# 2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3–4.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thuso Mpuang South Africa | Stéphan Buckland Mauritius | Fanuel Kenosi Botswana |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -2.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -1.0 m/s, Heat 5: -1.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.81 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Thuso Mpuang | South Africa | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Khalid Idrissi Zougari | Morocco | 21.09 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 21.14 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Stéphan Buckland | Mauritius | 21.18 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.18 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | 21.21 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | 21.23 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Corne Du Plessis | South Africa | 21.27 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 21.28 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Adetoyi Durotoye | Nigeria | 21.36 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Abdourahmane Ndour | Senegal | 21.44 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | 21.44 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Shepherd Agbeko | Ghana | 21.54 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Christopher Gyapong | Ghana | 21.59 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Moussa Sissoko | Mali | 21.62 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Roger Angouono-Moke | Republic of the Congo | 21.65 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | 21.66 | q |
| 19 | 6 | François Belinga | Cameroon | 21.73 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 21.74 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 21.80 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Bereket Desta | Ethiopia | 21.81 | q |
| 23 | 6 | Ogaweditse Museki | Botswana | 21.86 | q |
| 24 | 2 | Onyeabor Ngwogu | Nigeria | 21.88 | q |
| 25 | 3 | Isaac Jones | Gambia | 21.96 | |
| 26 | 6 | Abyot Lencho | Ethiopia | 22.00 | |
| 27 | 5 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 22.02 | |
| 28 | 4 | Sergio Mullins | South Africa | 22.05 | |
| 29 | 2 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 22.10 | |
| 30 | 3 | Dazi Conet Theodore Kouassi | Ivory Coast | 22.37 | |
| 31 | 2 | Marius Loua Siapade | Ivory Coast | 22.42 | |
| 32 | 4 | Moumi Sebergue | Chad | 22.57 | |
| 33 | 1 | Mounir Mahadi | Chad | 22.58 | |
| 34 | 2 | Islam Mulinda | Rwanda | 22.65 | |
| 35 | 6 | Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot | Republic of the Congo | 22.69 | |
| 36 | 6 | Mafo Tshiyinoa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.78 | |
| 37 | 2 | Almamy Bangoura | Guinea | 23.01 | |
| 38 | 5 | Moussa Camara | Guinea | 23.23 | |
| | 1 | Muadam Hamisi | Tanzania | DNS | |
| | 1 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | DNS | |
| | 1 | Youssouf Mhadjou | Comoros | DNS | |
| | 3 | Wilfried Bingangoye | Gabon | DNS | |
| | 3 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | DNS | |
| | 3 | Katim Touré | Senegal | DNS | |
| | 4 | Yasini Mihndini | Tanzania | DNS | |
| | 5 | Éric Pacôme N'Dri | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 6 | Mussa Mlekwa | Tanzania | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -5.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.7 m/s, Heat 3: -3.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Thuso Mpuang | South Africa | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Stéphan Buckland | Mauritius | 21.01 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Khalid Idrissi Zougari | Morocco | 21.19 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | 21.21 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.22 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 21.24 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | 21.39 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 21.46 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 21.46 | |
| 10 | 2 | Corne Du Plessis | South Africa | 21.48 | |
| 11 | 2 | Christopher Gyapong | Ghana | 21.48 | |
| 12 | 3 | Shepherd Agbeko | Ghana | 21.50 | |
| 13 | 2 | Moussa Sissoko | Mali | 21.66 | |
| 14 | 3 | Adetoyi Durotoye | Nigeria | 21.69 | |
| 15 | 1 | Abdourahmane Ndour | Senegal | 21.71 | |
| 16 | 1 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 21.83 | |
| 17 | 2 | Bereket Desta | Ethiopia | 21.84 | |
| 18 | 2 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 21.87 | |
| 19 | 1 | Onyeabor Ngwogu | Nigeria | 21.87 | |
| 20 | 3 | François Belinga | Cameroon | 22.14 | |
| 21 | 3 | Ogaweditse Museki | Botswana | 22.79 | |
| | 1 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | DNF | |
| | 1 | Roger Angouono-Moke | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 3 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Thuso Mpuang | South Africa | 20.53 | PB |
| | 5 | Stéphan Buckland | Mauritius | 20.62 | SB |
| | 8 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | 20.72 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.73 | |
| 5 | 3 | Khalid Idrissi Zougari | Morocco | 20.82 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 21.24 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.28 | |
| | 7 | Soleiman Salem Ayed | Egypt | DNF | |