title: Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres
text: # 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 | |
  