Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	20.51	Q, SB
2	1	Marvin Anderson	Jamaica	20.59	Q
3	4	Jordan Vaden	United States	20.67	Q
4	3	Rubin Williams	United States	20.72	Q
5	2	Bryan Barnett	Canada	20.75	Q
6	3	Sandro Viana	Brazil	20.78	Q
7	2	Michael Matheau	Bahamas	20.88	Q
8	1	Jared Connaughton	Canada	20.90	Q
9	4	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	20.92	Q
10	3	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	20.93	Q
11	3	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador	20.96	q
12	2	Michael Herrera	Cuba	21.06	Q
13	4	Basílio de Moraes Júnior	Brazil	21.11	Q
14	3	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	21.12	q, SB
15	1	Tyrell Cuffy	Cayman Islands	21.15	q
16	4	Jacobi Mitchell	Bahamas	21.22	q
17	2	Juan Pedro Toledo	Mexico	21.24
18	2	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	21.27
19	1	Heber Viera	Uruguay	21.29
20	2	Xavier Brown	Jamaica	21.38
21	4	Robert Morton	Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.44
22	3	Courtny Bascombe	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.19
22	4	Joel Báez	Dominican Republic	22.19
24	2	Kevin Fahie	British Virgin Islands	22.30
25	1	Edwin Cecilio Baltazar	Guatemala	22.66
	1	Ivan Altamirano	Argentina	DNF
	4	Jurgen Themen	Suriname	DNF
	3	Nicolas Lopez Moreira	Paraguay	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	20.33	Q, SB
2	2	Marvin Anderson	Jamaica	20.35	Q
3	1	Jordan Vaden	United States	20.54	Q
4	2	Rubin Williams	United States	20.66	Q
5	1	Michael Herrera	Cuba	20.74	Q
6	2	Michael Matheau	Bahamas	20.80	Q, PB
7	1	Sandro Viana	Brazil	20.82	Q
7	2	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	20.82	Q
9	1	Jared Connaughton	Canada	20.85
10	2	Bryan Barnett	Canada	20.89
11	1	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	20.96
12	2	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador	21.02
13	1	Tyrell Cuffy	Cayman Islands	21.20
14	2	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	21.21
15	2	Basílio de Moraes Júnior	Brazil	21.22
16	1	Jacobi Mitchell	Bahamas	21.79

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	20.37
	5	Marvin Anderson	Jamaica	20.38
	4	Rubin Williams	United States	20.57
4	7	Michael Matheau	Bahamas	20.89
5	2	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	21.03
	8	Sandro Viana	Brazil	DQ
	1	Michael Herrera	Cuba	DNF
	3	Jordan Vaden	United States	DNS