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

The Men's 200m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21, with the heats at 10:50 and the Final at 18:50.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Arturo Ramírez Venezuela | Luis Carlos Núñez Colombia | Rubens Quirino Brazil |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Matt Davies | Australia | 20.54 | Perth, Australia | 19 February 2010 |
| South American record | Alonso Edward | Panama | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| South American U23 record | Alonso Edward | Panama | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |

## Results

Results were published.

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Arturo Ramírez | Venezuela | 0.200 | 21.04 | w, Q |
| 2 | Luis Carlos Núñez | Colombia | 0.255 | 21.14 | w, Q |
| 3 | Michel Mary | Uruguay | 0.198 | 21.23 | w, Q |
| 4 | Rubens Quirino | Brazil | 0.168 | 21.27 | w, q |
| 5 | Chavez Ageday | Guyana | 0.253 | 22.25 | w, q |
| 6 | Felipe Balcazar | Chile | 0.187 | 22.31 | w |
| | Juan Manuel Jassid | Argentina | | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +2.4 m/s | Wind: +2.4 m/s | Wind: +2.4 m/s |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Diego Rivas | Venezuela | 0.234 | 21.57 | w, Q |
| 2 | Gustavo dos Santos | Brazil | 0.176 | 21.89 | w, Q |
| 3 | Fernando Tomás Gómez | Chile | 0.219 | 22.05 | w, Q |
| 4 | Stiven Valois | Colombia | 0.152 | 22.49 | |
| | Ifrish Alberg | Suriname | | DNS | |
| | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands Antilles | | DNS | $^†$ |
| | | | Wind: +3.0 m/s | Wind: +3.0 m/s | Wind: +3.0 m/s |

$^†:$ Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Arturo Ramírez | Venezuela | 0.225 | 20.99 | |
| | Luis Carlos Núñez | Colombia | 0.194 | 21.05 | PB |
| | Rubens Quirino | Brazil | 0.180 | 21.29 | SB |
| 4 | Michel Mary | Uruguay | 0.192 | 21.29 | |
| 5 | Diego Rivas | Venezuela | 0.214 | 21.31 | |
| 6 | Fernando Tomás Gómez | Chile | 0.233 | 21.88 | |
| 7 | Chavez Ageday | Guyana | 0.232 | 22.07 | |
| 8 | Gustavo dos Santos | Brazil | 0.226 | 22.16 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.3 m/s | Wind: +1.3 m/s | Wind: +1.3 m/s |
