# Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa 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 | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events |||||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 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 women's 200 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held 17–18 September 1999 at the Johannesburg Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fatima Yusuf Nigeria | Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon | Monica Twum Ghana |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 22.60 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 22.66 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Aida Diop | Senegal | 23.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Monica Twum | Ghana | 23.28 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Heide Seyerling | South Africa | 23.31 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 23.35 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.36 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Louise Ayétotché | Ivory Coast | 23.44 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Wendy Hartman | South Africa | 23.44 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Kaltouma Nadjina | Chad | 23.54 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Rose Aboaja | Nigeria | 23.68 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Mary Apio | Uganda | 24.15 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 24.17 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Charlene Lawrence | South Africa | 24.21 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Karima Saad | Egypt | 24.30 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Veronica Wabukawo | Uganda | 24.38 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Helena Amoako | Ghana | 24.44 | |
| 18 | 2 | Joanna Hoareau | Seychelles | 24.67 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ruth Babela Walozontsi | Republic of the Congo | 24.99 | |
| 20 | 1 | Lineo Shoai | Lesotho | 25.19 | |
| 21 | 3 | Denise Ouabangui | Central African Republic | 25.39 | |
| 22 | 1 | Juliet Tajiri | Uganda | 25.41 | |
| 23 | 1 | Carol Mokola | Zambia | 25.71 | |
| 24 | 2 | Phydia Inamahoro | Burkina Faso | 28.38 | |
| | 2 | Makaridja Sanganoko | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 3 | Elisa Cossa | Mozambique | DNS | |
| | 4 | Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng | Cameroon | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 22.81 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 23.13 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Monica Twum | Ghana | 23.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Wendy Hartman | South Africa | 23.23 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kaltouma Nadjina | Chad | 23.34 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Louise Ayétotché | Ivory Coast | 23.35 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Aida Diop | Senegal | 23.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.69 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Rose Aboaja | Nigeria | 23.73 | |
| 10 | 2 | Karima Saad | Egypt | 24.21 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mary Apio | Uganda | 24.25 | |
| 12 | 1 | Veronica Wabukawo | Uganda | 24.28 | |
| 13 | 1 | Charlene Lawrence | South Africa | 24.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 24.82 | |
| | 1 | Heide Seyerling | South Africa | DNS | |
| | 2 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Final

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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 22.45 | GR |
| | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 22.91 | |
| | Monica Twum | Ghana | 22.98 | |
| 4 | Wendy Hartman | South Africa | 23.20 | |
| 5 | Aida Diop | Senegal | 23.23 | |
| 6 | Louise Ayétotché | Ivory Coast | 23.45 | |
| 7 | Kaltouma Nadjina | Chad | 23.55 | |
| 8 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.81 | |