Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Win Label:	Winning time

The men's 200 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 25 and 26 August.^[1] ^[2]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Elliott Quow	Leandro Peñalver	Bernie Jackson

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -2.5 m/s^[3] ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			20.66	Q
2	1			20.74	Q
3	2			20.86	Q
4	2			20.88	Q
5	1			20.90	Q
	2			~~20.91~~	DQ^[5] ^[6]
6	2			21.04	Q
7	1			21.05	q
8	2			21.07
9	1			21.13
10	1			21.28
11	2			21.31
12	2			21.31
13	1			21.34
14	2			21.42
15	1			21.57

Final

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			20.42
			20.53
			20.81
4			20.85
			~~21.06~~	DQ
5			21.12
6			21.20
7			21.29

Notes and References

http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Tournaments.asp?TourCode=P&Year=1983&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F Results
http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1983.pdf Full results
Web site: Year list . 17 April 2019.
News: Heats results . 30 December 2019 . . 26 August 1983 . 80.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1807&dat=19830830&id=eushAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1HEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3287,234854 Games spoiled by controversy
Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991,