Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.^[1]

Women's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gwen Torrence  United States	Randy Givens  United States	Pauline Davis  Bahamas

Results

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gwen Torrence	United States	23.10	Q
2	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.29	Q
3	3	Randy Givens	United States	23.40	Q
4	1	Angela Phipps	Canada	23.58	Q
5	2	Vivienne Spence	Jamaica	23.74	Q
6	1	Ester Petitón	Cuba	23.82	Q
7	3	Amparo Caicedo	Colombia	24.19	Q
8	2	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	24.21	Q
9	1	Yolande Straughn	Barbados	24.37	Q
10	2	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	24.42	Q
11	2	Susana Armenteros	Cuba	24.44	q
12	1	Jocelyn Joseph	Antigua and Barbuda	24.65	q
13	1	Deborah Bell	Argentina	24.86	q
14	3	Ruth Morris	United States Virgin Islands	24.98	Q
15	1	Soledad Acerenza	Uruguay	25.00	q[4]
16	3	Cleide Amaral	Brazil	25.10	Q
17	3	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	25.13
18	2	Jacqueline Hinds	Barbados	25.27
19	3	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	25.82
20	3	Glenmarie David	Antigua and Barbuda	25.92
21	2	Cislyn Blake	United States Virgin Islands	26.27
	2	Olga Escalante	Colombia	DNS

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gwen Torrence	United States	22.78	Q
2	2	Randy Givens	United States	23.00	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.02	Q
4	1	Angela Phipps	Canada	23.28	Q
5	2	Ester Petitón	Cuba	23.55	Q
6	1	Vivienne Spence	Jamaica	23.65	Q
7	1	Susana Armenteros	Cuba	23.98	Q
8	2	Yolande Straughn	Barbados	24.02	Q
9	1	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	24.14	NR[7]
10	2	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	24.17
11	2	Amparo Caicedo	Colombia	24.18
12	2	Jocelyn Joseph	Antigua and Barbuda	24.25
13	2	Deborah Bell	Argentina	24.61
14	1	Ruth Morris	United States Virgin Islands	24.79
15	1	Cleide Amaral	Brazil	24.91
16	1	Soledad Acerenza	Uruguay	25.20	[4]

Final

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Gwen Torrence	United States	22.52
	4	Randy Givens	United States	22.71
	3	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	22.99
4	6	Angela Phipps	Canada	23.22
5	7	Vivienne Spence	Jamaica	23.59
6	8	Ester Petitón	Cuba	23.67
7	1	Susana Armenteros	Cuba	23.81
8	2	Yolande Straughn	Barbados	24.16

References

1. Results
2. "Heats results". The Miami News. 13 August 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
3. "Wednesday's Pan American results". United Press International. 12 August 1987. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
4. Uruguayan results
5. "Semifinals results". The Atlanta Constitution. 14 August 1987. p. 53. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
6. "Friday's Pan American results". United Press International. 14 August 1987. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
7. "National track and field records set at the Pan American Games". United Press International. 17 August 1987. Retrieved 22 July 2018.