2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
# 2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Marie Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast | Alyssa Conley South Africa | Gina Bass Gambia |

## Results

### Heats

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

Wind: Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +1.4 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Gina Bass | Gambia | 23.14 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 23.22 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 23.45 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alyssa Conley | South Africa | 23.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland | 23.67 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Ada Udaya | Liberia | 23.75 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Janet Amponsah | Ghana | 23.76 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Tamzin Thomas | South Africa | 23.92 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Leungo Matlhaku | Botswana | 23.99 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Marcelle Bouele Bondo | Republic of the Congo | 24.04 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Eunice Kadogo | Kenya | 24.05 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Parfaite Gaha | Ivory Coast | 24.11 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Adeline Gouenon | Ivory Coast | 24.23 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Tegest Tamangu | Ethiopia | 24.23 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Flings Owusu-Agyapong | Ghana | 24.23 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Rhoda Njobvu | Zambia | 24.35 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Aurélie Alcindor | Mauritius | 24.42 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Josephine Anokye | Ghana | 24.51 | q |
| 18 | 4 | Assia Raziki | Morocco | 24.51 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Natacha Ngoye Akamabi | Republic of the Congo | 24.54 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | Germaine Abessolo Bivina | Cameroon | 24.73 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Millicent Ndoro | Kenya | 24.75 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Joanilla Janvier | Mauritius | 24.81 | q |
| 24 | 4 | Ontiretse Molapisi | Botswana | 24.96 | q |
| 25 | 1 | Hafsathu Kamara | Sierra Leone | 24.99 | |
| 26 | 3 | Mary Chepkoech | Kenya | 25.05 | |
| 27 | 4 | Tsitsi Mahachi | Zimbabwe | 25.38 | |
| 28 | 3 | Mildred Gamba | Uganda | 25.43 | |
| 29 | 4 | Prenam Pesse | Togo | 25.62 | |
| 30 | 5 | Eveline Sanches | Cape Verde | 25.73 | |
| 31 | 5 | Yvonne Thomas | Zimbabwe | 25.89 | |
| 32 | 1 | Sukoluhle Mlalazi | Zimbabwe | 26.13 | |
| 33 | 2 | Viola Lado | South Sudan | 26.95 | NR |
| 34 | 5 | Margret Hassan | South Sudan | 27.61 | |
| 35 | 5 | Rachel Zenzo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28.25 | |
| | 1 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 2 | Amal Mohamed Bashir | Somalia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

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

Wind: Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 22.89 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Alyssa Conley | South Africa | 23.02 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gina Bass | Gambia | 23.31 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 23.37 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Janet Amponsah | Ghana | 23.54 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Leungo Matlhaku | Botswana | 23.80 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Ada Udaya | Liberia | 23.80 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Adeline Gouenon | Ivory Coast | 23.96 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Marcelle Bouele Bondo | Republic of the Congo | 23.99 | |
| 10 | 3 | Eunice Kadogo | Kenya | 24.04 | |
| 11 | 1 | Parfaite Gaha | Ivory Coast | 24.23 | |
| 12 | 1 | Aurélie Alcindor | Mauritius | 24.23 | |
| 13 | 2 | Assia Raziki | Morocco | 24.31 | |
| 13 | 3 | Josephine Anokye | Ghana | 24.31 | |
| 15 | 3 | Germaine Abessolo Bivina | Cameroon | 24.42 | |
| 16 | 2 | Tegest Tamangu | Ethiopia | 24.45 | |
| 17 | 1 | Rhoda Njobvu | Zambia | 24.50 | |
| 18 | 2 | Joanilla Janvier | Mauritius | 24.83 | |
| | 3 | Natacha Ngoye Akamabi | Republic of the Congo | DNF | |
| | 3 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland | DNF | |
| | 1 | Flings Owusu-Agyapong | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 1 | Millicent Ndoro | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 1 | Ontiretse Molapisi | Botswana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Tamzin Thomas | South Africa | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: +1.2 m/s

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 22.81 |
| | 4 | Alyssa Conley | South Africa | 22.84 |
| | 3 | Gina Bass | Gambia | 22.92 |
| 4 | 6 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 23.22 |
| 5 | 8 | Janet Amponsah | Ghana | 23.45 |
| 6 | 7 | Ada Udaya | Liberia | 23.67 |
| 7 | 1 | Leungo Matlhaku | Botswana | 24.18 |
| | 2 | Adeline Gouenon | Ivory Coast | DNS |
