The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record19.19Berlin, GermanyAugust 20, 2009Pan American Games record19.86Cali, ColombiaAugust 3, 1971

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (21.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).Athletics technical manual

Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 26, 2011 15:00 HeatsOctober 26, 2011 16:55 SemifinalsOctober 27, 2011 18:50 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round were held on October 26. The first 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +1.2, Heat 2: +0.8, Heat 3: +0.6, Heat 4: +0.4, Heat +0.2 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Bruno de Barros 20.53 Q2 1 Lansford Spence 20.59 Q3 5 Sandro Viana 20.65 Q4 5 Jason Livermore 20.73 Q, SB4 3 Álex Quiñónez 20.73 Q6 2 Daniel Grueso 20.76 Q, SB7 4 Michael Mathieu 20.81 Q8 5 Michael Herrera 20.82 Q9 5 Antoine Adams 20.83 Q, SB9 5 Cristián Reyes 20.83 q11 4 Calesio Newman 20.86 Q11 1 Roberto Skyers 20.86 Q13 3 Moriba Morain 20.90 Q13 2 Rolando Palacios 20.90 Q15 3 José Acevedo 20.93 Q16 4 Yoel Tapia 20.95 Q17 2 Brijesh Lawrence 21.02 Q18 1 Harold Houston III 21.04 Q18 1 Kael Becerra 21.04 Q20 2 Perrisan White 21.05 q21 4 Dontae Richards 21.26 Q22 1 Mariano Jimenez 21.20 q23 2 Franklin Nazareno 21.45 q24 3 Juan Reyes 21.54 Q25 1 Joel Redhead 21.60 26 4 Jonathon Juin 21.62 27 3 Roudy Monrose 21.63 28 4 Jorge Alonzo 21.81 29 3 Courtney Carl Williams 22.42 30 5 Adam Harris 22.45 31 4 Jorge Jimenez 23.55 32 3 Winston George 24.17

Semifinals The semifinals were held on October 26. The first two in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:Heat 1: +0.2, Heat 2: +0.1, Heat 3: +0.5 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 1 Roberto Skyers 20.31 Q, SB2 3 Lansford Spence 20.33 Q, PB3 2 Bruno de Barros 20.35 Q4 1 Sandro Viana 20.39 Q, SB5 1 Álex Quiñónez 20.49 q, PB6 3 Michael Mathieu 20.50 Q7 1 Cristián Reyes 20.65 q, PB8 3 Michael Herrera 20.66 9 2 Ronaldo Palacios 20.70 Q, SB10 1 Antoine Adams 20.76 PB10 2 Jason Livermore 20.76 12 1 Perrisan White 20.78 13 3 Calesio Newman 20.80 14 3 Brijesh Lawrence 20.82 15 2 Daniel Grueso 20.83 16 3 Yoel Tapia 20.84 17 2 José Acevedo 20.85 18 1 Harold Houston III 20.91 PB18 1 Moriba Morain 20.91 20 2 Dontae Richards 21.11 21 2 Kael Becerra 21.23 22 3 Mariano Jimenez 21.47 23 2 Franklin Nazareno 21.48 24 3 Juan Reyes 21.49

Final The final was held on October 27.

Wind: –1.0 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roberto Skyers 20.37 Lansford Spence 20.38 Bruno de Barros 20.45 4 Michael Mathieu 20.62 5 Rolando Palacios 20.77 6 Álex Quiñónez 20.86 7 Sandro Viana 20.94 8 Cristián Reyes 20.97

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