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

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	9 & 11 July
Win Value:	22.24
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Evelyn Ashford
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Angella Taylor
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Merlene Ottey
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Chandra Cheeseborough of the United States.

Records

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

World record		21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	June 10, 1979
Pan American Games record		22.77	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All times shown are in seconds. Evelyn Ashford's mark in the final was not considered a new Pan American record because of favorable wind of 2.12 m/s.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 9 July

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s, Heat 3: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			22.51	Q
2	2			22.92	Q
3	3			22.95	Q
4	1			23.17	Q
5	1			23.42	Q
6	3			23.50	Q
7	3			23.77	Q
8	1			24.02	Q
9	2			24.09	Q^[4]
10	3			24.43	Q
11	2			24.70	Q
12	3			24.71	Q
13	1			24.91	Q
14	2			25.05	Q
15	1			25.08	q
16	2			25.42	Q
17	3			25.83

Semifinals

Held on 9 July^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			22.45	Q
2	1			22.80	Q
3	2			23.13	Q
4	2			23.13	Q
5	2			23.30	Q
6	1			23.34	Q
7	1			23.88	Q
8	2			23.95	Q
9	1			24.14
10	2			24.32
11	2			24.38
12	1			24.39
13	1			24.39
14	2			24.58
15	2			25.13
16	1			25.31

Final

Held on 11 July

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Evelyn Ashford		22.24
	Angella Taylor		22.74
	Merlene Ottey		22.79
4	Valerie Brisco		22.84
5	Jacqueline Pusey		23.08
6	Candy Ford		23.70
7	Silvia Chivás		23.79
8	Beatriz Allocco		23.99

Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 197. PDF. 2019-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results
3. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 258. PDF. 2019-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003345/http://www.cada-atletismo.org/enlospan.pdf Argentine results
5. News: Semifinals results . 30 December 2019 . . 10 July 1979 . 57.