Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 26 – October 27
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Medalists
Roberto Skyers   Cuba   Lansford Spence   Jamaica   Bruno de Barros   Brazil
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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda.

Records

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

World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	August 20, 2009
Pan American Games record	Don Quarrie (JAM)	19.86	Cali, Colombia	August 3, 1971

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (21.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 26, 2011	15:00	Heats
October 26, 2011	16:55	Semifinals
October 27, 2011	18:50	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round were held on October 26. The first 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.2, Heat 2: +0.8, Heat 3: +0.6, Heat 4: +0.4, Heat +0.2

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Bruno de Barros	Brazil	20.53	Q
2	1	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	20.59	Q
3	5	Sandro Viana	Brazil	20.65	Q
4	5	Jason Livermore	Jamaica	20.73	Q, SB
4	3	Alex Quiñónez	Ecuador	20.73	Q
6	2	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	20.76	Q, SB
7	4	Michael Mathieu	Bahamas	20.81	Q
8	5	Michael Herrera	Cuba	20.82	Q
9	5	Antoine Adams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20.83	Q, SB
9	5	Cristián Reyes	Chile	20.83	q
11	4	Calesio Newman	United States	20.86	Q
11	1	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.86	Q
13	3	Moriba Morain	Trinidad and Tobago	20.90	Q
13	2	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	20.90	Q
15	3	José Acevedo	Venezuela	20.93	Q
16	4	Yoel Tapia	Dominican Republic	20.95	Q
17	2	Brijesh Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.02	Q
18	1	Harold Houston III	Bermuda	21.04	Q
18	1	Kael Becerra	Chile	21.04	Q
20	2	Perrisan White	United States	21.05	q
21	4	Dontae Richards	Canada	21.26	Q
22	1	Mariano Jimenez	Argentina	21.20	q
23	2	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador	21.45	q
24	3	Juan Reyes	Mexico	21.54	Q
25	1	Joel Redhead	Grenada	21.60
26	4	Jonathon Juin	Haiti	21.62
27	3	Roudy Monrose	Haiti	21.63
28	4	Jorge Alonzo	Mexico	21.81
29	3	Courtney Carl Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.42
30	5	Adam Harris	Guyana	22.45
31	4	Jorge Jimenez	Belize	23.55
32	3	Winston George	Guyana	24.17

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 26. The first two in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[8][9][10]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2, Heat 2: +0.1, Heat 3: +0.5

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.31	Q, SB
2	3	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	20.33	Q, PB
3	2	Bruno de Barros	Brazil	20.35	Q
4	1	Sandro Viana	Brazil	20.39	Q, SB
5	1	Alex Quiñónez	Ecuador	20.49	q, PB
6	3	Michael Mathieu	Bahamas	20.50	Q
7	1	Cristián Reyes	Chile	20.65	q, PB
8	3	Michael Herrera	Cuba	20.66
9	2	Ronaldo Palacios	Honduras	20.70	Q, SB
10	1	Antoine Adams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20.76	PB
10	2	Jason Livermore	Jamaica	20.76
12	1	Perrisan White	United States	20.78
13	3	Calesio Newman	United States	20.80
14	3	Brijesh Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20.82
15	2	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	20.83
16	3	Yoel Tapia	Dominican Republic	20.84
17	2	José Acevedo	Venezuela	20.85
18	1	Harold Houston III	Bermuda	20.91	PB
18	1	Moriba Morain	Trinidad and Tobago	20.91
20	2	Dontae Richards	Canada	21.11
21	2	Kael Becerra	Chile	21.23
22	3	Mariano Jimenez	Argentina	21.47
23	2	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador	21.48
24	3	Juan Reyes	Mexico	21.49

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Wind: –1.0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[11]	Notes
	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.37
	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	20.38
	Bruno de Barros	Brazil	20.45
4	Michael Mathieu	Bahamas	20.62
5	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	20.77
6	Alex Quiñónez	Ecuador	20.86
7	Sandro Viana	Brazil	20.94
8	Cristián Reyes	Chile	20.97

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Athletics technical manual Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 1/5". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
4. "Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 2/5". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
5. "Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 3/5". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
6. "Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 4/5". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
7. "Men's 200m Round 1 Heat 5/5". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
8. "Men's 200m Semifinal 1/3". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
9. "Men's 200 Semifinal 2/3". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
10. "Men's 200m Semifinal 3/3". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
11. "Men's 200m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.