2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold Simon Magakwe
 South Africa
Silver Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud
 Egypt
Bronze Hua Wilfried Koffi
 Ivory Coast

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009
African record  Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) 9.85 Doha, Qatar 12 May 2006
Championship record  Seun Ogunkoya (NGR) 9.94 Dakar, Senegal 19 August 1998

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 June 2012 13:10 Round 1
28 June 2012 13:15 Semifinals
28 June 2012 15:15 Final

Results

Round 1

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -2.1 m/s, Heat 3: -4.7 m/s, Heat 4: -2.6 m/s, Heat 5: -2.9 m/s, Heat 6: -1.6 m/s, Heat 7 -2.0 m/s, Heat 8: -1.4 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 4 3 Abdourahim Haroun  Chad 10.28 Q
2 1 3 Simon Magakwe  South Africa 10.39 Q
2 3 7 Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast 10.39 Q
4 7 3 Suwaibou Sanneh  Gambia 10.43 Q
5 1 2 Tim Abeyie  Ghana 10.45 Q
5 7 4 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt 10.45 Q
7 4 4 Stanley Azie  Nigeria 10.54 Q
8 3 3 Innocent Bologo  Burkina Faso 10.55 Q
8 1 1 Béranger Aymard Bosse  Central African Republic 10.55 q
10 2 5 Egwero Ogho-Oghene  Nigeria 10.57 Q
10 2 6 Gérard Kobéané  Burkina Faso 10.57 Q
10 5 5 Mosito Lehata  Lesotho 10.57 Q
13 4 1 Roscoe Engel  South Africa 10.59 q
14 3 6 Ibrahim Muiya  Kenya 10.61 q
15 5 2 Ashhad Agyapong  Ghana 10.63 Q
15 1 4 Fabrice Coiffic  Mauritius 10.63 q
17 1 8 Yateya Kambepela  Botswana 10.67 q
18 8 8 Hitjivirue Kaanjuka  Namibia 10.69 Q
18 4 2 Titus Kafunda Mukhala  Zambia 10.69 q
18 7 8 Gogbeu Francis Koné  Ivory Coast 10.69 q
21 4 7 Adama Jammeh  Gambia 10.70 q
22 2 3 Idrissa Adam  Cameroon 10.71
23 8 7 Fiacre Brisso Bahorou  Benin 10.75 Q
24 7 7 Pierre Paul Bissek  Cameroon 10.77
25 6 2 Obinna Metu  Nigeria 10.78 Q
26 6 3 Allah Laryea-Akrong  Ghana 10.82 Q
26 1 7 Holder da Silva  Guinea-Bissau 10.82
28 8 6 Francis Zimwara  Zimbabwe 10.83
29 2 2 Delivert Arsene Kimbembe  Republic of the Congo 10.89
30 7 1 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Swaziland 10.91
31 3 8 Adam Yarou  Benin 10.96
32 5 7 Yendountien Tiebekabe  Togo 10.98
33 2 4 Abyot Lencho  Ethiopia 11.00
34 2 8 Mustapha Manga  Gambia 11.05
35 8 4 Jean-Yves Esparon  Seychelles 11.06
36 3 4 Danny D'Souza  Seychelles 11.07
37 5 4 Thierie Ferdinand  Mauritius 11.10
37 7 2 Wetere Galcha  Ethiopia 11.10
39 8 3 Mooketsi Magaga  Botswana 11.15
40 8 5 Jean Tarcicius Batambok  Cameroon 11.16
41 4 8 Alebachew Deriso Getahun  Ethiopia 11.19
42 5 8 Lester Dogley  Seychelles 11.25
43 1 6 Mohamed Dowha  Libya 11.30
44 7 5 Alexandre Osvaldo  Angola 11.34
45 3 5 Tondi Ide Adamou  Niger 11.35
45 4 6 Coulibaly Sounkhasso  Mali 11.35
47 4 5 Antimo Oyono  Equatorial Guinea 11.50
48 3 2 Hassan Arreh Farhan  Djibouti 11.87
49 7 6 Hannes Dreyer  South Africa 12.26
6 6 Ben Youssef Meité  Ivory Coast DSQ
6 5 Tony Chirchir  Kenya DSQ
6 8 Fanuel Kenosi  Botswana DSQ
1 5 Brian Dzingai  Zimbabwe DNS
2 7 Touray Ibrahim  Sierra Leone DNS
3 1 Richard Chitambi  Zambia DNS
5 6 Marvini Bonde  Zimbabwe DNS
6 4 Tekle Berhane  Eritrea DNS
6 7 Sounkhaso Coulibaly  Mali DNS
8 2 Shepherd Kofi Agbeko  Ghana DNS

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 6 Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast 10.31 Q
2 1 4 Suwaibou Sanneh  Gambia 10.40 Q
2 2 3 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt 10.40 Q
2 3 6 Mosito Lehata  Lesotho 10.40 Q
5 3 3 Stanley Azie  Nigeria 10.41 Q
6 2 5 Egwero Ogho-Oghene  Nigeria 10.43 Q
7 1 3 Obinna Metu  Nigeria 10.45 q
8 2 6 Simon Magakwe  South Africa 10.46 q
9 3 1 Ibrahim Muiya  Kenya 10.54
10 1 5 Tim Abeyie  Ghana 10.55
11 2 4 Innocent Bologo  Burkina Faso 10.56
11 3 7 Gérard Kobéané  Burkina Faso 10.56
13 3 8 Allah Laryea-Akrong  Ghana 10.57
14 1 7 Roscoe Engel  South Africa 10.61
15 2 2 Gogbeu Francis Koné  Ivory Coast 10.61
16 1 1 Titus Kafunda Mukhala  Zambia 10.65
16 3 2 Adama Jammeh  Gambia 10.65
18 3 5 Hitjivirue Kaanjuka  Namibia 10.66
19 2 8 Béranger Aymard Bosse  Central African Republic 10.70
20 2 7 Ashhad Agyapong  Ghana 10.72
21 1 8 Fiacre Brisso Bahorou  Benin 10.73
22 2 1 Fabrice Coiffic  Mauritius 10.77
23 3 4 Abdourahim Haroun  Chad 10.84
1 2 Yateya Kambepela  Botswana DNS

Final

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Simon Magakwe  South Africa 10.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt 10.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast 10.37
4 4 Suwaibou Sanneh  Gambia 10.39
5 5 Mosito Lehata  Lesotho 10.40
5 2 Obinna Metu  Nigeria 10.40
7 7 Egwero Ogho-Oghene  Nigeria 10.47
8 8 Stanley Azie  Nigeria 10.58

References