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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

{{Infobox Pan American Games event

|event = Women's 200 metres

|games = 1979

|caption =

|venue = Estadio Sixto Escobar

|dates = 9 & 11 July

|competitors =

|nations =

|win_value = 22.24

|win_label = Winning time

|gold = Evelyn Ashford

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Angella Taylor

|silverNOC = CAN

|bronze = Merlene Ottey

|bronzeNOC = JAM

|prev = 1975

|next = 1983

}}

{{Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games}}

The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.{{cite book|title=Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979|date=1981|language=es|publisher=1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79)|page=197|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|archive-date=2019-08-11|url-status=dead}}[http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results] The defending Pan American Games champion was Chandra Cheeseborough of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

class="wikitable"
World record

|{{flagathlete|Marita Koch|GDR}}

|21.71

|Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany

|June 10, 1979

Pan American Games record

|{{flagathlete|Chandra Cheeseborough|USA}}

|22.77

|Mexico City, Mexico

|1975

Results

All times shown are in seconds. Evelyn Ashford's mark in the final was not considered a new Pan American record because of favorable wind of 2.12 m/s.{{cite book|title=Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979|date=1981|language=es|publisher=1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79)|page=258|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|archive-date=2019-08-11|url-status=dead}}

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KEY:

|align=center|WR

World Record

|align=center|GR

Pan American Record

=Heats=

Held on 9 July

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s, Heat 3: +2.3 m/s

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

1align=left| Evelyn Ashfordalign=left| {{flagPASO|USA|1979}}22.51Q
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| 2

2align=left| Merlene Otteyalign=left| {{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}22.92Q
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| 3

3align=left| Valerie Briscoalign=left| {{flagPASO|USA|1979}}22.95Q
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| 4

1align=left| Angella Tayloralign=left| {{flagPASO|CAN|1979}}23.17Q
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| 5

1align=left| Jacqueline Puseyalign=left| {{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}23.42Q
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| 6

3align=left| Silvia Chivásalign=left| {{flagPASO|CUB|1979}}23.50Q
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| 7

3align=left| Candy Fordalign=left| {{flagPASO|BER|1979}}23.77Q
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| 8

1align=left| Sheila de Oliveiraalign=left| {{flagPASO|BRA|1979}}24.02Q
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| 9

2align=left| Beatriz Alloccoalign=left| {{flagPASO|ARG|1979}}24.09Q[https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003345/http://www.cada-atletismo.org/enlospan.pdf Argentine results]
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| 10

3align=left| Carmela Bolívaralign=left| {{flagPASO|PER|1979}}24.43Q
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| 11

2align=left| Isabel Tayloralign=left| {{flagPASO|CUB|1979}}24.70Q
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| 12

3align=left| Nilsa Parisalign=left| {{flagPASO|PUR|1979}}24.71Q
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| 13

1align=left| Denise Mulleralign=left| {{flagPASO|ISV|1979}}24.91Q
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| 14

2align=left| Sueli Machadoalign=left| {{flagPASO|BRA|1979}}25.05Q
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| 15

1align=left| Teresa Almánzaralign=left| {{flagPASO|DOM|1979}}25.08q
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| 16

2align=left| Divina Estrellaalign=left| {{flagPASO|DOM|1979}}25.42Q
173align=left| Brenda Gordonalign=left| {{flagPASO|ISV|1979}}25.83

=Semifinals=

Held on 9 July{{cite news |title=Semifinals results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41329265/philadelphia_daily_news/ |accessdate=30 December 2019 |publisher=Philadelphia Daily News |date=10 July 1979 |page=57}}

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

1align=left| Evelyn Ashfordalign=left| {{flagPASO|USA|1979}}22.45Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 2

1align=left| Angella Tayloralign=left| {{flagPASO|CAN|1979}}22.80Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 3

2align=left| Valerie Briscoalign=left| {{flagPASO|USA|1979}}23.13Q
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| 4

2align=left| Merlene Otteyalign=left| {{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}23.13Q
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| 5

2align=left| Silvia Chivásalign=left| {{flagPASO|CUB|1979}}23.30Q
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| 6

1align=left| Jacqueline Puseyalign=left| {{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}23.34Q
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| 7

1align=left| Beatriz Alloccoalign=left| {{flagPASO|ARG|1979}}23.88Q
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| 8

2align=left| Candy Fordalign=left| {{flagPASO|BER|1979}}23.95Q
91align=left| Sheila de Oliveiraalign=left| {{flagPASO|BRA|1979}}24.14
102align=left| Sueli Machadoalign=left| {{flagPASO|BRA|1979}}24.32
112align=left| Carmela Bolívaralign=left| {{flagPASO|PER|1979}}24.38
121align=left| Divina Estrellaalign=left| {{flagPASO|DOM|1979}}24.39
131align=left| Isabel Tayloralign=left| {{flagPASO|CUB|1979}}24.39
142align=left| Nilsa Parisalign=left| {{flagPASO|PUR|1979}}24.58
152align=left| Teresa Almánzaralign=left| {{flagPASO|DOM|1979}}25.13
161align=left| Denise Mulleralign=left| {{flagPASO|ISV|1979}}25.31

=Final=

Held on 11 July

Wind: +2.2 m/s

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

!Name

!Nationality

!Time

!Notes

{{gold01}}

|Evelyn Ashford

|{{flagPASO|USA|1979}}

|22.24

|

{{silver02}}

|Angella Taylor

|{{flagPASO|CAN|1979}}

|22.74

|

{{bronze03}}

|Merlene Ottey

|{{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}

|22.79

|

4

|Valerie Brisco

|{{flagPASO|USA|1979}}

|22.84

|

5

|Jacqueline Pusey

|{{flagPASO|JAM|1979}}

|23.08

|

6

|Candy Ford

|{{flagPASO|BER|1979}}

|23.70

|

7

|Silvia Chivás

|{{flagPASO|CUB|1979}}

|23.79

|

8

|Beatriz Allocco

|{{flagPASO|ARG|1979}}

|23.99

|

References

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{{PanAmG200metres}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:200 metres}}

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