Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 200 metres

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

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s, Heat 3: -1.4 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.92	Q
2	4	Christian Nsiah	Ghana	20.97	Q
3	5	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.99	Q
4	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	21.24	Q
5	3	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	21.28	Q
6	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	21.41	Q
7	4	Temba Ncube	Zimbabwe	21.42	Q
8	2	Aaron Egbele	Nigeria	21.54	Q
8	5	Clinton Venter	South Africa	21.54	Q
10	5	Jacques Sambou	Senegal	21.57	Q
11	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Gambia	21.59	Q
12	1	Ernest Osei	Ghana	21.62	Q
13	4	Tobias Akwenye	Namibia	21.65	Q
14	2	Abubaker El Tawerghi	Libya	21.67	Q
15	4	Narcisse Tévoédjré	Benin	21.70	q
16	3	Godwin Tauya	Zimbabwe	21.73	Q
17	1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	21.75	Q
18	1	Alie Dady Bangura	Sierra Leone	21.80	Q
19	5	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	21.83	Q
20	4	Devilert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.87	q
21	2	Joseph Brent	Liberia	21.91	Q
22	3	Samuel Randall	Sierra Leone	21.92	Q
23	2	Makame Ally	Tanzania	22.15	q
24	1	Oijmar Bela	Guinea	22.23	q
24	2	Kebba Fatty	Gambia	22.23
26	1	Evans Marie	Seychelles	22.50
27	5	Tlhalosang Molapisi	Botswana	22.55
28	3	Youba Hmeida	Mauritania	22.84
29	5	Kalubi Nbala	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.99
30	1	Kitenge Fibel	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.04
31	2	Amanuel Ghebrengus	Eritrea	23.52
32	5	Kapena Rukero	Namibia	32.69
	3	Abraham Koiyan Morlu	Liberia	DNF
	1	Roger Angouono-Moke	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	3	Correia Domingos	Guinea-Bissau	DNS
	3	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	DNS
	4	Costa Ocanamando	Guinea-Bissau	DNS
	4	Moses Amon Kondowe	Malawi	DNS

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.83	Q
2	1	Christian Nsiah	Ghana	20.95	Q
3	1	Clinton Venter	South Africa	21.24
4	1	Godwin Tauya	Zimbabwe	21.30
5	1	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Gambia	21.39
6	1	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	21.69
7	1	Abubaker El Tawerghi	Libya	21.77
	1	Oijmar Bela	Guinea	DNS
1	2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.87	Q
2	2	Aaron Egbele	Nigeria	21.10	Q
3	2	Temba Ncube	Zimbabwe	21.44
4	2	Tobias Akwenye	Namibia	21.50
5	2	Joseph Brent	Liberia	21.71
6	2	Ernest Osei	Ghana	21.72
7	2	Alie Dady Bangura	Sierra Leone	21.75
8	2	Devilert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.95
1	3	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20.33	Q
2	3	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	20.38	Q
3	3	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	20.41	q
4	3	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	20.88	q
5	3	Jacques Sambou	Senegal	21.60
6	3	Samuel Randall	Sierra Leone	21.??
7	3	Makame Ally	Tanzania	21.92
	3	Narcisse Tévoédjré	Benin	DNS

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	20.42
	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20.43
	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	20.51
4	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.86
5	Aaron Egbele	Nigeria	21.03
6	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.09
7	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	21.17
8	Christian Nsiah	Ghana	21.19