Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia, and the Zimbabwean duo of Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba will all represent Africa in the men’s 200-metre final in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Tebogo ran a time of 19.96 seconds to win semifinal 2 in the men’s 200m on Wednesday, beating reigning men’s 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles of the United States, who clocked a time of 20.08s to finish second. Charamba finished third in 20.31s.
19.96s!!🔥
Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 wins the second semifinal of the men’s 200m at the #Paris2024 Olympics in a time of 19.96s (-0.2)!
He beat Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 who finished 2nd in 20.08s, while Makanakaishe Charamba 🇿🇼 was 3rd in 20.31s.#Olympics #Athletics pic.twitter.com/GyRPQx8Y4f
— Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) August 7, 2024
In semifinal 3, Fahnbulleh finished second in 20.12s to finish behind American Erriyon Knighton, who clocked a time of 20.09s, while Makarawu came third in 20.16s.
Other finalists include Kenny Bednarek of the USA, who ran a time of 20.00s to win semifinal 1 and Dominican Republic’s Alex Ogando, who clocked 20.09s to finish in second.
Men’s 200m finalists – Paris 2024 Olympics
🇧🇼 Letsile Tebogo
🇺🇸 Kenny Bednarek
🇺🇸 Erriyon Knighton
🇺🇸 Noah Lyles
🇱🇷 Joseph Fahnbulleh
🇩🇴 Alex Ogando
🇿🇼 Tapiwanashe Makarawu
🇿🇼 Makanakaishe Charamba#Paris2024 #Olympics #Athletics— Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) August 7, 2024
The men’s 200m final is scheduled for Thursday, August 8 at 8:30 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m. Nigerian time) at the Stade de France in Paris.
