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

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. 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).

## 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.
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 | Álex 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.
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 | Álex 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 |
| | 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 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador | 20.86 |
| 7 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 20.94 |
| 8 | Cristián Reyes | Chile | 20.97 |