# 2004 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo on July 16–18.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Joseph Batangdon Cameroon | Ambrose Ezenwa Nigeria | Morné Nagel South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: -2.7 m/s, Heat 5: -2.1 m/s, Heat 6: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tlhalosang Molapisi | Botswana | 21.67 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Clement Agyeman | Ghana | 21.82 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Clinton Venter | South Africa | 21.85 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Smail Daif | Morocco | 22.04 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mahadi Mounir | Chad | 23.21 | |
| | 1 | Alfred Engone | Gabon | DQ | |
| 1 | 2 | Ambrose Ezenwa | Nigeria | 21.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.56 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 21.65 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 22.37 | |
| 1 | 3 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.77 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Japheth Ogamba | Kenya | 21.56 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Gad Boakye | Ghana | 21.80 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Abdallah Hussein | Somalia | 24.35 | |
| 1 | 4 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | 21.22 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | 22.18 | |
| 4 | 4 | Oumar Bella Bah | Guinea | 22.66 | |
| 1 | 5 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Gambia | 21.22 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 21.52 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 21.84 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Hadhari Djaffar | Comoros | 21.94 | |
| 5 | 5 | Saidu Varney | Liberia | 22.18 | |
| 6 | 5 | Fidèle Kitengé | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23.07 | |
| 1 | 6 | Alain Olivier Nyounai | Cameroon | 21.71 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Nabie Foday Fofanah | Guinea | 21.77 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Chinedu Oriala | Guinea | 22.11 | |
| 4 | 6 | Delivert Kimbembe | Republic of the Congo | 22.44 | |
| 5 | 6 | Bourma Malato Ouya | Chad | 23.30 | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ambrose Ezenwa | Nigeria | 20.84 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 20.91 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Gambia | 21.04 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 21.08 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | 21.10 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.32 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 21.34 | |
| 9 | 2 | Clinton Venter | South Africa | 21.44 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Japheth Ogamba | Kenya | 21.51 | |
| 11 | 2 | Nabie Foday Fofanah | Guinea | 21.60 | |
| 12 | 1 | Clement Agyeman | Ghana | 21.65 | |
| 13 | 2 | Gad Boakye | Ghana | 21.69 | |
| 14 | 1 | Tlhalosang Molapisi | Botswana | 21.70 | |
| 15 | 2 | Alain Olivier Nyounai | Cameroon | 21.78 | |
| 16 | 1 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 22.04 | |

### Final

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.46 |
| | Ambrose Ezenwa | Nigeria | 20.75 |
| | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 20.83 |
| 4 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 21.08 |
| 5 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | 21.09 |
| 6 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Gambia | 21.19 |
| 7 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.43 |
| 8 | Clinton Venter | South Africa | 21.63 |