2008 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3–4.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isabel le Roux  South Africa	Kadiatou Camara  Mali	Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria

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

Wind: Heat 1: -3.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -2.9 m/s, Heat 4: -1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	23.69	Q
2	5	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	23.82	Q
3	3	Vida Anim	Ghana	23.86	Q
4	3	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	24.01	Q
5	2	Gifty Addy	Ghana	24.07	Q
6	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	24.12	Q
7	4	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	24.20	Q
8	1	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	24.35	Q
9	2	Joy Sakari	Kenya	24.45	Q
10	4	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	24.55	Q
11	2	Susan Akene	Nigeria	24.74	Q
12	5	Amandine Allou Affoué	Ivory Coast	24.77	Q
13	5	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	24.82	Q
14	5	Charlotte Mebenga Amombo	Cameroon	24.97	Q
15	4	Leaynet Alemu	Ethiopia	25.18	Q
16	2	Lorène Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	25.35	Q
17	3	Atikilt Wobshet	Ethiopia	25.61	Q
18	1	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.67	Q
19	2	Betelhem Shewatatek	Ethiopia	25.68	q
20	4	Fatoumata Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	25.70	Q
21	1	Goitsemodimo Dikinya	Botswana	25.86	Q
22	5	Kensa Sylla	Guinea	26.15	q
23	1	Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert	Chad	26.36	q
24	2	Judith Djaman	Ivory Coast	26.40	q
25	4	Tumelano Amuchilane	Botswana	26.58
26	3	Blague Neloumta	Chad	26.68
27	4	Mariama Bah	Guinea	26.76
28	3	Sophie Kanakuzé	Rwanda	27.75
29	5	Fathia Ali Bourrale	Djibouti	28.01	NR
30	5	Fowzia Abdikarin Sheikh	Somalia	31.76
	1	Aminata Diouf	Senegal	DNS
	1	Kou Luogon	Liberia	DNS
	2	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	DNS
	3	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	DNS
	4	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	DNS
	5	Ene Franca Idoko	Nigeria	DNS

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

Wind: Heat 1: -1.7 m/s, Heat 2: -2.9 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	22.87	Q, NR
2	2	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	23.47	Q
3	2	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	23.52	Q
4	3	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	23.65	Q
5	3	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	23.72	q
6	2	Vida Anim	Ghana	23.76	q
7	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	23.86	Q
8	1	Joy Sakari	Kenya	23.95	Q
9	3	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	23.98
10	1	Gifty Addy	Ghana	24.12
11	2	Amandine Allou Affoué	Ivory Coast	24.18
12	1	Susan Akene	Nigeria	24.27
13	3	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	24.44
14	2	Charlotte Mebenga Amombo	Cameroon	25.03
15	3	Lorène Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	25.23
16	3	Betelhem Shewatatek	Ethiopia	25.27
17	1	Atikilt Wobshet	Ethiopia	25.29
18	2	Leaynet Alemu	Ethiopia	25.42
19	1	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.62
20	2	Goitsemodimo Dikinya	Botswana	25.68
21	1	Fatoumata Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	25.78
22	1	Kensa Sylla	Guinea	26.01
23	2	Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert	Chad	26.41
24	3	Judith Djaman	Ivory Coast	26.43

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa	22.69
	4	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	22.70	NR
	6	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	22.83
4	7	Geraldine Pillay	South Africa	23.40
5	3	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	23.55
6	8	Joy Sakari	Kenya	23.78
	2	Vida Anim	Ghana	DNS
	1	Helen Emedolu	Nigeria	DNS

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