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

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.

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Heats

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 | |

### Semifinals

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 | |

### Final

Held on 31 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
