| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Games: | 2019 |
| Venue: | Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | August 8 – August 9 |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 22.43 |
| Gold: | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
| Goldnoc: | JAM |
| Silver: | Vitória Cristina Rosa |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Tynia Gaither |
| Bronzenoc: | BAH |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The women's 200 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 8 and 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kaylin Whitney from United States.
Sporting bright green hair, the diminutive 2013 world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stood out from the crowd. When the gun fired, she stood out again, taking the lead she would not relinquish. Vitória Cristina Rosa ran a personal best to get silver almost 2 steps behind.
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 |
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2019 | 15:30 | Semifinal | |
| August 9, 2019 | 16:15 | Final |
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 |
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]
Wind:
Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 22.72 | Q, PB | |||
| 2 | 1 | 22.90 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 23.06 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 23.06 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 23.16 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 23.31 | q, SB | |||
| 7 | 1 | 23.40 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 23.41 | q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 23.46 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 23.66 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 23.74 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 23.88 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 23.92 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 23.92 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 23.93 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 23.99 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 24.03 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 24.20 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 24.25 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 24.67 |
The results were as follows[2]
Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 22.43 | GR | ||||
| 4 | 22.62 | PB | ||||
| 5 | 22.76 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 22.89 | =SB | |||
| 5 | 8 | 22.97 | ||||
| 6 | 9 | 23.08 | SB | |||
| 7 | 2 | 23.29 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 23.62 |