# Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 2007 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 | 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 at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held on July 21–22.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Leigh Julius South Africa | Seth Amoo Ghana | Obinna Metu Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7 m/s, Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: +0.5 m/s, Heat 8: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.63 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 20.87 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Gibrilla Patu Bangura | Sierra Leone | 20.91 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | 20.95 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 20.96 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 21.11 | q |
| 6 | 8 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 21.11 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 21.14 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | 21.14 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 6 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | 21.16 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | 21.20 | q, =SB |
| 11 | 8 | Wilfried Bingangoye | Gabon | 21.20 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Chinedu Oriala | Nigeria | 21.26 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Mohamed Mosbah | Libya | 21.30 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 5 | Béranger Bosse | Central African Republic | 21.40 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Marius Loua Siapade | Ivory Coast | 21.42 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 21.44 | q, NJR |
| 18 | 6 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 21.47 | q |
| 19 | 7 | Kagiso Kumbane | South Africa | 21.50 | Q |
| 20 | 6 | Justice Malabi | Botswana | 21.52 | q |
| 21 | 3 | Ommanandsingh Kowlessur | Mauritius | 21.53 | q, SB |
| 22 | 4 | Siaka Son | Burkina Faso | 21.56 | Q, PB |
| 23 | 4 | Abdourahmane Ndour | Senegal | 21.57 | SB |
| 23 | 4 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia | 21.63 | PB |
| 24 | 1 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.64 | |
| 25 | 2 | Samuel Adade | Ghana | 21.70 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | Kaba Diakite Bemba | Senegal | 21.70 | PB |
| 27 | 2 | Antony Hobwana | Zimbabwe | 21.72 | PB |
| 28 | 8 | Mohammed-jud Misbah | Ethiopia | 21.77 | PB |
| 29 | 3 | Aboubakar Tawerghi | Libya | 21.79 | SB |
| 29 | 2 | Moussa Sissoko | Mali | 21.87 | |
| 30 | 8 | Samuel Egadu | Uganda | 21.94 | PB |
| 31 | 7 | Cyril Ferguson | Ghana | 22.00 | Q, PB |
| 32 | 2 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 22.01 | SB |
| 33 | 1 | Berthe Rafan | Mali | 22.03 | PB |
| 34 | 1 | Fayçal Cherifi | Algeria | 22.04 | PB |
| 35 | 8 | Anthony Weah | Liberia | 22.10 | PB |
| 36 | 8 | Youssouf Mahjdoub | Comoros | 22.11 | PB |
| 36 | 6 | Nicolau Palanca | Angola | 22.14 | PB |
| 37 | 3 | Dazi Kouassi | Ivory Coast | 22.17 | PB |
| 38 | 2 | Modou Njie | Gambia | 22.22 | PB |
| 39 | 7 | Ramadhini Ngaruko | Burundi | 22.29 | |
| 40 | 3 | Almany Bangoura | Guinea | 22.34 | |
| 41 | 1 | Oumar Bella Bah | Guinea | 22.36 | |
| 42 | 7 | Ibrahim Niankara | Burkina Faso | 22.46 | |
| 43 | 6 | Roberts Kokurlo | Liberia | 22.48 | |
| 44 | 7 | Mohamed Konate | Mauritania | 22.59 | |
| 45 | 7 | Islam Mulinda | Rwanda | 22.77 | |
| 46 | 4 | Zemenu Kassa | Ethiopia | 22.90 | PB |
| 47 | 2 | Gebremicael Ermias Tesfu | Eritrea | 22.93 | |
| 48 | 5 | Matuco Nzovo | Angola | 22.95 | |
| 49 | 3 | Mofo Tshihinga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23.15 | |
| | 1 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | DNF | |
| | 4 | Roger Angouno Moke | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 4 | Stephen Odwar | Uganda | DNS | |
| | 5 | Tidiane Coulibaly | Mali | DNS | |
| | 5 | Mounir Mahadi | Chad | DNS | |
| | 5 | Morne Nagel | South Africa | DNS | |
| | 7 | Uchenna Emedolu | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 20.72 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 20.81 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 20.83 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 3 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 20.91 | q, NJR |
| 6 | 1 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Gibrilla Patu Bangura | Sierra Leone | 21.15 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Fanuel Kenosi | Botswana | 21.15 | |
| 9 | 3 | Fabrice Coiffic | Mauritius | 21.16 | |
| 10 | 3 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | 21.18 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Wilfried Bingangoye | Gabon | 21.25 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Kagiso Kumbane | South Africa | 21.27 | |
| 13 | 3 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 21.42 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | Samuel Adade | Ghana | 21.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | Mohamed Mosbah | Libya | 21.46 | |
| 16 | 2 | Marius Loua | Ivory Coast | 21.57 | |
| 17 | 1 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 21.62 | |
| 18 | 2 | Béranger Bosse | Central African Republic | 21.74 | |
| 19 | 2 | Siaka Son | Burkina Faso | 21.80 | |
| 20 | 2 | Ommanandsingh Kowlessur | Mauritius | 21.91 | |
| 21 | 1 | Justice Malabi | Botswana | 22.21 | |
| | 1 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 1 | Chinedu Oriala | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | Cyril Ferguson | Ghana | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 20.81 |
| | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 20.88 |
| | Obinna Metu | Nigeria | 20.94 |
| 4 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 21.07 |
| 5 | Gibrilla Patu Bangura | Sierra Leone | 21.08 |
| 6 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 21.22 |
| 7 | Wilfried Bingangoye | Gabon | 21.49 |
| 8 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 21.77 |