Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 200 metres

The Women's 200m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21, 2010, with the heats at 10:30 and the Final at 18:35.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Érika Chávez Ecuador | Vanda Gomes Brazil | Bárbara Leôncio Brazil |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Sally McLellan | Australia | 23.19 | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 2010 |
| South American record | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | Brazil | 22.60 | Bogotá, Colombia | 26 June 1999 |
| South American U23 record | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 22.92 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | 20 May 1991 |

## Results

Results were published.

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bárbara Leôncio | Brazil | 0.223 | 24.04 Q | |
| 2 | María Alejandra Idrobo | Colombia | 0.248 | 24.12 Q | |
| 3 | Leslie Arnez | Bolivia | | 24.95 Q | |
| 4 | Paola Mautino | Perú | 0.226 | 25.65 | |
| 5 | Marysabel Romero | Bolivia | 0.267 | 25.81 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Érika Chávez | Ecuador | 0.225 | 23.67 Q | |
| 2 | Yenifer Padilla | Colombia | 0.220 | 23.81 Q | |
| 3 | Vanda Gomes | Brazil | 0.201 | 23.86 Q | |
| 4 | María Florencia Lamboglia | Argentina | 0.228 | 24.71 q | SB |
| 5 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 0.213 | 25.13 q | SB |
| | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Érika Chávez | Ecuador | 0.235 | 23.71 | |
| | Vanda Gomes | Brazil | 0.210 | 23.82 | |
| | Bárbara Leôncio | Brazil | 0.226 | 23.86 | |
| 4 | Yenifer Padilla | Colombia | 0.287 | 24.11 | |
| 5 | María Alejandra Idrobo | Colombia | 0.331 | 24.20 | |
| 6 | María Florencia Lamboglia | Argentina | 0.203 | 25.05 | |
| 7 | Leslie Arnez | Bolivia | | 25.09 | |
| 8 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 0.233 | 25.24 | SB |
| | | | Wind: -0.7 m/s | Wind: -0.7 m/s | Wind: -0.7 m/s |
