Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres explained

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

The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Gwen Torrence	Randy Givens	Pauline Davis

Results

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			23.10	Q
2	2			23.29	Q
3	3			23.40	Q
4	1			23.58	Q
5	2			23.74	Q
6	1			23.82	Q
7	3			24.19	Q
8	2			24.21	Q
9	1			24.37	Q
10	2			24.42	Q
11	2			24.44	q
12	1			24.65	q
13	1			24.86	q
14	3			24.98	Q
15	1			25.00	q^[4]
16	3			25.10	Q
17	3			25.13
18	2			25.27
19	3			25.82
20	3			25.92
21	2			26.27
	2

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			22.78	Q
2	2			23.00	Q
3	2			23.02	Q
4	1			23.28	Q
5	2			23.55	Q
6	1			23.65	Q
7	1			23.98	Q
8	2			24.02	Q
9	1			24.14	NR^[7]
10	2			24.17
11	2			24.18
12	2			24.25
13	2			24.61
14	1			24.79
15	1			24.91
16	1			25.20

Final

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			22.52
	4			22.71
	3			22.99
4	6			23.22
5	7			23.59
6	8			23.67
7	1			23.81
8	2			24.16

Notes and References

1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Tournaments.asp?TourCode=P&Year=1987&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F Results
2. News: Heats results . 29 December 2019 . . 13 August 1987 . 18.
3. News: Wednesday's Pan American results. 12 August 1987. United Press International. 17 July 2018.
4. https://www.josemalombardo.com/news/fructiferos-panamericanos/ Uruguayan results
5. News: Semifinals results . 29 December 2019 . . 14 August 1987 . 53.
6. News: Friday's Pan American results. 14 August 1987. United Press International. 17 July 2018.
7. News: National track and field records set at the Pan American Games. 17 August 1987. United Press International. 22 July 2018.