Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Women's 200m

The women's 200-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 and 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

23 runners from 15 countries took part in the runs. Kaylin Whitney won the gold medal after 22.65 s, silver went to Kyra Jefferson with 22.72 s and the bronze medal went to Simone Facey with 22.74 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Florence Griffith-Joyner	21.34 s	Olympic Games in Seoul , South Korea	September 29, 1988
Record of games	Evelyn Ashford	22.45 s	Pan American Games in San Juan , Puerto Rico	July 9, 1979

Prelims

From the three preliminary runs, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

July 23, 2015, 10:25 a.m.
Wind: +1.7 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	22.97
2	2	Kyra Jefferson	United States	23.00
3	4th	Reyare Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	23.30
4th	3	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil	23.36
5	8th	Raquel Tjernagel	Canada	23.63
6th	7th	Nediam Vargas	Venezuela	23.65
7th	5	Narcisa Landázuri	Ecuador	23.74

Run 2

July 23, 2015, 10:34 a.m.
Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Kamaria Durant	Trinidad and Tobago	22.74 PB
2	4th	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22.86
3	1	Kaylin Whitney	United States	22.88
4th	7th	Isidora Jiménez	Chile	22.95 PB
5	5	Nercely Soto	Venezuela	22.99 SB
6th	8th	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.03 SB
7th	3	Kanika Beckles	Grenada	23.38 PB
8th	2	Ana Cláudia Silva	Brazil	37.60

Run 3

July 23, 2015, 10:43 a.m.
Wind: +1.9 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Simone Facey	Jamaica	22.95
2	1	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	23.10
3	3	Kimberly Hyacinthe	Canada	23.30
4th	8th	Arialis Gandulla	Cuba	23.31 SB
5	2	Sharolyn Josephs	Costa Rica	23.70 NO
6th	5	Allison Peter	American Virgin Islands	23.89 SB
7th	4th	Sunayna Wahi	Suriname	23.92 PB
8th	7th	Karene King	British Virgin Islands	24.16

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

July 23, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Wind: +1.6 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Kaylin Whitney	United States	22.68
2	6th	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	22.72 SB
3	3	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	22.79
4th	4th	Kamaria Durant	Trinidad and Tobago	22.94
5	8th	Isidora Jiménez	Chile	22.96
6th	7th	Arialis Gandulla	Cuba	23.08 PB
7th	1	Raquel Tjernagel	Canada	24.07
8th	2	Kanika Beckles	Grenada	28.14

Run 2

July 23, 2015, 6:70 p.m.
Wind: +2.6 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22.59
2	4th	Simone Facey	Jamaica	22.64
3	6th	Kyra Jefferson	United States	22.65
4th	8th	Kimberly Hyacinthe	Canada	22.81
5	5	Reyare Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	22.88
6th	2	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.03
7th	1	Nercely Soto	Venezuela	23.06
8th	7th	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil	23.14

final

July 24, 2015, 5:40 p.m.
Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	5	Kaylin Whitney	United States	22.65
	7th	Kyra Jefferson	United States	22.72
	4th	Simone Facey	Jamaica	22.74
4th	3	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22.88
5	6th	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	23.07
6th	1	Kimberly Hyacinthe	Canada	23.28
7th	2	Reyare Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	23.32
	8th	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	DNF

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .