Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates:	July 23 – July 24
Competitors:	23
Nations:	15
Win Value:	22.65
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Kaylin Whitney
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kyra Jefferson
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Simone Facey
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 23 and 24 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Ana Cláudia Silva from Brazil.

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

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (23.64) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q		bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	DQ	Disqualified

Rank	Heat	Time	Wind	Notes
1	2	22.74	+1.2	Q, PB
2	2	22.86	+1.2	Q
3	2	22.88	+1.2	Q
4	3	22.95	+1.9	Q
4	2	22.95	+1.2	Q, PB
6	1	22.97	+1.7	Q
7	2	22.99	+1.2	q, SB
8	1	23.00	+1.7	Q
9	2	23.03	+1.2	q, SB
10	3	23.10	+1.9	Q
11	1	23.30	+1.7	Q
11	3	23.30	+1.9	Q
13	3	23.31	+1.9	Q, SB
14	1	23.36	+1.7	Q
15	2	23.38	+1.2	q, PB
16	1	23.63	+1.7	q
17	1	23.65	+1.7
18	3	23.70	+1.9	NR
19	1	23.74	+1.7
20	3	23.89	+1.9	SB
21	3	23.92	+1.9	PB
22	3	24.16	+1.9
23	2	37.60	+1.2

Rank	Heat	Time	Wind	Notes
1	2	22.59	+2.6	Q
2	2	22.64	+2.6	Q
3	2	22.65	+2.6	Q
4	1	22.68	+1.6	Q
5	1	22.72	+1.6	Q, SB
6	1	22.79	+1.6	Q
7	2	22.81	+2.6	q
8	2	22.88	+2.6	q
9	1	22.94	+1.6
10	1	22.96	+1.6
11	2	23.03	+2.6
12	2	23.06	+2.6
13	1	23.08	+1.6	PB
14	2	23.14	+2.6
15	1	24.07	+1.6
16	1	28.14	+1.6

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .