2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isabel le Roux South Africa	Kadiatou Camara Mali	Oludamola Osayomi Nigeria

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: -3.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -2.9 m/s, Heat 4: -1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	23.69	Q
2	5	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	23.82	Q
3	3	Vida Anim	Ghana	23.86	Q
4	3	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	24.01	Q
5	2	Gifty Addy	Ghana	24.07	Q
6	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	24.12	Q
7	4	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	24.20	Q
8	1	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	24.35	Q
9	2	Joy Sakari	Kenya	24.45	Q
10	4	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	24.55	Q
11	2	Susan Akene	Nigeria	24.74	Q
12	5	Amandine Allou Affoué	Ivory Coast	24.77	Q
13	5	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	24.82	Q
14	5	Charlotte Mebenga Amombo	Cameroon	24.97	Q
15	4	Leaynet Alemu	Ethiopia	25.18	Q
16	2	Lorène Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	25.35	Q
17	3	Atikilt Wobshet	Ethiopia	25.61	Q
18	1	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.67	Q
19	2	Betelhem Shewatatek	Ethiopia	25.68	q
20	4	Fatoumata Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	25.70	Q
21	1	Goitsemodimo Dikinya	Botswana	25.86	Q
22	5	Kensa Sylla	Guinea	26.15	q
23	1	Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert	Chad	26.36	q
24	2	Judith Djaman	Ivory Coast	26.40	q
25	4	Tumelano Amuchilane	Botswana	26.58
26	3	Blague Neloumta	Chad	26.68
27	4	Mariama Bah	Guinea	26.76
28	3	Sophie Kanakuzé	Rwanda	27.75
29	5	Fathia Ali Bourrale	Djibouti	28.01	NR
30	5	Fowzia Abdikarin Sheikh	Somalia	31.76
	1	Aminata Diouf	Senegal	DNS
	1	Kou Luogon	Liberia	DNS
	2	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	DNS
	3	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	DNS
	4	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	DNS
	5	Ene Franca Idoko	Nigeria	DNS

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind: Heat 1: -1.7 m/s, Heat 2: -2.9 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	22.87	Q, NR
2	2	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	23.47	Q
3	2	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	23.52	Q
4	3	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	23.65	Q
5	3	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	23.72	q
6	2	Vida Anim	Ghana	23.76	q
7	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	23.86	Q
8	1	Joy Sakari	Kenya	23.95	Q
9	3	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	23.98
10	1	Gifty Addy	Ghana	24.12
11	2	Amandine Allou Affoué	Ivory Coast	24.18
12	1	Susan Akene	Nigeria	24.27
13	3	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	24.44
14	2	Charlotte Mebenga Amombo	Cameroon	25.03
15	3	Lorène Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	25.23
16	3	Betelhem Shewatatek	Ethiopia	25.27
17	1	Atikilt Wobshet	Ethiopia	25.29
18	2	Leaynet Alemu	Ethiopia	25.42
19	1	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.62
20	2	Goitsemodimo Dikinya	Botswana	25.68
21	1	Fatoumata Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	25.78
22	1	Kensa Sylla	Guinea	26.01
23	2	Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert	Chad	26.41
24	3	Judith Djaman	Ivory Coast	26.43

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	22.69
	4	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	22.70	NR
	6	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	22.83
4	7	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	23.40
5	3	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	23.55
6	8	Joy Sakari	Kenya	23.78
	2	Vida Anim	Ghana	DNS
	1	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	DNS