Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 10 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was James Gilkes of Guyana.

Men's 200 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	9 & 10 July
Winning time	20.37
Medalists
Silvio Leonard   Cuba   James Gilkes   Guyana   Don Coleman   United States
«1975 1983»

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Tommie Smith (USA)	19.83	Mexico City, Mexico	October 16, 1968
Pan American Games record	Don Quarrie (JAM)	19.8	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 9 July[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	20.63	Q
2	1	Don Coleman	United States	20.63	Q
3	1	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	20.69	Q
4	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.84	Q
5	3	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.87	Q
6	1	Desai Williams	Canada	20.90	Q
7	3	Dwayne Evans	United States	20.93	Q
8	2	Rudy Levarity	Bahamas	21.06	Q
9	1	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	21.16	q
10	1	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.25	q
11	3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	21.26	Q
12	2	Rafael Félix	Dominican Republic	21.38	Q
13	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	21.39	Q
14	2	Michael Barnes	Jamaica	21.54	q
15	3	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	21.56	Q
16	3	Randolph Wheatley	Virgin Islands	21.68	q
17	1	Luis Schneider	Chile	21.85
18	2	David Phillips	Barbados	22.36
19	1	Guy Abrahams	Panama	22.50
	2	Ronald Russell	Virgin Islands	DNS
	3	Rui da Silva	Brazil	DNS
	3	Florencio Aguilar	Panama	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 9 July[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Don Coleman	United States	20.45	Q
2	1	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.46	Q
3	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	20.65	Q
4	2	Desai Williams	Canada	20.75	Q
5	2	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	20.78	Q
6	1	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.83	Q
7	2	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	20.86	q
8	2	Rudy Levarity	Bahamas	20.89	q
9	1	Dwayne Evans	United States	21.00
10	2	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	21.11
11	2	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	21.21
12	2	Michael Barnes	Jamaica	21.24
13	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	21.33
14	1	Rafael Félix	Dominican Republic	21.40
15	1	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.43
16	1	Randolph Wheatley	Virgin Islands	21.47

Final

Held on 11 July

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	20.37
	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.46
	Don Coleman	United States	20.56
4	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	20.60
5	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.74
6	Desai Williams	Canada	20.98
7	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	21.00
8	Rudy Levarity	Bahamas	21.08

References

1. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
2. Full results
3. [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf 1979 top list]
4. "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
5. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.