Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 1 and 2 March.

Men's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rafael Fortún  Cuba	Art Bragg  United States	Herb McKenley  Jamaica

Results

Heats

Held on 1 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Art Bragg	United States	22.5	Q
2	1	Jesús Farres	Cuba	22.8	Q
3	1	José da Conceição	Brazil	23.1	Q
4	1	Miguel Paredes	Paraguay	23.7
5	1	Germán Garrido	Venezuela	??.?
1	2	Raúl Mazorra	Cuba	22.1	Q
2	2	José Zelaya	Paraguay	22.5	Q
3	2	Gustavo Ehlers	Chile	22.5	Q
4	2	Aristipo Lerma	Colombia	22.9
	2	Hélio da Silva	Brazil	DNS
1	3	Adelio Márquez	Argentina	23.3	Q
2	3	Leonel Contreras	Chile	23.3	Q
3	3	Juan Leiva	Venezuela	25.8	Q
	3	Jaime Aparicio	Colombia	DNS
	3	Jacinto González	Ecuador	DNS
1	4	Rafael Fortún	Cuba	23.6	Q
2	4	Fernando Lapuente	Argentina	23.7	Q
3	4	Gustavo Fajardo	Colombia	26.4	Q
	4	Gerardo Salazar	Peru	DNS
1	5	Herb McKenley	Jamaica	22.8	Q
2	5	Antonio Moreira	Brazil	22.9	Q
3	5	Hamilton Bridgeman	Trinidad and Tobago	23.6	Q
4	5	Alfredo Rodas	Paraguay	24.2
	5	Javier Souza	Mexico	DNS
	5	Miguel León	Peru	DNS
1	6	Don Campbell	United States	22.3	Q
2	6	Gerardo Bönnhoff	Argentina	22.3	Q
3	6	Andrés Fernández	Ecuador	23.0	Q
4	6	Hendrickson Harewood	Trinidad and Tobago	23.1
	6	Oscar Maldonado	Peru	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 2 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Art Bragg	United States	21.9	Q
2	1	Raúl Mazorra	Cuba	21.9	Q
3	1	José Zelaya	Paraguay	22.1
4	1	Gustavo Ehlers	Chile	22.9
5	1	Jesús Farres	Cuba	??.?
6	1	José da Conceição	Brazil	??.?
1	2	Rafael Fortún	Cuba	22.0	Q
2	2	Fernando Lapuente	Argentina	22.4	Q
3	2	Adelio Márquez	Argentina	22.4
4	2	Juan Leiva	Venezuela	22.7
5	2	Leonel Contreras	Chile	??.?
6	2	Gustavo Fajardo	Colombia	??.?
1	3	Herb McKenley	Jamaica	22.1	Q
2	3	Gerardo Bönnhoff	Argentina	22.1	Q
3	3	Don Campbell	United States	22.3
4	3	Hamilton Bridgeman	Trinidad and Tobago	23.1
	3	Antonio Moreira	Brazil	DNS
	3	Andrés Fernández	Ecuador	DNS

Final

Held on 2 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rafael Fortún	Cuba	21.3
	Art Bragg	United States	21.4
	Herb McKenley	Jamaica	21.5
4	Gerardo Bönnhoff	Argentina	21.9
5	Raúl Mazorra	Cuba	??.?
6	Fernando Lapuente	Argentina	??.?