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 record		21.34	Seoul, South Korea	September 29, 1988
Pan American Games record		22.45	San Juan, Puerto Rico	July 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

Date	Time	Round
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	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	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

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: Women's 200m Semifinal 1/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
Web site: Women's 200m Semifinal 2/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 31 October 2011 .
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 .