# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Simon Magakwe South Africa |
| Silver | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egypt |
| Bronze | Hua Wilfried Koffi Ivory Coast |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| African record | Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) | 9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
| Championship record | Seun Ogunkoya (NGR) | 9.94 | Dakar, Senegal | 19 August 1998 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 June 2012 | 13:10 | Round 1 |
| 28 June 2012 | 13:15 | Semifinals |
| 28 June 2012 | 15:15 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 8 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -2.1 m/s, Heat 3: -4.7 m/s, Heat 4: -2.6 m/s, Heat 5: -2.9 m/s, Heat 6: -1.6 m/s, Heat 7 -2.0 m/s, Heat 8: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Abdourahim Haroun | Chad | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Simon Magakwe | South Africa | 10.39 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Tim Abeyie | Ghana | 10.45 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.45 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Stanley Azie | Nigeria | 10.54 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso | 10.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 10.55 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Egwero Ogho-Oghene | Nigeria | 10.57 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Gérard Kobéané | Burkina Faso | 10.57 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | 10.57 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Roscoe Engel | South Africa | 10.59 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Ibrahim Muiya | Kenya | 10.61 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Ashhad Agyapong | Ghana | 10.63 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 4 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | 10.63 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 8 | Yateya Kambepela | Botswana | 10.67 | q |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 10.69 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Titus Kafunda Mukhala | Zambia | 10.69 | q |
| 18 | 7 | 8 | Gogbeu Francis Koné | Ivory Coast | 10.69 | q |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia | 10.70 | q |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 10.71 | |
| 23 | 8 | 7 | Fiacre Brisso Bahorou | Benin | 10.75 | Q |
| 24 | 7 | 7 | Pierre Paul Bissek | Cameroon | 10.77 | |
| 25 | 6 | 2 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 10.78 | Q |
| 26 | 6 | 3 | Allah Laryea-Akrong | Ghana | 10.82 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | 7 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 10.82 | |
| 28 | 8 | 6 | Francis Zimwara | Zimbabwe | 10.83 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Delivert Arsene Kimbembe | Republic of the Congo | 10.89 | |
| 30 | 7 | 1 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 10.91 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Adam Yarou | Benin | 10.96 | |
| 32 | 5 | 7 | Yendountien Tiebekabe | Togo | 10.98 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Abyot Lencho | Ethiopia | 11.00 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Mustapha Manga | Gambia | 11.05 | |
| 35 | 8 | 4 | Jean-Yves Esparon | Seychelles | 11.06 | |
| 36 | 3 | 4 | Danny D'Souza | Seychelles | 11.07 | |
| 37 | 5 | 4 | Thierie Ferdinand | Mauritius | 11.10 | |
| 37 | 7 | 2 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 11.10 | |
| 39 | 8 | 3 | Mooketsi Magaga | Botswana | 11.15 | |
| 40 | 8 | 5 | Jean Tarcicius Batambok | Cameroon | 11.16 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Alebachew Deriso Getahun | Ethiopia | 11.19 | |
| 42 | 5 | 8 | Lester Dogley | Seychelles | 11.25 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Mohamed Dowha | Libya | 11.30 | |
| 44 | 7 | 5 | Alexandre Osvaldo | Angola | 11.34 | |
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Tondi Ide Adamou | Niger | 11.35 | |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | Coulibaly Sounkhasso | Mali | 11.35 | |
| 47 | 4 | 5 | Antimo Oyono | Equatorial Guinea | 11.50 | |
| 48 | 3 | 2 | Hassan Arreh Farhan | Djibouti | 11.87 | |
| 49 | 7 | 6 | Hannes Dreyer | South Africa | 12.26 | |
| | 6 | 6 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | DSQ | |
| | 6 | 5 | Tony Chirchir | Kenya | DSQ | |
| | 6 | 8 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 5 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 2 | 7 | Touray Ibrahim | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 3 | 1 | Richard Chitambi | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 5 | 6 | Marvini Bonde | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 6 | 4 | Tekle Berhane | Eritrea | DNS | |
| | 6 | 7 | Sounkhaso Coulibaly | Mali | DNS | |
| | 8 | 2 | Shepherd Kofi Agbeko | Ghana | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | 10.40 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Stanley Azie | Nigeria | 10.41 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Egwero Ogho-Oghene | Nigeria | 10.43 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 10.45 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Simon Magakwe | South Africa | 10.46 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Ibrahim Muiya | Kenya | 10.54 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Tim Abeyie | Ghana | 10.55 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso | 10.56 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Gérard Kobéané | Burkina Faso | 10.56 | |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Allah Laryea-Akrong | Ghana | 10.57 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Roscoe Engel | South Africa | 10.61 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Gogbeu Francis Koné | Ivory Coast | 10.61 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Titus Kafunda Mukhala | Zambia | 10.65 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia | 10.65 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 10.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 10.70 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Ashhad Agyapong | Ghana | 10.72 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Fiacre Brisso Bahorou | Benin | 10.73 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | 10.77 | |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Abdourahim Haroun | Chad | 10.84 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Yateya Kambepela | Botswana | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 1 | Simon Magakwe | South Africa | 10.29 |
| | 6 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.34 |
| | 3 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 10.37 |
| 4 | 4 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | 10.39 |
| 5 | 5 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | 10.40 |
| 5 | 2 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 10.40 |
| 7 | 7 | Egwero Ogho-Oghene | Nigeria | 10.47 |
| 8 | 8 | Stanley Azie | Nigeria | 10.58 |