Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 and 16 March.[1][2]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Rod Richard United States
|
Charles Thomas United States
|
José da Conceição Brazil
|
Results[]
Heats[]
Held on 15 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Charles Thomas | United States |
22.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 |  Dominican Republic |
22.97 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 |  Mexico |
23.47 | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | José da Conceição | Brazil |
21.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Tom Robinson |  Bahamas |
22.81 | Q |
| 3 | 2 |  Netherlands Antilles |
22.86 | Q | |
| 2 |  Canada |
DQ | |||
| 1 | 3 | Apolinar Solórzano |  Venezuela |
22.05 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Canada |
22.78 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Willie Williams | United States |
22.80 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Dominican Republic |
23.13 | ||
| 1 | 4 |  Jamaica |
22.58 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Mexico |
22.74 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Venezuela |
23.54 | Q | |
| 4 | Rafael Fortún |  Cuba |
DNS | ||
| 1 | 5 | Gerardo Bönnhoff |  Argentina |
21.75 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Rod Richard | United States |
21.76 | Q |
| 3 | 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
21.99 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Mel Spence | Jamaica |
22.19 | |
| 1 | 6 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago |
22.25 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Mexico |
22.40 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Dick Harding | Canada |
22.41 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Luis Soriano | Dominican Republic |
22.61 | |
| 5 | 6 | Netherlands Antilles |
22.99 |
Semifinals[]
Held on 15 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | José da Conceição | Brazil |
21.27 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Charles Thomas | United States |
21.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dominican Republic |
22.43 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Mexico |
22.53 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas |
22.74 | |
| 6 | 1 | Netherlands Antilles |
22.87 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
21.6 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Canada |
21.9 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Mexico |
22.0 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Jamaica |
22.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Venezuela |
??.? | ||
| 2 | Willie Williams | United States |
DNS | ||
| 1 | 3 | Rod Richard | United States |
20.9 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago |
21.3 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina |
21.3 | |
| 4 | 3 | Apolinar Solórzano | Venezuela |
21.4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Dick Harding | Canada |
21.8 | |
| 6 | 3 | Mexico |
21.9 |
Final[]
Held on 16 March
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Rod Richard | United States |
20.94 | GR |
 |
4 | Charles Thomas | United States |
21.42 | |
 |
3 | José da Conceição | Brazil |
21.66 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago |
21.67 | |
| 5 | 5 | Canada |
22.14 | ||
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
DNF |
References[]
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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- Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
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