# Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 25–27.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Brendan Christian Antigua and Barbuda | Marvin Anderson Jamaica | Rubin Williams United States |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.51 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.59 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jordan Vaden | United States | 20.67 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Rubin Williams | United States | 20.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 20.75 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 20.78 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Michael Matheau | Bahamas | 20.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Jared Connaughton | Canada | 20.90 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 20.92 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.93 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 20.96 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Michael Herrera | Cuba | 21.06 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Basílio de Moraes Júnior | Brazil | 21.11 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 21.12 | q, SB |
| 15 | 1 | Tyrell Cuffy | Cayman Islands | 21.15 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 21.22 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 21.24 | |
| 18 | 2 | Rolando Palacios | Honduras | 21.27 | |
| 19 | 1 | Heber Viera | Uruguay | 21.29 | |
| 20 | 2 | Xavier Brown | Jamaica | 21.38 | |
| 21 | 4 | Robert Morton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.44 | |
| 22 | 3 | Courtny Bascombe | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.19 | |
| 22 | 4 | Joel Báez | Dominican Republic | 22.19 | |
| 24 | 2 | Kevin Fahie | British Virgin Islands | 22.30 | |
| 25 | 1 | Edwin Cecilio Baltazar | Guatemala | 22.66 | |
| | 1 | Ivan Altamirano | Argentina | DNF | |
| | 4 | Jurgen Themen | Suriname | DNF | |
| | 3 | Nicolas Lopez Moreira | Paraguay | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.33 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.35 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jordan Vaden | United States | 20.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rubin Williams | United States | 20.66 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Michael Herrera | Cuba | 20.74 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Michael Matheau | Bahamas | 20.80 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 20.82 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.82 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jared Connaughton | Canada | 20.85 | |
| 10 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 20.89 | |
| 11 | 1 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 20.96 | |
| 12 | 2 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.02 | |
| 13 | 1 | Tyrell Cuffy | Cayman Islands | 21.20 | |
| 14 | 2 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 21.21 | |
| 15 | 2 | Basílio de Moraes Júnior | Brazil | 21.22 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 21.79 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.37 |
| | 5 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.38 |
| | 4 | Rubin Williams | United States | 20.57 |
| 4 | 7 | Michael Matheau | Bahamas | 20.89 |
| 5 | 2 | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.03 |
| | 8 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | DQ |
| | 1 | Michael Herrera | Cuba | DNF |
| | 3 | Jordan Vaden | United States | DNS |