Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

The final of the Women's 200 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Friday August 8, 2003, with the heats staged a day earlier. Silver medalist Cydonie Mothersille won the only medal for the Cayman Islands at the 2003 Pan American Games.

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Medalists

Gold Roxana Díaz
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Silver Cydonie Mothersille
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands
Bronze Allyson Felix
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Records

World Record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)21.34 s September 29, 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea
Pan Am Record Flag of the United States.svg  Evelyn Ashford  (USA)22.45 s July 9, 1979 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg San Juan, Puerto Rico

Results

RankAthleteHeatsFinal
TimeRankTime
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Roxana Díaz  (CUB)22.78122.69 [1]
2Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cydonie Mothersille  (CAY)22.89222.86
3Flag of the United States.svg  Allyson Felix  (USA)22.92322.93
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Digna Luz Murillo  (COL)23.36723.26
5Flag of the United States.svg  Crystal Cox  (USA)23.30523.36
6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danielle Browning  (JAM)23.21423.46
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Norma González  (COL)23.34623.47
8Flag of Jamaica.svg  Judyth Kitson  (JAM)23.83823.80
9Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Shandria Brown  (BAH)23.839
10Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Virgil Hodge  (SKN)23.8510
11Flag of Mexico.svg  Liliana Allen  (MEX)23.9011
12Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Fana Ashby  (TRI)23.9712
13Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Valma Bass  (ISV)24.2913
14Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Keenan Gibson  (TRI)24.4514
15Flag of Haiti.svg  Danielle St Leger  (HAI)26.5515

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