| Men's 200 metres at the Pan American Games |
|---|
| Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 200 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 and 16 March. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Rod Richard | Charles Thomas | José da Conceição |
Held on 15 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Charles Thomas | 22.64 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Eligio Rivas | 22.97 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Alberto Goya | 23.47 | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | José da Conceição | 21.35 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Tom Robinson | 22.81 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Alexis Bloem | 22.86 | Q | |
| 2 | Harry Nelson | DQ | |||
| 1 | 3 | Apolinar Solórzano | 22.05 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Bruce Springbett | 22.78 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Willie Williams | 22.80 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Domingo García | 23.13 | ||
| 1 | 4 | Allan Moore | 22.58 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | José Tenreyro | 22.74 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | José García | 23.54 | Q | |
| 4 | Rafael Fortún | DNS | |||
| 1 | 5 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | 21.75 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Rod Richard | 21.76 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Fitzroy Bates | 21.99 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Mel Spence | 22.19 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Mike Agostini | 22.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Sergio Higuera | 22.40 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Dick Harding | 22.41 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Luis Soriano | 22.61 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Gilberto Fonseca | 22.99 |
Held on 15 March
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | José da Conceição | 21.27 | Q, GR | |
| 2 | 1 | Charles Thomas | 21.75 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Eligio Rivas | 22.43 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Juan Alberto Goya | 22.53 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Tom Robinson | 22.74 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Alexis Bloem | 22.87 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Fitzroy Bates | 21.6 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Bruce Springbett | 21.9 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | José Tenreyro | 22.0 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Allan Moore | 22.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | José García | ??.? | ||
| 2 | Willie Williams | DNS | |||
| 1 | 3 | Rod Richard | 20.9 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Mike Agostini | 21.3 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | 21.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Apolinar Solórzano | 21.4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Dick Harding | 21.8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Sergio Higuera | 21.9 |
Held on 16 March
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Rod Richard | 20.94 | GR | ||
| 4 | Charles Thomas | 21.42 | |||
| 3 | José da Conceição | 21.66 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Mike Agostini | 21.67 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Bruce Springbett | 22.14 | ||
| 1 | Fitzroy Bates | DNF |