African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's 100 m

The men's 100-meter run at the 2019 African Games took place on August 26th and 27th at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .

56 sprinters from 29 countries took part in the competition. Raymond Ekevwo won the gold medal with 9.96 s, silver went to Arthur Cissé with 9.97 s and Usheoritse Itsekiri won the bronze medal with 10.02 s.

Records

World record	Usain Bolt	9.58 s	World Championships in Berlin , Germany	August 16, 2009
Record of games	Deji Aliu	9.95 s	African Games in Abuja , Nigeria	October 12, 2003

Prelims

From the seven preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 26, 2019, 10:35 a.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Chederick van Wyk	South Africa	10.39
2	7th	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.47
3	6th	Keene Charles Motukisi	Botswana	10.57
4th	3	Mehdi Takordmioui	Morocco	10.57
5	4th	Poison kawale	Malawi	11.01
6th	8th	Alpha Breezy Kamara	Sierra Leone	11.21
7th	5	Abdusetar Kemal Kereta	Ethiopia	11.29
8th	9	Villarubia Santander	Equatorial Guinea	11.49

Run 2

August 26, 2019, 10:42 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	1	Thando Dlodlo	South Africa	10.37
2	8th	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	10.51
3	5	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	10.57
4th	7th	Jean Tarcisius Batamboc	Cameroon	10.61
5	3	Manzila-mahambou Romeo	Republic of the Congo	10.65
6th	9	Star Noel Liffa	Malawi	10.79
7th	2	Issa Sangare	Mali	10.79
8th	6th	Mabrouk Matar	Chad	11.08
9	4th	Yannick Badibanga Tshibenga	Democratic Republic of Congo	11.29

Run 3

August 26, 2019, 10:49 a.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	9	Seye Ogunlewe	Nigeria	10.36
2	2	Dickson Kamungeremu	Zimbabwe	10.46
3	7th	Sharry Dodin	Seychelles	10.72
4th	5	Gnamien Nehemie N'Goran	Ivory Coast	10.72
5	3	Nathan Abebe Yitayew	Ethiopia	10.74
6th	6th	Mark Otieno Odhiambo	Kenya	10.83
7th	8th	Solomon Obuto	Uganda	11.09
	4th	Gilbert Hainuca	Namibia	DSQ 1

¹ Rule 162.7: false start

Run 4

August 26, 2019, 10:56 a.m.
Wind: –0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	9	Usheoritse Itsekiri	Nigeria	10.27
2	2	Joseph Paul Amoah	Ghana	10.28
3	6th	Arthur Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.30
4th	7th	Elie Jonathan Denis Bardottier	Mauritius	10.44
5	5	Sengan Jobe	Gambia	10.81
6th	3	Leeroy Henriette	Seychelles	10.91
7th	4th	Aboubabacar Barry	Guinea	11.06
	8th	Chakir Machmour	Morocco	DSQ 2

² Rule 162.7: false start

Run 5

August 26, 2019, 11:03 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Raymond Ekevwo	Nigeria	10.20
2	8th	Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku	Ghana	10.32
3	5	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	10.54
4th	4th	Guy Maganga Gorra	Gabon	10.65
5	3	Garu-noa-jerrel Bibi	Mauritius	10.74
6th	6th	Ibrahim Diomande	Ivory Coast	10.77
7th	9	Chenoult Lionel Coetzee	Namibia	11.83
8th	2	Tewodiros Atinafu Geramo	Ethiopia	11.20

Run 6

August 26, 2019, 11:10 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	10.21
2	4th	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.43
3	9	Dylan Sicobo	Seychelles	10.63
4th	3	Pius Adome	Uganda	10.69
5	2	Phomolo Lekhoana	Lesotho	10.80
6th	7th	Lulius Morie	Sierra Leone	10.91
7th	8th	Samuel Ekembe Bokabo	Democratic Republic of Congo	11.43

Run 7

August 26, 2019, 11:17 a.m.
Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	10.45
2	9	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	10.49
3	7th	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.60
4th	8th	Henry Bandiaky	Senegal	10.63
5	4th	Mayoumendam Zounedou	Cameroon	10.73
6th	5	Yateya Kambepera	Botswana	10.92
7th	3	Abdramane Simpore	Burkina Faso	11.02
8th	6th	Ndong Gregorio	Equatorial Guinea	11.86

Semifinals

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 26, 2019, 5:40 p.m.
Wind: –0.6 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	10.27
2	8th	Arthur Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.27
3	5	Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku	Ghana	10.43
4th	6th	Seye Ogunlewe	Nigeria	10.45
5	9	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	10.54
6th	7th	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	11.55
7th	3	Elie Jonathan Denis Bardottier	Mauritius	11.57
8th	2	Sharry Dodin	Seychelles	10.76

Run 2

August 26, 2019, 5:47 pm

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Usheoritse Itsekiri	Nigeria	10.25
2	7th	Joseph Paul Amoah	Ghana	10.36
3	6th	Thando Dlodlo	South Africa	10.38
4th	9	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	10.54
5	8th	Keene Charles Motukisi	Botswana	10.71
6th	3	Dylan Sicobo	Seychelles	10.80
	2	Mehdi Takordmioui	Morocco	DSQ 3
	5	Dickson Kamungeremu	Zimbabwe	DNF

³ Rule 162.7: false start

Run 3

August 26, 2019, 5:54 p.m.
Wind: –0.1 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Raymond Ekevwo	Nigeria	10.26
2	9	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	10.41
3	7th	Chederick van Wyk	South Africa	10.41
4th	4th	Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	10.43
5	5	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.44
6th	3	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.66
7th	2	Jean Tarcisius Batamboc	Cameroon	10.74
	8th	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	DNF

final

August 27, 2019, 4:58 p.m.
Wind: +1.6 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	7th	Raymond Ekevwo	Nigeria	9.96
	5	Arthur Cissé	Ivory Coast	9.97
	4th	Usheoritse Itsekiri	Nigeria	10.02
4th	8th	Joseph Paul Amoah	Ghana	10.11
5	9	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	10.18
6th	2	Chederick van Wyk	South Africa	10.31
7th	6th	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	10.33
8th	3	Thando Dlodlo	South Africa	10.33

Web links and sources

• 12th African Games Athletics - Results Book - Rabat, Morocco 26th - 30th August 2019
• Results on the 2019 African Games website
• Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} International Competition Rules. (PDF; 4.3 MB) In: Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .