2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Youssef Meïté Ivory Coast	Mosito Lehata Lesotho	Akani Simbine South Africa

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.3 m/s, Heat 5: +1.5 m/s, Heat 6: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.22	Q
2	4	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.23	Q
3	6	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.24	Q
4	2	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.27	Q
5	5	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.32	Q
6	5	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.33	Q
7	5	Thando Roto	South Africa	10.36	Q
8	3	Arthur Gué Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.39	Q
8	4	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	10.39	Q
10	1	Josh Swaray	Senegal	10.44	Q
10	3	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	10.44	Q
12	2	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	10.46	Q
13	1	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.47	Q
13	2	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.47	Q
15	3	Brian Kasinda	Zambia	10.48	Q
16	3	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	10.49	q
17	2	Mark Otieno	Kenya	10.51	q
18	1	Titus Kafunda	Zambia	10.53	Q
19	6	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	10.57	Q
20	4	Kokoutse Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.64	q
21	1	Mlandvo Shongwe	Swaziland	10.65	q
22	2	Keene Motukisi	Botswana	10.66	q
23	4	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	10.70	q
23	5	Gilbert Otieno	Kenya	10.70
25	2	Mohamed Dawoud	Egypt	10.72
26	3	Even Tjiviju	Namibia	10.75
27	5	Ngoni Makusha	Zimbabwe	10.80
28	5	Shadrack Opoku-Agyeman	Ghana	10.88
29	2	Dylan Sicobo	Seychelles	10.89
30	1	Holder da Silva	Guinea-Bissau	10.93
31	4	Abdusetar Kemal	Ethiopia	11.00
32	1	Shingirai Hlanguyo	Zimbabwe	11.14
33	5	Khumbo Makwakwa	Malawi	11.42
34	4	Benetch Mulumba Kabongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.50
35	6	Didier Kiki	Benin	11.58	Q
36	3	Tjimbatu Kauajo	Namibia	11.64
37	6	Gat Kuoth Wal	South Sudan	11.79
38	3	Ben Okecha Paul	South Sudan	12.02
	6	Desdmond Aree	Ghana	DQ
	6	Gange Etemabeka	Republic of the Congo	DNF
	1	Mike Mokamba Nyang'au	Kenya	DNS
	1	Ebrima Camara	Gambia	DNS
	2	Sidiki Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	DNS
	3	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	DNS
	4	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	DNS
	5	Gérard Kobéané	Burkina Faso	DNS
	6	Idrissa Adam	Cameroon	DNS
	6	Bediru Mehammed	Ethiopia	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.15	Q
2	2	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.20	Q
3	3	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.20	Q
4	2	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.24	Q
5	3	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.25	Q
6	1	Thando Roto	South Africa	10.28	Q
7	1	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.29	q
7	2	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.29	q
7	2	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	10.29
10	2	Josh Swaray	Senegal	10.31
11	1	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	10.39
12	1	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.40
13	3	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	10.41
14	3	Brian Kasinda	Zambia	10.47
15	3	Moulaye Sonko	Senegal	10.48
16	2	Mark Otieno	Kenya	10.49
16	3	Arthur Gué Cissé	Ivory Coast	10.49
18	1	Titus Kafunda	Zambia	10.51
19	3	Mlandvo Shongwe	Swaziland	10.56
20	2	Keene Motukisi	Botswana	10.58
21	2	Christopher Naliali	Ivory Coast	10.62
22	1	Kokoutse Fabrice Dabla	Togo	10.74
23	1	Jonathan Permal	Mauritius	10.74
24	3	Didier Kiki	Benin	11.25

Final

Wind: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	9.95
	4	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.04
	7	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.05
4	1	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	10.24
5	5	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.24
6	8	Karabo Mothibi	Botswana	10.36
	6	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	DNS
	2	Thando Roto	South Africa	DNS