2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

Events at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics
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
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

The women'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
Isabel le Roux  South Africa	Kadiatou Camara  Mali	Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria

Results

Heats

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
31	1	Aminata Diouf	Senegal	DNS
31	1	Kou Luogon	Liberia	DNS
31	2	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	DNS
31	3	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	DNS
31	4	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	DNS
31	5	Ene Franca Idoko	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

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

Final

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
7	2	Vida Anim	Ghana	DNS
7	1	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	DNS

References

• Results (Archived)