The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Chandra Cheeseborough of the United States.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record21.71Karl-Marx-Stadt, East GermanyJune 10, 1979Pan American Games record22.77Mexico City, Mexico1975
Results All times shown are in seconds. Evelyn Ashford's mark in the final was not considered a new Pan American record because of favorable wind of 2.12 m/s.
KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Held on 9 July
Wind:Heat 1: +4.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s, Heat 3: +2.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Evelyn Ashford 22.51 Q 2 2 Merlene Ottey 22.92 Q 3 3 Valerie Brisco 22.95 Q 4 1 Angella Taylor 23.17 Q 5 1 Jacqueline Pusey 23.42 Q 6 3 Silvia Chivás 23.50 Q 7 3 Candy Ford 23.77 Q 8 1 Sheila de Oliveira 24.02 Q 9 2 Beatriz Allocco 24.09 QArgentine results 10 3 Carmela Bolívar 24.43 Q 11 2 Isabel Taylor 24.70 Q 12 3 Nilsa Paris 24.71 Q 13 1 Denise Muller 24.91 Q 14 2 Sueli Machado 25.05 Q 15 1 Teresa Almánzar 25.08 q 16 2 Divina Estrella 25.42 Q 17 3 Brenda Gordon 25.83
Semifinals Held on 9 July
Wind:Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Evelyn Ashford 22.45 Q 2 1 Angella Taylor 22.80 Q 3 2 Valerie Brisco 23.13 Q 4 2 Merlene Ottey 23.13 Q 5 2 Silvia Chivás 23.30 Q 6 1 Jacqueline Pusey 23.34 Q 7 1 Beatriz Allocco 23.88 Q 8 2 Candy Ford 23.95 Q 9 1 Sheila de Oliveira 24.14 10 2 Sueli Machado 24.32 11 2 Carmela Bolívar 24.38 12 1 Divina Estrella 24.39 13 1 Isabel Taylor 24.39 14 2 Nilsa Paris 24.58 15 2 Teresa Almánzar 25.13 16 1 Denise Muller 25.31
Final Held on 11 July
Wind: +2.2 m/s RankNameNationalityTimeNotesEvelyn Ashford22.24Angella Taylor22.74Merlene Ottey22.794Valerie Brisco22.845Jacqueline Pusey23.086Candy Ford23.707Silvia Chivás23.798Beatriz Allocco23.99
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