| Event: | Men's 200 metres |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
The men's 200 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 1 and 2 March.[1] [2]
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Rafael Fortún | Art Bragg | Herb McKenley |
Held on 1 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 22.5 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 22.8 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 23.1 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 23.7 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 22.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 22.5 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 22.5 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 22.9 | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | 23.3 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 23.3 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 25.8 | Q | |||
| 3 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 23.6 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 23.7 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 26.4 | Q | |||
| 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 22.8 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 22.9 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 23.6 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 24.2 | ||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 22.3 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 22.3 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 23.0 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 23.1 | ||||
| 6 |
Held on 2 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 21.9 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 21.9 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 22.1 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 22.9 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 22.0 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 22.4 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 22.4 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 22.7 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | 22.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 22.1 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 22.3 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 23.1 | ||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 3 |
Held on 2 March
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.3 | |||||
| 21.4 | |||||
| 21.5 | |||||
| 4 | 21.9 | ||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 |