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.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was James Gilkes of Guyana.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record19.83Mexico City, MexicoOctober 16, 1968Pan American Games record19.8Cali, Colombia1971
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Held on 9 July[atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf 1979 top list]
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 20.63 Q 2 1 Don Coleman 20.63 Q 3 1 Altevir de Araújo 20.69 Q 4 2 James Gilkes 20.84 Q 5 3 Floyd Brown 20.87 Q 6 1 Desai Williams 20.90 Q 7 3 Dwayne Evans 20.93 Q 8 2 Rudy Levarity 21.06 Q 9 1 Jesús Cabrera 21.16 q 10 1 Rawle Clarke 21.25 q 11 3 Osvaldo Lara 21.26 Q 12 2 Rafael Félix 21.38 Q 13 2 Tony Sharpe 21.39 Q 14 2 Michael Barnes 21.54 q 15 3 Michael Paul 21.56 Q 16 3 Randolph Wheatley 21.68 q 17 1 Luis Schneider 21.85 18 2 David Phillips 22.36 19 1 Guy Abrahams 22.50 2 Ronald Russell 3 Rui da Silva 3 Florencio Aguilar
Semifinals Held on 9 July
Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Don Coleman 20.45 Q 2 1 James Gilkes 20.46 Q 3 1 Silvio Leonard 20.65 Q 4 2 Desai Williams 20.75 Q 5 2 Osvaldo Lara 20.78 Q 6 1 Floyd Brown 20.83 Q 7 2 Altevir de Araújo 20.86 q 8 2 Rudy Levarity 20.89 q 9 1 Dwayne Evans 21.00 10 2 Michael Paul 21.11 11 2 Jesús Cabrera 21.21 12 2 Michael Barnes 21.24 13 1 Tony Sharpe 21.33 14 1 Rafael Félix 21.40 15 1 Rawle Clarke 21.43 16 1 Randolph Wheatley 21.47
Final Held on 11 July
Wind: +3.9 m/s RankNameNationalityTimeNotesSilvio Leonard20.37James Gilkes20.46Don Coleman20.564Altevir de Araújo20.605Floyd Brown20.746Desai Williams20.987Osvaldo Lara21.008Rudy Levarity21.08
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