Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres
| Men's 200 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 9 & 10 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 20.37 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
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.
Records
[edit]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
[edit]All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Full results
- ^ [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf 1979 top list]
- ^ "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ 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.