The men's 200 metres event at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics was held on 15 and 16 May in Accra, Ghana.Results at World Athletics
Results Heats Held on 12 May. First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Wind:Heat 1: -3.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -2.1 m/s, Heat 4: -5.1 m/s, Heat 5: -2.8 m/s, Heat 6: -1.8 m/s, Heat 7: -3.0 m/s, Heat 8: -2.3 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Cheickna Traore 20.59 Q 2 6 Phaezel Selepe 20.67 Q 3 3 Methembe Tshuma 21.00 Q 4 3 Joseph Paul Amoah 21.01 Q 5 2 Kevin Lobatlamang 21.02 Q 6 5 Mouhamed Ba 21.14 Q 7 7 Charles Matundu 21.15 Q 8 3 Calvin Bogosi Omphile 21.22 q 9 8 Dennis Mwai 21.22 Q 10 4 Marizuk Shaibu 21.24 Q 10 6 Guy Maganga Gorra 21.24 q 12 1 Mihlali Xhotyeni 21.33 Q 12 4 Chidi Okezie 21.33 Q 14 5 Ibrahim Fuseini 21.34 Q 15 8 Abdou Aziz Ndiaye 21.36 Q 16 5 Ibrahima Hamayadji 21.41 q 17 2 Kossi Médard Nayo 21.42 Q 17 5 Malek Thiep Deng 21.42 q 19 2 Elkana Sabila 21.43 q 20 3 Samuel Chege Waweru 21.49 q 21 8 Gary Bibi 21.51 q 22 2 James Taiwo Emmanuel 21.63 q 23 5 Elton Hoeseb 21.68 23 5 Arthur Cissé 21.68 23 7 Choongo Malambo 21.68 Q 26 6 Marcos Santos 21.70 27 3 Elvis Gaseb 21.71 28 1 Emmanuel Aboda 21.75 Q 29 4 Magas Muhamed Traore 21.76 30 3 Jerome Kounou 21.80 31 6 Joshan Vencatasamy 21.80 32 1 Betuel Dikabou 21.84 33 2 Derick Matutu 21.95 34 8 Onywang Bach 22.09 35 7 George Eid 22.11 36 4 Duval Tsapzeu 22.15 37 6 Herve Toumandji 22.30 38 7 Nyembu Kazadi 22.45 39 2 Konga Maseka 22.46 40 3 Mulumba Mardoche Kanyinda 22.54 41 7 Fernando Satetula 22.72 42 8 Kun Waar Liem 22.84 43 6 Elvis Munyingu 22.86 44 7 Ludovic Kilambaye 22.95 45 4 Ansu Badjie 23.00 46 2 Vicky Busa Ekoki 23.01 4 5 Stern Liffa 23.10 48 3 Theodore Izerimana 23.12 49 4 Beckham da Costa 23.83 50 5 Kerfala Camara 23.87 51 8 Gregorio Ndong 23.99 52 4 Filipe Eduley 24.10 1 Issa Niakh 2 Yassine Hssine 1 William Aguessy 1 Gerren Muwishi 1 Usheoritse Itsekiri 1 Arão Adão Simão 4 Wissy Frank Hoye 6 Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina 7 Ally Hamis Gullam 7 Jesus Orphee Topize 8 Hachim Maaroufou 8 David Nguema Allogho
Semifinals Held 12 May. First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Wind:Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -2.3 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Phaezel Selepe 20.45 Q 2 3 Cheickna Traore 20.47 Q 3 3 Mihlali Xhotyeni 20.72 Q 4 1 Joseph Paul Amoah 20.79 Q 5 2 Mouhamed Ba 20.81 Q 6 1 Kevin Lobatlamang 20.83 Q 7 2 Guy Maganga Gorra 20.84 q 8 3 Chidi Okezie 20.97 q 9 2 Kossi Médard Nayo 20.98 10 2 Marizuk Shaibu 20.98 11 3 Ibrahim Fuseini 21.01 12 3 Dennis Mwai 21.03 13 1 Samuel Chege Waweru 21.04 14 1 Abdou Aziz Ndiaye 21.09 15 2 Elkana Sabila 21.13 15 3 Calvin Bogosi Omphile 21.13 17 2 Charles Matundu 21.17 18 1 Gary Bibi 21.24 19 1 Malek Thiep Deng 21.31 20 2 Ibrahima Hamayadji 21.36 21 1 James Taiwo Emmanuel 21.46 22 3 Choongo Malambo 21.58 23 3 Emmanuel Aboda 21.77 1 Methembe Tshuma
Final Held on 13 MayWind: Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 7 Cheickna Traore 10.26 6 Phaezel Selepe 20.43 3 Mihlali Xhotyeni 20.57 4 4 Kevin Lobatlamang 20.73 5 5 Joseph Paul Amoah 20.83 6 1 Chidi Okezie 20.99 7 2 Mouhamed Ba 21.06 8 8 Guy Maganga Gorra 21.47
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