Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 25 and 26 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Elliott Quow United States | Leandro Peñalver Cuba | Bernie Jackson United States |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -2.5 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | João Batista da Silva | Brazil | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 20.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.86 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tomás González | Cuba | 20.88 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.90 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic | 20.91 | DQ |
| 6 | 2 | Tony Sharpe | Canada | 21.04 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Andrew Bruce | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.05 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 21.07 | |
| 9 | 1 | George Walcott | Jamaica | 21.13 | |
| 10 | 1 | Luis Schneider | Chile | 21.28 | |
| 11 | 2 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.31 | |
| 12 | 2 | Alberto Lugo | Venezuela | 21.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 21.34 | |
| 14 | 2 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica | 21.42 | |
| 15 | 1 | Neville Hodge | United States Virgin Islands | 21.57 | |

### Final

Wind: -1.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.42 | |
| | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 20.53 | |
| | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.81 | |
| 4 | Tomás González | Cuba | 20.85 | |
| 5 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic | 21.06 | DQ |
| 5 | João Batista da Silva | Brazil | 21.12 | |
| 6 | Tony Sharpe | Canada | 21.20 | |
| 7 | Andrew Bruce | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.29 | |
