Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 200 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 30 and 31 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ray Norton  United States	Les Carney  United States	Mike Agostini  British West Indies

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ray Norton	United States	21.9	Q
2	1	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	21.9	Q
3	1	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	22.0	Q
4	1	Jorge de Barros	Brazil	22.1
5	1	Gordon Thorlaksson	Canada	22.1
6	1	Alberto Torres	Dominican Republic	??.?
	1	Emilio Romero	Venezuela	DNS
1	2	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	21.8	Q
2	2	Basil Ince	British West Indies	21.8	Q
3	2	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	21.9	Q
4	2	Luis Vienna	Argentina	21.9
5	2	George Short	Canada	22.7
6	2	Salvador Rivas	Dominican Republic	23.0
7	2	Arturo Flores	Ecuador	??.?
1	3	Vance Robinson	United States	21.6	Q
2	3	Wilton Jackson	British West Indies	21.9	Q
3	3	José da Conceição	Brazil	22.0	Q
4	3	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	22.2
5	3	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	??.?
	3	Heber Etcheverry	Uruguay	DNS
	3	Iván Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	DNS
1	4	Les Carney	United States	21.6	Q
2	4	Harry Jerome	Canada	22.1	Q
3	4	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	22.2	Q
4	4	João Pires Sobrinho	Brazil	22.2
5	4	Lionel James	Dominican Republic	22.9
6	4	Eduardo Krumm	Chile	23.4
	4	Arturo Isasmondi	Uruguay	DNS

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	21.4	Q
2	1	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	21.5	Q
3	1	Vance Robinson	United States	21.5	Q
4	1	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	21.5
5	1	Harry Jerome	Canada	21.8
6	1	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	22.0
1	2	Ray Norton	United States	21.1	Q
2	2	Basil Ince	British West Indies	21.4	Q
3	2	Les Carney	United States	21.5	Q
4	2	Wilton Jackson	British West Indies	21.9
5	2	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	21.9
	2	José da Conceição	Brazil	DNS

Held on 31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ray Norton	United States	20.6
	Les Carney	United States	21.1
	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	21.1
4	Vance Robinson	United States	21.1
5	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	21.3
6	Basil Ince	British West Indies	21.6