Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 21 and 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gina Bass The Gambia	Olayinka Olajide Nigeria	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi Republic of the Congo

Held on 21 March
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -1.5 m/s, Heat 3: -2.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.12	Q
2	5	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.35	Q
3	5	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.36	Q
4	3	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.55	Q
5	1	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda	23.65	Q
6	3	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.71	Q
7	4	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.75	Q
8	3	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	23.84	Q
9	2	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	23.90	Q
10	1	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.94	Q
11	3	Gorete Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.00	Q
12	2	Chisom Onyebuchi	Nigeria	24.02	Q
13	1	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	24.10	Q
14	4	Pierrick-Linda Moulin	Gabon	24.24	Q
15	1	Merveille Imboula Gavouka	Republic of the Congo	24.26	Q, NU20R
16	5	Moforehan Abinusawa	Nigeria	24.27	Q
17	2	Oceane Moirt	Mauritius	24.28	Q
18	3	Ndawana Haitembu	Namibia	24.30	q
19	3	Esther Mbagari	Kenya	24.31	q
20	4	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	24.33	Q
21	2	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	24.41	q
22	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	24.47	q
23	4	Banele Shabangu	South Africa	24.51	Q
24	4	Abigail Sepiso	Zambia	24.64
25	2	Eyaye Mekuanent	Ethiopia	24.73
26	4	Rahel Tesfaye	Ethiopia	24.90
27	1	Jade Nangula	Namibia	24.93
28	2	Marie Bangura	Sierra Leone	25.17
29	5	Johanna Ludgerus	Namibia	25.31	Q
30	5	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.37
31	1	Lucia Moris	South Sudan	25.38
32	3	Aminata Kamara	Sierra Leone	25.46
33	1	Victória Cassinda	Angola	27.36
34	5	Ruth Henriques	Angola	27.71
	1	Milicent Ndoro	Kenya	DNS
	2	Ndeye Arame Touré	Senegal	DNS
	4	Marie Amelie Anthony	Mauritius	DNS
	5	Baytula Aliye	Ethiopia	DNS

Held on 21 March
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -4.1 m/s, Heat 2: -2.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.25	Q
2	1	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.42	Q
3	2	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.51	Q
4	1	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.83	Q
5	3	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.85	Q
6	3	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.95	q
7	2	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.97	Q
8	1	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	24.01	q
9	2	Pierrick-Linda Moulin	Gabon	24.03
10	2	Gorete Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.10
11	1	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	24.12
12	3	Chisom Onyebuchi	Nigeria	24.15
13	3	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	24.18
14	2	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda	24.21
15	2	Esther Mbagari	Kenya	24.25
16	1	Moforehan Abinusawa	Nigeria	24.27
17	2	Ndawana Haitembu	Namibia	24.28
18	1	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	24.35
19	2	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	24.39
20	1	Merveille Imboula Gavouka	Republic of the Congo	24.47
21	3	Oceane Moirt	Mauritius	24.50
22	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	24.70
23	1	Johanna Ludgerus	Namibia	25.33
24	3	Banele Shabangu	South Africa	25.48

Held on 22 March
Wind: -2.6 m/s^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.13
	6	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.18
	5	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.42
4	3	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.45
5	1	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	23.76
6	2	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.82
7	7	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.93
8	8	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.96