Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 26 – October 27
Competitors:	32
Nations:	23
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Roberto Skyers
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Lansford Spence
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Bruno de Barros
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda.

Records

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

World record		19.19	Berlin, Germany	August 20, 2009
Pan American Games record		19.86	Cali, Colombia	August 3, 1971

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (21.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 26, 2011	15:00	Heats
October 26, 2011	16:55	Semifinals
October 27, 2011	18:50	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

The first round were held on October 26. The first 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.2, Heat 2: +0.8, Heat 3: +0.6, Heat 4: +0.4, Heat +0.2

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	20.53	Q
2	1	20.59	Q
3	5	20.65	Q
4	5	20.73	Q, SB
4	3	20.73	Q
6	2	20.76	Q, SB
7	4	20.81	Q
8	5	20.82	Q
9	5	20.83	Q, SB
9	5	20.83	q
11	4	20.86	Q
11	1	20.86	Q
13	3	20.90	Q
13	2	20.90	Q
15	3	20.93	Q
16	4	20.95	Q
17	2	21.02	Q
18	1	21.04	Q
18	1	21.04	Q
20	2	21.05	q
21	4	21.26	Q
22	1	21.20	q
23	2	21.45	q
24	3	21.54	Q
25	1	21.60
26	4	21.62
27	3	21.63
28	4	21.81
29	3	22.42
30	5	22.45
31	4	23.55
32	3	24.17

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 26. The first two in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2, Heat 2: +0.1, Heat 3: +0.5

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	20.31	Q, SB
2	3	20.33	Q, PB
3	2	20.35	Q
4	1	20.39	Q, SB
5	1	20.49	q, PB
6	3	20.50	Q
7	1	20.65	q, PB
8	3	20.66
9	2	20.70	Q, SB
10	1	20.76	PB
10	2	20.76
12	1	20.78
13	3	20.80
14	3	20.82
15	2	20.83
16	3	20.84
17	2	20.85
18	1	20.91	PB
18	1	20.91
20	2	21.11
21	2	21.23
22	3	21.47
23	2	21.48
24	3	21.49

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Wind: –1.0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time^[11]	Notes
			20.37
			20.38
			20.45
4			20.62
5			20.77
6			20.86
7			20.94
8			20.97

Notes and References

http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions
http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_athletics.pdf Athletics technical manual
Web site: Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 1/5 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 2/5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111029175445/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM00200210000002ENG.htm . dead . October 29, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 3/5 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 4/5 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 5/5 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Semifinal 1/3 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200 Semifinal 2/3 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Semifinal 3/3 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Men's 200m Final . https://web.archive.org/web/20111031081831/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM00200250000001ENG.htm . dead . October 31, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .