh		21.48	Q
11	5	Mouhamadou Lamine Niang		21.50	Q
12	3	Mosito Lehata		21.51	q
13	3	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...		21.53	q
14	6	Ashhad Agyapong		21.54	Q
15	5	Gérard Kobéané		21.55	Q
16	3	Abdouraim Haroun		21.58	q
17	6	Tonny Chirchir Kipruto		21.63	Q
18	1	Dantago Gurirab		21.71	Q
19	1	Francis Zimwara		21.73	Q
19	4	Fanuel Kenosi		21.73	Q
21	4	Ali Ngaimoko		21.74	Q
22	3	Abdourahmane Ndour		21.76	q
23	1	Delivert Arsène Kimbembe		21.81
23	4	Jesse Urikhob		21.81	Q
25	4	Lebogang Moeng		21.88	Q
26	1	Benjamin Adukwu		21.89
27	6	Abdoulie Assim		22.11
28	1	François Belinga		22.13
29	2	Baptiste Brasse		22.14
30	5	Emmanuel Letykunye		22.19
30	6	Innocent Bologo		22.19
32	4	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....		22.26
33	4	Pierre Paul Bisseck		22.36
34	3	Mohamed Abdelazim		22.41
35	1	Mafo Tshihinga		22.55
36	4	Prisca Baltazar		23.29
37	1	Antimo-constantino Oyono-nchama		23.77
	3	Nair Jensen

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9 m/s, Heat 2: -1.5 m/s, Heat 3: -2.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	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...		21.12	Q
2	1	Ben Youssef Meité		21.27	Q
3	2	Tim Abeyie Tim Abeyie Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....		21.29	Q
4	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:...		21.41	Q
4	3	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko		21.41	Q
6	3	Francis Zimwara		21.42	Q
7	1	Fanuel Kenosi		21.45	q
8	3	Sibusiso Matsenjwa		21.49	q
9	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:...		21.53
10	1	Jesse Urikhob		21.54
11	2	Abdouraim Haroun		21.56
12	1	Adama Jammeh		21.63
13	3	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...		21.67
14	3	Gérard Kobéané		21.69
15	1	Abdourahmane Ndour		21.70
16	1	Lebogang Moeng		21.73
17	2	Tonny Chirchir Kipruto		21.74
18	1	Ashhad Agyapong		21.78
19	3	Mosito Lehata		21.91
20	3	Dantago Gurirab		21.93
21	2	Ali Ngaimoko		22.19
22	2	Hua Wilfrieds Serg Koffi		31.52
	2	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....
	3	Mouhamadou Lamine Niang

Final

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		20.66
	Ben Youssef Meité		20.76
	Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:...		20.94
4	Fanuel Kenosi		20.98
5	Francis Zimwara		20.98
6	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko		20.99
7	Sibusiso Matsenjwa		21.08
	Tim Abeyie Tim Abeyie Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....