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

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Men's 200 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 & 10 July
Winning time20.37
Medalists
Gold medal Silvio Leonard  Cuba
Silver medal James Gilkes  Guyana
Bronze medal   United States
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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[]

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  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  Bahamas 21.06 Q
9 1  Puerto Rico 21.16 q
10 1 Rawle Clarke  Barbados 21.25 q
11 3 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 21.26 Q
12 2  Dominican Republic 21.38 Q
13 2 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.39 Q
14 2  Jamaica 21.54 q
15 3 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 21.56 Q
16 3  Virgin Islands 21.68 q
17 1  Chile 21.85
18 2  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  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  Bahamas 20.89 q
9 1 Dwayne Evans  United States 21.00
10 2 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 21.11
11 2  Puerto Rico 21.21
12 2  Jamaica 21.24
13 1 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.33
14 1  Dominican Republic 21.40
15 1 Rawle Clarke  Barbados 21.43
16 1  Virgin Islands 21.47

Final[]

Held on 11 July

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Silvio Leonard  Cuba 20.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) James Gilkes  Guyana 20.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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  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.
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