2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
African record	22.07	Zürich, Switzerland	14 August 1996
Championship record	22.22	Dakar, Senegal	22 August 1998

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 6 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: -0.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	4	7	23.44	Q
2	6	6	23.45	Q
3	6	8	23.51	Q
4	3	3	23.70	Q
5	2	2	23.89	Q
6	4	2	23.90	Q
7	1	2	23.98	Q
8	5	3	24.30	Q
9	6	7	24.33	Q
10	3	4	24.38	Q
11	1	3	24.53	Q
12	4	5	24.56	Q, NR
13	1	8	24.57	Q
14	3	2	24.59	Q
15	5	4	24.78	Q
16	2	3	24.81	Q
16	1	5	24.81	q
18	4	3	24.83	q
19	3	6	24.84	q
20	5	7	24.88	Q
21	3	8	25.04	q
22	2	8	25.30	Q
23	1	7	25.33	q
24	2	6	25.42	q
25	3	5	25.51
26	4	8	25.54
27	4	6	25.67
27	6	2	25.67
29	1	4	25.86
30	4	4	26.09
31	5	5	27.32
	5	8
	1	6
	2	5
	2	7
	2	4
	3	7
	5	6
	5	2
	6	4
	6	5
	6	3

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	1	5	22.94	Q
2	1	4	23.21	Q
2	3	6	23.26	Q
4	3	4	23.49	Q
5	2	5	23.53	Q
6	1	6	23.59	q
7	1	7	24.08	q, NR
8	2	3	24.13	Q
9	3	7	24.23
10	2	7	24.35
11	2	4	24.36
12	3	8	24.45
13	1	3	24.53
14	3	5	24.59
15	1	8	24.68
16	1	1	24.87
17	3	1	24.90
18	2	2	24.95
19	1	2	25.15
20	2	8	25.50
	2	1
	2	6
	3	2
	3	3

Wind: -0.7 m/s