African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's 200m

The men's 200-meter run at the 2019 African Games took place on August 29 and 30 at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .

51 sprinters from 30 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Sydney Siame with 20.35 s, silver went to Divine Oduduru with 20.54 s and the bronze medal was won by Anaso Jobodwana with 20.56 s.

Records

World record	Usain Bolt	19.19 s	World Championships in Berlin , Germany	August 20, 2009
Record of games	Francis Obikwelu	20.06 s	Africa Games in Johannesburg , South Africa	September 18, 1999

Prelims

From the eight preliminary runs, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the eight fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 29, 2019, 10:47 a.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Elie Jonathan Denis Bardottier	Mauritius	21.11
2	5	Gideon Ernst Narib	Namibia	21.12
3	2	Tatenda Tsumba	Zimbabwe	21.13
4th	4th	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	21.25
5	7th	Alford Conteh	Sierra Leone	22.09
6th	6th	Villarubia Santander	Equatorial Guinea	22.81
7th	3	Cheick Aboubacar Camara	Guinea	22.88

Run 2

29 August 2019, 10:54 a.m.
Wind: –0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Mike Mokamba	Kenya	20.91
2	2	Martin Owusu-Antwi	Ghana	20.94
3	7th	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	21.05
4th	8th	Kundai Maguranyanga	Zimbabwe	21.47
5	4th	Sengan Jobe	Gambia	21.74
6th	6th	Aboubabacar Barry	Guinea	22.40
	3	Arthur Cissé	Ivory Coast	DNS

Run 3

29 August 2019, 11:01 a.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Dan Kiviasi Asamba	Kenya	21.10
2	8th	Andile Vincent Lusenga	Swaziland	21.44
3	6th	Henry Bandiaky	Senegal	21.59
4th	7th	Ibrahim Diomande	Ivory Coast	21.83
5	3	Henok Birhanu Kasa	Ethiopia	21.95
6th	4th	Mabrouk Matar	Chad	22.11
7th	5	Yannick Badibanga Tshibenga	Democratic Republic of Congo	22.65

Run 4

August 29, 2019, 11:08 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.61
2	5	Ogho-Oghene Egwero	Nigeria	20.75
3	6th	Chederick van Wyk	South Africa	20.87
4th	8th	Ali Khamis Gulam	Tanzania	21.25
5	4th	Star Noel Liffa	Malawi	21.31
6th	2	Nathan Abebe Yitayew	Ethiopia	22.15
	3	Emmanuel Alobwede Eseme	Cameroon	DNS

Run 5

August 29, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Wind: + –0.0 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	20.84
2	6th	Emmanuel Arowolo	Nigeria	21.05
3	7th	Alieu Joof	South Africa	21.33
4th	8th	Benson Okot	Uganda	21.48
5	2	Benjamini Michael Kulwa	Tanzania	22.71
	4th	Kamuaruuma Sydney	Namibia	DNF
	5	Baboloki Tirelo Thebe	Botswana

Run 6

August 29, 2019, 11:22 a.m.
Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.73
2	6th	Guy Maganga	Gabon	20.86
3	3	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	20.92
4th	7th	Josep Paul Amoah	Ghana	21.20
5	4th	Alpha Breezy Kamara	Sierra Leone	23.65
	2	Alexander Bock	Namibia	DNS
	5	Leeroy Hinriette	Seychelles

Run 7

August 29, 2019, 11:29 a.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	20.91
2	5	Mehdi Takordmiqui	Morocco	20.92
3	4th	Raphael Ngague Mberlina	Cameroon	21.38
4th	3	Moustapha Hyacinthe Traore	Mali	21.72
5	7th	Phomolo Lekhoana	Lesotho	21.83
6th	2	Esmaiel dos Ramos O. Freitas	Sao Tome and Principe	22.57
	6th	Pius Adome	Uganda	DNF

Run 8

August 29, 2019, 11:36 a.m.
Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Edwin Kwabla Gadayi	Ghana	20.81
2	2	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	20.84
3	6th	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	20.93
4th	5	Yapo Uleich Adeeu Jacky	Ivory Coast	21.43
5	3	Poison kawale	Malawi	22.05
	7th	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	DNF
	8th	Sharry Dodin	Seychelles	DNS

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 29, 2019, 4:58 p.m.
Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.45
2	6th	Guy Maganga	Gabon	20.71
3	4th	Mike Mokamba	Kenya	20.72
4th	7th	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	20.78
5	2	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	20.87
6th	5	Elie Jonathan Denis Mardottier	Mauritius	20.98
7th	8th	Andilie Vincent Lusenga	Swaziland	21.25
	1	Joseph Paul Amoah	Ghana	DNS

Run 2

August 29, 2019, 5:05 p.m.
Wind: +0.0 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.67
2	5	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	20.82
3	8th	Martin Owusu-Antwi	Ghana	20.97
4th	7th	Emmanuel Arowolo	Nigeria	21.01
5	4th	Dan Kiviasi Asamba	Kenya	21.02
6th	2	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	21.08
7th	3	Mehdi Takordmioui	Morocco	21.25
	1	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	DNS

Run 3

August 29, 2019, 5:12 p.m.
Wind: –0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Ogho-Oghene Egwero	Nigeria	20.76
2	4th	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	20.80
3	3	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	20.82
4th	6th	Edwin Kwabla Gadayi	Ghana	20.92
5	7th	Gideon Ernst Narib	Namibia	21.17
6th	8th	Chederick van Wyk	South Africa	21.22
7th	1	Ali Khamis Gulam	Tanzania	21.33
	2	Tatenda Tsumba	Zimbabwe	DSQ 1

¹ Rule 162.7: false start

final

August 30, 2019, 5:05 p.m.
Wind: –0.8 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	6th	Sydney Siame	Zambia	20.35
	3	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.54
	7th	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	20.56
4th	5	Guy Maganga Gorra	Gabon	20.77
5	8th	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	20.83
6th	4th	Ogho-Oghene Egwero	Nigeria	21.00
7th	2	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	21.04
8th	1	Mike Mokamba	Kenya	21.05

Web links and sources

• Results on the 2019 African Games website
• Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International competition rules. (PDF; 4.3 MB) In: Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .