Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 8 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s, Heat 6: -0.3 m/s, Heat 7 -0.3 m/s, Heat 8: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	7	6	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.95	Q
2	2	5	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.98	Q
3	7	3	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.04	q
4	3	1	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	21.07	Q
5	4	1	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	21.09	Q
6	7	8	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.11	q
7	5	7	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	21.12	Q
8	6	5	Tim Abeyie	Ghana	21.14	Q
8	8	8	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	21.14	Q
10	1	5	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	21.15	Q
11	6	7	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	21.19	Q
12	2	7	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	21.20	Q
12	8	1	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko	Ghana	21.20	Q
14	6	8	Titus Kafunda Mukhala	Zambia	21.21	q
15	1	4	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.22	Q
16	4	6	Ali Ngaimoko	Uganda	21.31	Q
17	7	2	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.32	q
18	8	7	Francis Zimwara	Zimbabwe	21.34	q
19	8	3	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	21.38	q
20	4	2	Ashhad Agyapong	Ghana	21.42	q
21	3	6	Stanley Azie	Nigeria	21.45	Q
22	2	3	Tony Chirchir	Kenya	21.49	Q
23	5	2	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	21.50	Q
24	2	5	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.64	q
25	3	4	Frank Puriza	Namibia	21.72
26	2	4	Brian Dzingai	Zimbabwe	21.74
27	8	6	Jean-Yves Esparon	Seychelles	21.75
28	2	8	Assim Abdoule	Gambia	21.81
29	5	1	Adam Yarou	Benin	21.95
30	4	7	Fanuel Kenosi	Botswana	21.96
31	5	4	Lingo Obanga Ojulu	Ethiopia	21.98
32	1	2	Touray Ibrahim	Sierra Leone	22.00
33	6	3	Yendountien Tiebekabe	Togo	22.02
34	1	8	Neddy Marie	Seychelles	22.03
34	3	8	Marvin Lewis	Liberia	22.03
36	7	4	Leeroy Henriette	Seychelles	22.07
37	3	7	Isaac Jones	Gambia	22.08
38	2	2	Abyot Lencho	Ethiopia	22.09
39	5	5	Thierie Ferdinand	Mauritius	22.25
40	7	7	Marvini Bonde	Zimbabwe	22.29
41	4	3	Wetere Galcha	Ethiopia	22.46
42	6	4	Abdallah Al Bain Abbo	Chad	22.57
43	6	6	Kassimou Amadou Tidjani	Benin	22.70
44	3	5	Mahamat Modou Moussa	Chad	22.72
45	4	5	Christ Bitsindou	Republic of the Congo	22.75
46	5	3	Narcisse Dingamyo	Chad	22.87
47	5	8	Saifeldel Ali	Libya	22.90
48	1	3	Kabeya Mukendi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.64
49	7	1	Reginaldo Montenguba	Equatorial Guinea	24.24
	3	2	Pierre Paul Bissek	Cameroon	DNF
	6	2	Mohamed Khouaja	Libya	DNF
	4	8	Rosel Kafwa Lusanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DSQ
	8	5	Boubavir Tawerghi	Libya	DSQ
	1	6	Tekle Berhane	Eritrea	DNS
	1	7	Richard Chitambi	Zambia	DNS
	2	6	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	DNS
	3	3	Jiddou Ould Haye	Mauritania	DNS
	4	4	Siapade Marius Loua	Ivory Coast	DNS
	5	6	Jean Tarcicius Batambok	Cameroon	DNS
	8	2	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	20.61	Q
2	3	3	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	20.62	Q
3	1	5	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	20.63	Q, NR
4	1	6	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	20.66	Q
5	2	4	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	20.70	Q
6	3	5	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.74	Q
7	3	6	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	20.78	q
8	1	3	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	20.83	q
9	2	4	Tim Abeyie	Ghana	20.98
10	1	7	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	21.02
11	2	8	Ali Ngaimoko	Uganda	21.07
12	2	7	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	21.08
13	2	2	Titus Kafunda Mukhala	Zambia	21.11
14	2	6	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	21.12
15	1	4	Shepherd Kofi Agbeko	Ghana	21.20
16	3	8	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	21.21
17	3	7	Tony Chirchir	Kenya	21.34
18	1	2	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	21.38
18	3	2	Francis Zimwara	Zimbabwe	21.38
19	1	1	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	21.52
21	2	1	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	21.70
22	1	8	Stanley Azie	Nigeria	21.83
	3	1	Ashhad Agyapong	Ghana	DNS
	3	4	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	DNS

Final

Wind: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	20.62
	4	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	Egypt	20.76
	7	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	20.83
4	5	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	20.87
5	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	21.01
6	1	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	21.09
7	3	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	21.11
8	8	Thuso Mpuang	South Africa	21.39