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The women's 200 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 21 and 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gina Bass  The Gambia	Olayinka Olajide  Nigeria	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi  Republic of the Congo

Results

Heats

Held on 21 March
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -1.5 m/s, Heat 3: -2.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.12	Q
2	5	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.35	Q
3	5	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.36	Q
4	3	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.55	Q
5	1	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda	23.65	Q
6	3	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.71	Q
7	4	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.75	Q
8	3	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	23.84	Q
9	2	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	23.90	Q
10	1	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.94	Q
11	3	Gorete Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.00	Q
12	2	Chisom Onyebuchi	Nigeria	24.02	Q
13	1	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	24.10	Q
14	4	Pierrick-Linda Moulin	Gabon	24.24	Q
15	1	Merveille Imboula Gavouka	Republic of the Congo	24.26	Q, NU20R
16	5	Moforehan Abinusawa	Nigeria	24.27	Q
17	2	Oceane Moirt	Mauritius	24.28	Q
18	3	Ndawana Haitembu	Namibia	24.30	q
19	3	Esther Mbagari	Kenya	24.31	q
20	4	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	24.33	Q
21	2	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	24.41	q
22	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	24.47	q
23	4	Banele Shabangu	South Africa	24.51	Q
24	4	Abigail Sepiso	Zambia	24.64
25	2	Eyaye Mekuanent	Ethiopia	24.73
26	4	Rahel Tesfaye	Ethiopia	24.90
27	1	Jade Nangula	Namibia	24.93
28	2	Marie Bangura	Sierra Leone	25.17
29	5	Johanna Ludgerus	Namibia	25.31	Q
30	5	Souliatou Saka	Benin	25.37
31	1	Lucia Moris	South Sudan	25.38
32	3	Aminata Kamara	Sierra Leone	25.46
33	1	Victória Cassinda	Angola	27.36
34	5	Ruth Henriques	Angola	27.71
	1	Milicent Ndoro	Kenya	DNS
	2	Ndeye Arame Touré	Senegal	DNS
	4	Marie Amelie Anthony	Mauritius	DNS
	5	Baytula Aliye	Ethiopia	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 21 March
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -4.1 m/s, Heat 2: -2.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.25	Q
2	1	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.42	Q
3	2	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.51	Q
4	1	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.83	Q
5	3	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.85	Q
6	3	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.95	q
7	2	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.97	Q
8	1	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	24.01	q
9	2	Pierrick-Linda Moulin	Gabon	24.03
10	2	Gorete Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.10
11	1	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	24.12
12	3	Chisom Onyebuchi	Nigeria	24.15
13	3	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	24.18
14	2	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda	24.21
15	2	Esther Mbagari	Kenya	24.25
16	1	Moforehan Abinusawa	Nigeria	24.27
17	2	Ndawana Haitembu	Namibia	24.28
18	1	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	24.35
19	2	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	24.39
20	1	Merveille Imboula Gavouka	Republic of the Congo	24.47
21	3	Oceane Moirt	Mauritius	24.50
22	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	24.70
23	1	Johanna Ludgerus	Namibia	25.33
24	3	Banele Shabangu	South Africa	25.48

Final

Held on 22 March
Wind: -2.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Gina Bass	The Gambia	23.13
	6	Olayinka Olajide	Nigeria	23.18
	5	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	23.42
4	3	Janet Mensah	Ghana	23.45
5	1	Tsaone Bakani Sebele	Botswana	23.76
6	2	Claudine Njarasoa	Madagascar	23.82
7	7	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	23.93
8	8	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini	23.96