# Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men'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 men's 200 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held on 17 and 18 September 1999 at the Johannesburg Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Francis Obikwelu Nigeria | Joseph Batangdon Cameroon | Daniel Effiong Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.31 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 20.61 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 20.66 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.73 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 20.78 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Antoine Boussombo | Gabon | 20.80 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 20.84 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 20.90 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 20.94 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Hadhari Djaffar | Comoros | 21.06 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Amarildo Almeida | Guinea-Bissau | 21.18 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 21.19 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 21.23 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 21.28 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Mojalefa Mosili | Lesotho | 21.35 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 21.50 | |
| 18 | 2 | Bakulu Yambo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.62 | |
| 19 | 3 | Stanley Towett | Kenya | 21.73 | |
| 20 | 2 | Fernando Ariete | Guinea-Bissau | 21.82 | |
| 21 | 1 | Brahim Abdoulaye | Chad | 21.89 | |
| 22 | 2 | Charles Tayot | Gabon | 21.94 | |
| 23 | 4 | Issa Gougou | Chad | 22.18 | |
| 24 | 1 | Moses Kondowe | Malawi | 22.21 | |
| 25 | 4 | Uboranimgoga Stratom | Rwanda | 22.22 | |
| 26 | 2 | Berhe Tesfagiorgis | Eritrea | 23.08 | |
| | 1 | Pascal Dangbo | Benin | DNS | |
| | 1 | Bothwell Mawuswa | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | DNS | |
| | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Souhalia Alamou | Benin | DNS | |
| | 3 | Molefi Mphou | Lesotho | DNS | |
| | 3 | Sylvin Galouon | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 3 | Kossi Akoto | Togo | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 20.23 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.33 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.44 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 20.51 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Antoine Boussombo | Gabon | 20.57 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 20.70 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | ??.?? | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 20.75 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 20.75 | |
| 10 | 1 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 20.76 | |
| 11 | 1 | Hadhari Djaffar | Comoros | 21.15 | |
| 12 | 2 | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 21.22 | |
| 13 | 2 | Amarildo Almeida | Guinea-Bissau | 21.53 | |
| 14 | 1 | Mojalefa Mosili | Lesotho | 21.67 | |
| | 1 | Souleymane Meité | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 2 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 20.06 | GR |
| | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 20.37 | |
| | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.49 | |
| 4 | Antoine Boussombo | Gabon | 20.70 | |
| 5 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 20.75 | |
| 6 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 20.86 | |
| 7 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 20.99 | |
| 8 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.20 | |