Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 25 and 26 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Elliott Quow   United States	Leandro Peñalver   Cuba	Bernie Jackson   United States

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -2.5 m/s^[3][4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	João Batista da Silva	Brazil	20.66	Q
2	1	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	20.74	Q
3	2	Bernie Jackson	United States	20.86	Q
4	2	Tomás González	Cuba	20.88	Q
5	1	Elliott Quow	United States	20.90	Q
6	2	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	20.91	DQ^[5]^[6]
6	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	21.04	Q
7	1	Andrew Bruce	Trinidad and Tobago	21.05	q
8	2	Robson da Silva	Brazil	21.07
9	1	George Walcott	Jamaica	21.13
10	1	Luis Schneider	Chile	21.28
11	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.31
12	2	Alberto Lugo	Venezuela	21.31
13	1	Hipólito Brown	Venezuela	21.34
14	2	Everard Samuels	Jamaica	21.42
15	1	Neville Hodge	United States Virgin Islands	21.57

Final

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Elliott Quow	United States	20.42
	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	20.53
	Bernie Jackson	United States	20.81
4	Tomás González	Cuba	20.85
5	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	21.06	DQ
5	João Batista da Silva	Brazil	21.12
6	Tony Sharpe	Canada	21.20
7	Andrew Bruce	Trinidad and Tobago	21.29

References

1. Results
2. Full results
3. "Year list". Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. "Heats results". The Tampa Tribune. 26 August 1983. p. 80. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
5. Games spoiled by controversy, The Cavalier Daily, 30 August 1983
6. Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-540-53742-2