2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

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

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
African record	9.85	Doha, Qatar	12 May 2006
Championship record	9.94	Dakar, Senegal	19 August 1998

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	Time	Note
1	4	3	10.28	Q
2	1	3	10.39	Q
2	3	7	10.39	Q
4	7	3	10.43	Q
5	1	2	10.45	Q
5	7	4	10.45	Q
7	4	4	10.54	Q
8	3	3	10.55	Q
8	1	1	10.55	q
10	2	5	10.57	Q
10	2	6	10.57	Q
10	5	5	10.57	Q
13	4	1	10.59	q
14	3	6	10.61	q
15	5	2	10.63	Q
15	1	4	10.63	q
17	1	8	10.67	q
18	8	8	10.69	Q
18	4	2	10.69	q
18	7	8	10.69	q
21	4	7	10.70	q
22	2	3	10.71
23	8	7	10.75	Q
24	7	7	10.77
25	6	2	10.78	Q
26	6	3	10.82	Q
26	1	7	10.82
28	8	6	10.83
29	2	2	10.89
30	7	1	10.91
31	3	8	10.96
32	5	7	10.98
33	2	4	11.00
34	2	8	11.05
35	8	4	11.06
36	3	4	11.07
37	5	4	11.10
37	7	2	11.10
39	8	3	11.15
40	8	5	11.16
41	4	8	11.19
42	5	8	11.25
43	1	6	11.30
44	7	5	11.34
45	3	5	11.35
45	4	6	11.35
47	4	5	11.50
48	3	2	11.87
49	7	6	12.26
	6	6
	6	5
	6	8
	1	5
	2	7
	3	1
	5	6
	6	4
	6	7
	8	2

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	Time	Note
1	1	6	10.31	Q
2	1	4	10.40	Q
2	2	3	10.40	Q
2	3	6	10.40	Q
5	3	3	10.41	Q
6	2	5	10.43	Q
7	1	3	10.45	q
8	2	6	10.46	q
9	3	1	10.54
10	1	5	10.55
11	2	4	10.56
11	3	7	10.56
13	3	8	10.57
14	1	7	10.61
15	2	2	10.61
16	1	1	10.65
16	3	2	10.65
18	3	5	10.66
19	2	8	10.70
20	2	7	10.72
21	1	8	10.73
22	2	1	10.77
23	3	4	10.84
	1	2

Wind: -0.9 m/s