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
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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

GoldSilverBronze
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
1st 5 Isabel Le Roux  South Africa 22.69
2nd 4 Kadiatou Camara  Mali 22.70 NR
3rd 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