The women's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 sprint competition of the athletics

Track and field

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

 took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

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

The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 25–27.-Medalists:-Heats:Qualification: First 3 of each heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the semifinals....

 Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 champion is Roxana Díaz of Cuba

Cuba

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Records

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

World record		21.34	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	September 29, 1988
Pan American Games record		22.45	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	July 9, 1979

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard standard (23.78) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 26, 2011	14:30	Heats
October 26, 2011	16:35	Semifinals
October 27, 2011	18:25	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 26. The top three from each heat (Q) and next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0, Heat 2: +0.4

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ana Cláudia Silva		22.72	Q
2	1	Simone Facey Simone Facey Simone Facey is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal...		22.99	Q, PB
3	1	Tameka Williams		23.25	Q, SB
4	2	Nelkis Casabona		23.34	Q
5	2	Marielis Sánchez		23.45	Q, PB
6	2	Darlenys Obregon Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Mulato is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds...		23.50	Q
7	2	Leslie Cole		23.55	q
8	1	Roxana Díaz		23.61	q, SB
9	1	Erika Chávez		23.67
10	2	Anastasia Le-Roy		23.68
11	2	Vanda Gomes		23.89
12	1	Consuella Moore Consuella Moore Consuella "Connie" Moore is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters.Born in Chicago, Illinois, her first major outing came when she represented the United States in the 100 m at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics...		24.23
13	2	Ramona van der Vloot		24.69
14	1	Julia McCord		33.01
	2	Charnelle Enriquez		DNS

Final

The final will be held on October 27.

Wind: +0.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Cláudia Silva		22.76
	Simone Facey Simone Facey Simone Facey is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal...		22.86	PB
	Marielis Sánchez		23.02	NR Dominican records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Dominican Republic maintained by Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
4	Tameka Williams		23.06	PB
5	Nelkis Casabona		23.43
6	Roxana Díaz		23.45	SB
7	Leslie Cole		23.46
8	Darlenys Obregon Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Mulato is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds...		23.64