Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August.

Women's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Stephanie Berto  Canada	Fulgencia Romay  Cuba	Esther Stroy  United States

Results

Heats

Held on 31 July

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.5	Q
2	1	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.5	Q
3	1	Diva Bishop	Panama	24.5	Q
4	1	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	25.6	Q
5	1	Lourdes Vargas	Venezuela	25.6	Q
6	1	María Morante	Peru	26.5
7	1	Russel Carrero	Nicaragua	26.5
	1	Silvina Pereira da Silva	Brazil	DNS
1	2	Rose Allwood	Jamaica	23.86	Q
2	2	Juana Mosquera	Colombia	24.23	Q
3	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.68	Q
4	2	Ángela Godoy	Argentina	24.77	Q
5	2	Sandra Johnson	Costa Rica	24.85	Q
6	2	Laurie Barr	United States	24.95	q
7	2	María Luisa Vilca	Peru	24.99
8	2	Claudette Powell	Bahamas	25.12
1	3	Esther Stroy	United States	23.76	Q
2	3	Fulgencia Romay	Cuba	24.21	Q
3	3	Elsy Rivas	Colombia	24.59	Q
4	3	Josefa Vicent	Uruguay	24.86	Q
5	3	Irene Fitzner	Argentina	24.91	Q
6	3	Joan Porter	Trinidad and Tobago	24.97
7	3	Cecilia Pérez	Venezuela	25.51
8	3	Joyce Veira	Suriname	25.71

Semifinals

Held on 1 August

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Esther Stroy	United States	23.71	Q
2	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.71	Q
3	1	Fulgencia Romay	Cuba	23.76	Q
4	2	Rose Allwood	Jamaica	23.96	Q
5	2	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	24.27	Q
6	2	Juana Mosquera	Colombia	24.43	Q
7	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.62	Q
8	1	Elsy Rivas	Colombia	24.71	Q
9	2	Diva Bishop	Panama	24.76
10	2	Laurie Barr	United States	24.76
11	1	Josefa Vicent	Uruguay	25.08
12	1	Ángela Godoy	Argentina	25.11
13	2	Irene Fitzner	Argentina	25.46
14	2	Sandra Johnson	Costa Rica	25.56
15	1	Lourdes Vargas	Venezuela	25.86
16	1	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	26.05

Final

Held on 1 August

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.57	=GR
	Fulgencia Romay	Cuba	23.70
	Esther Stroy	United States	23.82
4	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.95
5	Rose Allwood	Jamaica	24.14
6	Juana Mosquera	Colombia	24.26
7	Elsy Rivas	Colombia	24.68
8	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.91