2008 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3–4.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thuso Mpuang  South Africa	Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius	Fanuel Kenosi  Botswana

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

Wind: Heat 1: -2.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -1.0 m/s, Heat 5: -1.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	20.81	Q
2	6	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	21.05	Q
3	5	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	21.09	Q
4	4	Seth Amoo	Ghana	21.14	Q
5	1	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	21.18	Q
6	3	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.18	Q
7	5	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	21.21	Q
8	4	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.23	Q
9	1	Corne Du Plessis	South Africa	21.27	Q
10	3	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.28	Q
11	1	Adetoyi Durotoye	Nigeria	21.36	Q
12	4	Abdourahmane Ndour	Senegal	21.44	q
13	2	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.44	Q
14	6	Shepherd Agbeko	Ghana	21.54	Q
15	5	Christopher Gyapong	Ghana	21.59	Q
16	3	Moussa Sissoko	Mali	21.62	Q
17	2	Roger Angouono-Moke	Republic of the Congo	21.65	Q
18	5	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	21.66	q
19	6	François Belinga	Cameroon	21.73	Q
20	2	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	21.74	Q
21	1	Béranger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	21.80	q
22	5	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	21.81	q
23	6	Ogaweditse Museki	Botswana	21.86	q
24	2	Onyeabor Ngwogu	Nigeria	21.88	q
25	3	Isaac Jones	Gambia	21.96
26	6	Abyot Lencho	Ethiopia	22.00
27	5	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	22.02
28	4	Sergio Mullins	South Africa	22.05
29	2	Narcisse Tevoedjre	Benin	22.10
30	3	Dazi Conet Theodore Kouassi	Ivory Coast	22.37
31	2	Marius Loua Siapade	Ivory Coast	22.42
32	4	Moumi Sebergue	Chad	22.57
33	1	Mounir Mahadi	Chad	22.58
34	2	Islam Mulinda	Rwanda	22.65
35	6	Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot	Republic of the Congo	22.69
36	6	Mafo Tshiyinoa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.78
37	2	Almamy Bangoura	Guinea	23.01
38	5	Moussa Camara	Guinea	23.23
	1	Muadam Hamisi	Tanzania	DNS
	1	Oumar Loum	Senegal	DNS
	1	Youssouf Mhadjou	Comoros	DNS
	3	Wilfried Bingangoye	Gabon	DNS
	3	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	DNS
	3	Katim Touré	Senegal	DNS
	4	Yasini Mihndini	Tanzania	DNS
	5	Éric Pacôme N'Dri	Ivory Coast	DNS
	6	Mussa Mlekwa	Tanzania	DNS

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

Wind: Heat 1: -5.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.7 m/s, Heat 3: -3.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.97	Q
2	2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	21.01	Q
3	2	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	21.19	Q
4	3	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	21.21	Q
5	3	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.22	q
6	1	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	21.24	Q
7	1	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.39	Q
8	2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.46	q
9	1	Seth Amoo	Ghana	21.46
10	2	Corne Du Plessis	South Africa	21.48
11	2	Christopher Gyapong	Ghana	21.48
12	3	Shepherd Agbeko	Ghana	21.50
13	2	Moussa Sissoko	Mali	21.66
14	3	Adetoyi Durotoye	Nigeria	21.69
15	1	Abdourahmane Ndour	Senegal	21.71
16	1	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	21.83
17	2	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	21.84
18	2	Béranger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	21.87
19	1	Onyeabor Ngwogu	Nigeria	21.87
20	3	François Belinga	Cameroon	22.14
21	3	Ogaweditse Museki	Botswana	22.79
	1	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	DNF
	1	Roger Angouono-Moke	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	3	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	DNS

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.53	PB
	5	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.62	SB
	8	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	20.72	NR
4	6	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	20.73
5	3	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	Morocco	20.82
6	2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.24
7	1	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.28
	7	Soleiman Salem Ayed	Egypt	DNF

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