# Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 2015 African Games :
| 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 |||||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 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 | |
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held on 16 and 17 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hua Wilfried Koffi Ivory Coast | Divine Oduduru Nigeria | Odele Tega Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: -0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +0.8 m/s, Heat 7: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Tega Odele | Nigeria | 20.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria | 20.56 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.72 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 20.97 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Roscoe Engel | South Africa | 21.00 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Jesse Urikhob | Namibia | 21.01 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia | 21.06 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Shepard Agbeko | Ghana | 21.08 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Sydney Siame | Zambia | 21.09 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 21.09 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 21.11 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Jonathan Permal | Mauritius | 21.12 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Peter Mwai | Kenya | 21.13 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.19 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Abodoulie Assim | Gambia | 21.26 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Ali Khamis Gulam | Tanzania | 21.27 | Q, NR |
| 17 | 5 | Pako Seribe | Botswana | 21.34 | q |
| 17 | 6 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | Chad | 21.34 | Q, SB |
| 19 | 5 | Mlandvo Shongwe | Swaziland | 21.36 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Tony Chirchir | Kenya | 21.37 | Q |
| 20 | 7 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | Republic of the Congo | 21.37 | Q, SB |
| 22 | 7 | Gérard Kobéané | Burkina Faso | 21.39 | |
| 23 | 1 | Even Tjiviju | Namibia | 21.41 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Chidamba Hazemba | Zambia | 21.47 | |
| 25 | 6 | Katim Touré | Senegal | 21.55 | |
| 26 | 2 | Yendoutien Tiebekabe | Togo | 21.56 | |
| 27 | 3 | Hurel Tchan Bi Chan | Ivory Coast | 21.56 | Q |
| 28 | 6 | Bienvenu Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | 21.57 | SB |
| 29 | 1 | Jonathan Bardottier | Mauritius | 21.60 | |
| 30 | 3 | Leeroy Henriette | Seychelles | 21.65 | Q |
| 31 | 7 | Kwadjo Acheampong | Ghana | 21.70 | |
| 32 | 1 | Yateya Kambepera | Botswana | 21.74 | |
| 33 | 4 | Rodwell Ndhlovu | Zimbabwe | 21.81 | |
| 34 | 3 | Fikru Abu | Ethiopia | 21.95 | |
| 35 | 4 | Moustapha Traoré | Senegal | 21.97 | |
| 36 | 5 | Dorian Obba | Republic of the Congo | 22.07 | SB |
| 37 | 1 | Hugues Tshiyinga Mafo | DR Congo | 22.11 | |
| 38 | 6 | Henok Beranu | Ethiopia | 22.34 | |
| 39 | 2 | Kasongo Mpingo | DR Congo | 22.37 | |
| 40 | 5 | Jean Thierry Ferdinand | Mauritius | 22.43 | |
| 41 | 7 | Mohamed Lamine Dansoko | Guinea | 22.64 | SB |
| 42 | 2 | Edmilson Lima | São Tomé and Príncipe | 22.90 | SB |
| 43 | 1 | Osman Tahir | Eritrea | 23.01 | |
| 44 | 3 | Juan Carlos Eraul Loeri | Equatorial Guinea | 23.57 | |
| | 2 | Kenneth Chibwana | Zimbabwe | DQ | R162.8 |
| | 7 | Abdulsetar Kemal | Ethiopia | DQ | R162.8 |
| | 7 | Felipe Chainite | Mozambique | DQ | R162.8 |
| | 1 | Florentin Pombo | Central African Republic | DNS | |
| | 2 | Sakaria Kambemka | Botswana | DNS | |
| | 3 | Solomon Afful | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 3 | Bockarie Sesay | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 3 | Gatkuoth Ruben Yutchol | South Sudan | DNS | |
| | 4 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | DNS | |
| | 4 | Ishmail Kamara | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 4 | Christopher Naliali | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 6 | Brian Kasinda | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 6 | Francis Zimwara | Zimbabwe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria | 20.51 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.55 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia | 20.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 20.84 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 20.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Sydney Siame | Zambia | 20.91 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 20.95 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Tega Odele | Nigeria | 20.98 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Roscoe Engel | South Africa | 20.99 | |
| 10 | 3 | Jonathan Permal | Mauritius | 21.00 | |
| 11 | 3 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.00 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jesse Urikhob | Namibia | 21.05 | |
| 13 | 1 | Peter Mwai | Kenya | 21.16 | |
| 14 | 3 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | Republic of the Congo | 21.26 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Shepard Agbeko | Ghana | 21.27 | |
| 16 | 3 | Mlandvo Shongwe | Swaziland | 21.32 | |
| 17 | 2 | Abodoulie Assim | Gambia | 21.40 | |
| 18 | 2 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | Chad | 21.43 | |
| 19 | 3 | Ali Khamis Gulam | Tanzania | 21.47 | |
| 20 | 2 | Even Tjiviju | Namibia | 21.56 | |
| 21 | 2 | Hurel Tchan Bi Chan | Ivory Coast | 21.62 | |
| 22 | 3 | Tony Chirchir | Kenya | 21.64 | |
| 23 | 1 | Leeroy Henriette | Seychelles | 21.90 | |
| | 1 | Pako Seribe | Botswana | DQ | R162.8 |

### Final

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast | 20.42 |
| | 7 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria | 20.45 |
| | 8 | Tega Odele | Nigeria | 20.58 |
| 4 | 5 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia | 20.74 |
| 5 | 6 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.74 |
| 6 | 3 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 20.93 |
| 7 | 9 | Sydney Siame | Zambia | 21.21 |
| 8 | 2 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 21.26 |