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...

at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds...

 were held on July 21–22.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...	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....

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7 m/s, Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: +0.5 m/s, Heat 8: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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....		20.63	Q, PB
	1	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		20.87	Q
	6	Gibrilla Patu Bangura		20.91	Q, PB
	6	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...		20.95	Q
	3	Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		20.96	Q, SB
	3	Gabriel Mvumvure		21.11	q
	8	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...		21.11	Q
	1	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud		21.14	Q
	5	Fanuel Kenosi		21.14	Q, PB
10	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...		21.16	q
11	1	Ben Youssef Meité		21.20	q, =SB
11	8	Wilfried Bigangoye		21.20	Q
13	5	Chinedu Oriala Chinedu Oriala Chinedu Oriala is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu...		21.26	Q
14	4	Mohamed Mosbah	Libya	21.30	Q, NR Libyan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Libya maintained by Libya's Amateur Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:*...
15	5	Béranger Bosse Béranger Bosse Aymard Bosse Béranger is a Central African sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round...		21.40	q
16	2	Marius Loua Siapade		21.42	Q
17	8	Holder da Silva Holder da Silva Holder da Silva is a Guinea-Bissauan sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Bissau. His personal best time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 2009 in Lisbon....		21.44	q, NJR
18	6	Narcisse Tevoedjre		21.47	q
19	7	Kagiso Kumbane		21.50	Q
20	6	Justice Malabi		21.52	q
21	3	Ommanandsingh Kowlessur		21.53	q, SB
22	4	Siaka Son		21.56	Q, PB
23	4	Abdourahmane Ndour		21.57	SB
23	4	Suwaibou Sanneh Suwaibou Sanneh Suwaibou Sanneh is a Gambian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Brikama. His personal best time is 10.43 seconds, achieved at the 2008 African Championships in Addis Ababa....		21.63	PB
24	1	Hitjivirue Kaanjura		21.64
25	2	Samuel Adade		21.70	Q
26	2	Kaba Diakite Bemba		21.70	PB
27	2	Antony Hobwana		21.72	PB
28	8	Mohammed-jud Misbah		21.77	PB
29	3	Aboubakar Tawerghi	Libya	21.79	SB
29	2	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,...		21.87
30	8	Samuel Egadu Samuel Egadu Samuel Egadu is a Ugandan sprinter. He competed for Uganda at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...		21.94	PB
31	7	Cyril Ferguson		22.00	Q, PB
32	2	Wetere Galcha		22.01	SB
33	1	Berthe Rafan		22.03	PB
34	1	Fayçal Cherifi		22.04	PB
35	8	Anthony Weah		22.10	PB
36	8	Youssouf Mahjdoub		22.11	PB
36	6	Nicolau Palanca		22.14	PB
37	3	Dazi Kouassi		22.17	PB
38	2	Modou Njie		22.22	PB
39	7	Ramadhini Ngaruko		22.29
40	3	Almany Bangoura		22.34
41	1	Oumar Bella Bah		22.36
42	7	Ibrahim Niankara		22.46
43	6	Roberts Kokurlo		22.48
44	7	Mohamed Konate		22.59
45	7	Islam Mulinda		22.77
46	4	Zemenu Kassa		22.90	PB
47	2	Gebremicael Ermias Tesfu		22.93
48	5	Matuco Nzovo		22.95
49	3	Mofo Tshihinga		23.15

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Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr

Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr is a Sudanese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He was born in Khartoum.His current personal best time is 44.93 seconds, achieved in April 2005 in Mecca....

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Morne Nagel

Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....

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Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...

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Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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....		20.66	Q
	3	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		20.72	Q, SB
	1	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...		20.81	Q
	3	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud		20.83	Q, 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:*...
	3	Gabriel Mvumvure		20.91	q, NJR
	1	Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		21.00	Q
	1	Gibrilla Patu Bangura		21.15	q
	3	Fanuel Kenosi		21.15
	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...		21.16
10	3	Ben Youssef Meité		21.18	SB
11	2	Wilfried Bigangoye		21.25	Q
12	3	Kagiso Kumbane		21.27
13	3	Narcisse Tevoedjre		21.42	SB
14	1	Samuel Adade		21.43
15	2	Mohamed Mosbah	Libya	21.46
16	2	Marius Loua		21.57
17	1	Holder da Silva Holder da Silva Holder da Silva is a Guinea-Bissauan sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Bissau. His personal best time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 2009 in Lisbon....		21.62
18	2	Béranger Bosse Béranger Bosse Aymard Bosse Béranger is a Central African sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round...		21.74
19	2	Siaka Son		21.80
20	2	Ommanandsingh Kowlessur		21.91
21	1	Justice Malabi		22.21

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Brian Dzingai

Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...

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Chinedu Oriala

Chinedu Oriala is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu...

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Final

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...		20.81
	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		20.88
	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....		20.94
4	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud		21.07
5	Gibrilla Patu Bangura		21.08
6	Gabriel Mvumvure		21.22
7	Wilfried Bigangoye		21.49
8	Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		21.77