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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 10 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was James Gilkes of Guyana.

Men's 200 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 & 10 July
Winning time20.37
Medalists
Gold medal Silvio Leonard  Cuba
Silver medal James Gilkes  Guyana
Bronze medal Don Coleman  United States
«1975
1983»

Records edit

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

World record   Tommie Smith (USA) 19.83 Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 1968
Pan American Games record   Don Quarrie (JAM) 19.8 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results edit

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats edit

Held on 9 July[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Silvio Leonard   Cuba 20.63 Q
2 1 Don Coleman   United States 20.63 Q
3 1 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.69 Q
4 2 James Gilkes   Guyana 20.84 Q
5 3 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 20.87 Q
6 1 Desai Williams   Canada 20.90 Q
7 3 Dwayne Evans   United States 20.93 Q
8 2 Rudy Levarity   Bahamas 21.06 Q
9 1 Jesús Cabrera   Puerto Rico 21.16 q
10 1 Rawle Clarke   Barbados 21.25 q
11 3 Osvaldo Lara   Cuba 21.26 Q
12 2 Rafael Félix   Dominican Republic 21.38 Q
13 2 Tony Sharpe   Canada 21.39 Q
14 2 Michael Barnes   Jamaica 21.54 q
15 3 Michael Paul   Trinidad and Tobago 21.56 Q
16 3 Randolph Wheatley   Virgin Islands 21.68 q
17 1 Luis Schneider   Chile 21.85
18 2 David Phillips   Barbados 22.36
19 1 Guy Abrahams   Panama 22.50
2 Ronald Russell   Virgin Islands DNS
3 Rui da Silva   Brazil DNS
3 Florencio Aguilar   Panama DNS

Semifinals edit

Held on 9 July[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Don Coleman   United States 20.45 Q
2 1 James Gilkes   Guyana 20.46 Q
3 1 Silvio Leonard   Cuba 20.65 Q
4 2 Desai Williams   Canada 20.75 Q
5 2 Osvaldo Lara   Cuba 20.78 Q
6 1 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 20.83 Q
7 2 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.86 q
8 2 Rudy Levarity   Bahamas 20.89 q
9 1 Dwayne Evans   United States 21.00
10 2 Michael Paul   Trinidad and Tobago 21.11
11 2 Jesús Cabrera   Puerto Rico 21.21
12 2 Michael Barnes   Jamaica 21.24
13 1 Tony Sharpe   Canada 21.33
14 1 Rafael Félix   Dominican Republic 21.40
15 1 Rawle Clarke   Barbados 21.43
16 1 Randolph Wheatley   Virgin Islands 21.47

Final edit

Held on 11 July

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
  Silvio Leonard   Cuba 20.37
  James Gilkes   Guyana 20.46
  Don Coleman   United States 20.56
4 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.60
5 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 20.74
6 Desai Williams   Canada 20.98
7 Osvaldo Lara   Cuba 21.00
8 Rudy Levarity   Bahamas 21.08

References edit

  1. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf 1979 top list]
  4. ^ "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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