Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Gwen Torrence United States | Randy Givens United States | Pauline Davis Bahamas |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 23.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 23.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Randy Givens | United States | 23.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 23.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 23.74 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ester Petitón | Cuba | 23.82 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 24.19 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.21 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Yolande Straughn | Barbados | 24.37 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.42 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Susana Armenteros | Cuba | 24.44 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Jocelyn Joseph | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.65 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Deborah Bell | Argentina | 24.86 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Ruth Morris | United States Virgin Islands | 24.98 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Soledad Acerenza | Uruguay | 25.00 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Cleide Amaral | Brazil | 25.10 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 25.13 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jacqueline Hinds | Barbados | 25.27 | |
| 19 | 3 | Christa Schumann | Guatemala | 25.82 | |
| 20 | 3 | Glenmarie David | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.92 | |
| 21 | 2 | Cislyn Blake | United States Virgin Islands | 26.27 | |
| | 2 | Olga Escalante | Colombia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.9 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 22.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Randy Givens | United States | 23.00 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 23.02 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 23.28 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ester Petitón | Cuba | 23.55 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 23.65 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Susana Armenteros | Cuba | 23.98 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Yolande Straughn | Barbados | 24.02 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.14 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 24.18 | |
| 12 | 2 | Jocelyn Joseph | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.25 | |
| 13 | 2 | Deborah Bell | Argentina | 24.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ruth Morris | United States Virgin Islands | 24.79 | |
| 15 | 1 | Cleide Amaral | Brazil | 24.91 | |
| 16 | 1 | Soledad Acerenza | Uruguay | 25.20 | |

### Final

Wind: +2.2 m/s

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 22.52 |
| | 4 | Randy Givens | United States | 22.71 |
| | 3 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.99 |
| 4 | 6 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 23.22 |
| 5 | 7 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 23.59 |
| 6 | 8 | Ester Petitón | Cuba | 23.67 |
| 7 | 1 | Susana Armenteros | Cuba | 23.81 |
| 8 | 2 | Yolande Straughn | Barbados | 24.16 |
