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

Event:Women's 200 metres
Games:2011
Venue:Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:October 26–27
Competitors:15
Nations:10
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Ana Cláudia Silva
Goldnoc:BRA
Silver:Simone Facey
Silvernoc:JAM
Bronze:Mariely Sánchez
Bronzenoc:DOM
Prev:2007
Next:2015

The women'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] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Roxana Díaz of Cuba.

Records

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

World record21.34Seoul, South KoreaSeptember 29, 1988
Pan American Games record22.45San Juan, Puerto RicoJuly 9, 1979

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (23.78) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
October 26, 2011 14:30 Heats
October 26, 2011 16:35 Semifinals
October 27, 2011 18:25 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 26. The top three from each heat (Q) and next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[3] [4]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0, Heat 2: +0.4

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 22.72 Q
2 1 22.99 Q, PB
3 1 23.25 Q, SB
4 2 23.34 Q
5 2 23.45 Q, PB
6 2 23.50 Q
7 2 23.55 q
8 1 23.61 q, SB
9 1 23.67
10 2 23.68
11 2 23.89
12 1 24.23
13 2 24.69
14 1 33.01
2 DNS

Final

The final will be held on October 27.

Wind: +0.5

Rank Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
22.76
22.86 PB
23.02 NR
4 23.06 PB
5 23.43
6 23.45 SB
7 23.46
8 23.64

Notes and References

  1. http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions
  2. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_athletics.pdf Athletics technical manual
  3. Web site: Women's 200m Semifinal 1/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
  4. Web site: Women's 200m Semifinal 2/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
  5. Web site: Women's 200m Final . https://web.archive.org/web/20111031075431/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW00200250000001ENG.htm . dead . October 31, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .