2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 9–10.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frankie Fredericks Namibia	Aziz Zakari Ghana	Oumar Loum Senegal

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Oumar Loum	Senegal	21.10	Q
2	3	Jacques Sambou	Senegal	21.16	Q
2	3	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	21.16	Q
4	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	21.32	Q
5	1	Mohammed Nhili	Morocco	21.35	Q
6	4	Nabil Jabir	Morocco	21.45	Q
7	3	Sylvester Nauta	Namibia	21.52	Q
8	2	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	21.53	Q
9	2	Ismael Daif	Morocco	21.59	Q
10	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	21.64	Q
11	3	Ommanansdsingh Kowlessur	Mauritius	21.65	q
12	2	Joseph Brent	Liberia	21.77	q
12	4	Marius Loua	Ivory Coast	21.77	Q
14	1	Abraham Morlu	Liberia	21.78	Q
15	2	Matuipi Katjiuonga	Namibia	21.88	q
16	1	Yves Sonan	Ivory Coast	21.99	q
17	4	Abubaker El Tawerghi	Libya	22.06
18	1	Evans Marie	Seychelles	22.34
19	2	Antonio N'Zovo	Angola	22.59
20	4	Amaniel Ghebrenous	Eritrea	22.62
21	3	Vital Manibakiza	Rwanda	22.69
22	1	Fonseca Neto	Angola	22.84
23	1	Emmanuel Kaidu	Chad	22.88
	1	Arcadius Fanou	Benin	DNS
	2	Idrissa Sanou	Burkina Faso	DNS
	2	Éric Pacôme N'Dri	Ivory Coast	DNS
	3	Mansour Noubigh	Tunisia	DNS
	3	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	DNS
	4	Harry Adu Nfum	Ghana	DNS
	4	Ezrah Sambu	Kenya	DNS
	4	Taiwo Ajibade	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.47	Q
2	1	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.73	Q
3	1	Ismael Daif	Morocco	20.99	Q
4	2	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	21.06	Q
5	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	21.10	Q
6	2	Nabil Jabir	Morocco	21.24	Q
7	2	Jacques Sambou	Senegal	21.24	q
8	1	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	21.26	q
9	1	Ommanansdsingh Kowlessur	Mauritius	21.57
10	2	Marius Loua	Ivory Coast	21.75
11	1	Sylvester Nauta	Namibia	21.76
11	2	Joseph Brent	Liberia	21.76
13	2	Matuipi Katjiuonga	Namibia	21.89
14	1	Abraham Morlu	Liberia	22.00
	1	Yves Sonan	Ivory Coast	DNS
	2	Mohammed Nhili	Morocco	DNS

Final

Wind: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20.10
	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	20.33
	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.37
4	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.47
5	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	21.16
6	Nabil Jabir	Morocco	21.18
7	Ismael Daif	Morocco	21.27
8	Jacques Sambou	Senegal	21.47