Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 200 metres explained

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Men's 200m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21, with the heats at 10:50 and the Final at 18:50.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Arturo Ramírez	Luis Carlos Núñez	Rubens Quirino

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record			19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World Leading			20.54	Perth, Australia	19 February 2010
South American record			19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American U23 record			19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009

Results

Results were published.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
1			0.200	21.04	w, Q
2			0.255	21.14	w, Q
3			0.198	21.23	w, Q
4			0.168	21.27	w, q
5			0.253	22.25	w, q
6			0.187	22.31	w
				DNS
			Wind: +2.4 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
1			0.234	21.57	w, Q
2			0.176	21.89	w, Q
3			0.219	22.05	w, Q
4			0.152	22.49
				DNS
				DNS	^†
			Wind: +3.0 m/s

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

Final

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
			0.225	20.99
			0.194	21.05	PB
			0.180	21.29	SB
4			0.192	21.29
5			0.214	21.31
6			0.233	21.88
7			0.232	22.07
8			0.226	22.16
			Wind: +1.3 m/s

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

External links

• Heat 1
• Heat 2
• Final