2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Murielle Ahouré	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Dominique Duncan

Results

Heats

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

Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			23.50	Q
2	3			23.66	Q
3	1			23.75	Q
4	2			23.81	Q
5	2			23.86	Q
6	5			23.94	Q
7	2			23.95	Q
8	4			23.99	Q
9	1			24.06	Q
10	2			24.12	Q
11	2			24.24	q
12	4			24.29	Q
13	5			24.55	Q
14	2			24.59	q
15	5			24.65	Q
16	1			24.75	Q
17	3			24.84	Q
18	4			24.90	Q
19	5			24.91	Q
20	5			24.94	q
21	1			24.97	Q
22	5			25.03	q
23	3			25.11	Q
24	3			25.34
25	2			25.35
26	1			25.35
27	3			25.52
28	2			25.65
29	1			25.75
30	1			25.83
31	3			25.91
32	4			27.72	Q
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	4
	4
	4
	5

Semifinals

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

Wind: Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			23.02	Q
2	1			23.09	Q
3	2			23.39	Q
4	1			23.43	Q
5	3			23.44	Q
6	2			23.60	Q
7	1			23.79	q, NR
8	1			23.83	q
9	3			23.89
10	2			24.06
11	3			24.19
12	1			24.33
13	1			24.41
14	3			24.43
15	2			24.70
16	2			24.78
17	3			25.01
18	3			25.09
19	2			25.16
20	3			25.20
	1				R163.3a^[2]
	2				R163.3a
	1
	2

Final

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			22.36
	4			22.87
	8			22.98
4	6			23.27
5	3			23.31
6	7			23.53
7	2			23.77
8	1			23.89

Notes and References

1. http://84.33.2.63/marrakech2014/pdf/LivreResultats.pdf Results
2. Lane infringement