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

Women's 200 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	9 & 11 July
Winning time	22.24
Medalists
Evelyn Ashford    United States   Angella Taylor    Canada   Merlene Ottey    Jamaica
«1975 1983»

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. ^{[1] [2]} 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 record	Marita Koch  (GDR)	21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	June 10, 1979
Pan American Games record	Chandra Cheeseborough  (USA)	22.77	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

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. ^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan 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	United States	22.51	Q
2	2	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.92	Q
3	3	Valerie Brisco	United States	22.95	Q
4	1	Angella Taylor	Canada	23.17	Q
5	1	Jacqueline Pusey	Jamaica	23.42	Q
6	3	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.50	Q
7	3	Candy Ford	Bermuda	23.77	Q
8	1	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	24.02	Q
9	2	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	24.09	Q [4]
10	3	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	24.43	Q
11	2	Isabel Taylor	Cuba	24.70	Q
12	3	Nilsa Paris	Puerto Rico	24.71	Q
13	1	Denise Muller	Virgin Islands	24.91	Q
14	2	Sueli Machado	Brazil	25.05	Q
15	1	Teresa Almánzar	Dominican Republic	25.08	q
16	2	Divina Estrella	Dominican Republic	25.42	Q
17	3	Brenda Gordon	Virgin Islands	25.83

Semifinals

Held on 9 July ^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	22.45	Q
2	1	Angella Taylor	Canada	22.80	Q
3	2	Valerie Brisco	United States	23.13	Q
4	2	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	23.13	Q
5	2	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.30	Q
6	1	Jacqueline Pusey	Jamaica	23.34	Q
7	1	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	23.88	Q [4]
8	2	Candy Ford	Bermuda	23.95	Q
9	1	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	24.14
10	2	Sueli Machado	Brazil	24.32
11	2	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	24.38
12	1	Divina Estrella	Dominican Republic	24.39
13	1	Isabel Taylor	Cuba	24.39
14	2	Nilsa Paris	Puerto Rico	24.58
15	2	Teresa Almánzar	Dominican Republic	25.13
16	1	Denise Muller	Virgin Islands	25.31

Final

Held on 11 July

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Evelyn Ashford	United States	22.24
	Angella Taylor	Canada	22.74
	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.79
4	Valerie Brisco	United States	22.84
5	Jacqueline Pusey	Jamaica	23.08
6	Candy Ford	Bermuda	23.70
7	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.79
8	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	23.99

References

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 2019-08-17.
2. Full results
3. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
4. Argentine results
5. "Semifinals results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.