# Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 23 and 24 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Ana Cláudia Silva from Brazil.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | September 29, 1988 |
| Pan American Games record | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 22.45 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | July 9, 1979 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (23.64) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| July 23, 2015 | 10:25 | Heats |
| July 23, 2015 | 18:00 | Semifinals |
| July 24, 2015 | 17:40 | Final |

## Results

All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Kamaria Durant | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.74 | +1.2 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 22.86 | +1.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kaylin Whitney | United States | 22.88 | +1.2 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 22.95 | +1.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 22.95 | +1.2 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 22.97 | +1.7 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Nercely Soto | Venezuela | 22.99 | +1.2 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Kyra Jefferson | United States | 23.00 | +1.7 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 23.03 | +1.2 | q, SB |
| 10 | 3 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas | 23.10 | +1.9 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Reyare Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.30 | +1.7 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | Canada | 23.30 | +1.9 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Arialis Gandulla | Cuba | 23.31 | +1.9 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 1 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil | 23.36 | +1.7 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Kanika Beckles | Grenada | 23.38 | +1.2 | q, PB |
| 16 | 1 | Raquel Tjernagel | Canada | 23.63 | +1.7 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Nediam Vargas | Venezuela | 23.65 | +1.7 | |
| 18 | 3 | Sharolyn Josephs | Costa Rica | 23.70 | +1.9 | NR |
| 19 | 1 | Narcisa Landazuri | Ecuador | 23.74 | +1.7 | |
| 20 | 3 | Allison Peter | Virgin Islands | 23.89 | +1.9 | SB |
| 21 | 3 | Sunayna Wahi | Suriname | 23.92 | +1.9 | PB |
| 22 | 3 | Karene King | British Virgin Islands | 24.16 | +1.9 | |
| 23 | 2 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil | 37.60 | +1.2 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 22.59 | +2.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 22.64 | +2.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kyra Jefferson | United States | 22.65 | +2.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kaylin Whitney | United States | 22.68 | +1.6 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 22.72 | +1.6 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas | 22.79 | +1.6 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | Canada | 22.81 | +2.6 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Reyare Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.88 | +2.6 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Kamaria Durant | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.94 | +1.6 | |
| 10 | 1 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 22.96 | +1.6 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 23.03 | +2.6 | |
| 12 | 2 | Nercely Soto | Venezuela | 23.06 | +2.6 | |
| 13 | 1 | Arialis Gandulla | Cuba | 23.08 | +1.6 | PB |
| 14 | 2 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil | 23.14 | +2.6 | |
| 15 | 1 | Raquel Tjernagel | Canada | 24.07 | +1.6 | |
| 16 | 1 | Kanika Beckles | Grenada | 28.14 | +1.6 | |

### Final

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Kaylin Whitney | United States | 22.65 |
| | 7 | Kyra Jefferson | United States | 22.72 |
| | 4 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 22.74 |
| 4 | 3 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 22.88 |
| 5 | 6 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 23.07 |
| 6 | 1 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | Canada | 23.28 |
| 7 | 2 | Reyare Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.32 |
| | 8 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas | DNF |