Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres

Held on 2 August

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Willie Deckard	United States	20.88	Q
2	4	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.91	Q
3	3	Marshall Dill	United States	20.95	Q
4	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.08	Q
4	4	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	21.08	Q
6	3	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	21.22	Q
7	3	Trevor James	Trinidad and Tobago	21.34	Q
8	4	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.35	Q
9	4	Charlie Francis	Canada	21.42	Q
10	2	Andrés Calonge	Argentina	21.44	Q
11	2	Alberto Marchán	Venezuela	21.48	Q
12	3	Craig Blackman	Canada	21.62	Q
13	2	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	21.67	Q
14	3	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.70
15	3	Jorge Matias	Brazil	21.89
16	1	Luis da Silva	Brazil	21.93	Q
16	2	Enrique Almarante	Dominican Republic	21.93
18	4	Roberto Hoger	Argentina	21.96
19	1	Walter Callander	Bahamas	22.16	Q
20	1	Julio Meade	Dominican Republic	22.17	Q
21	4	Santiago Antonetti	Puerto Rico	22.22
22	2	Carlos Abbott	Costa Rica	22.23
23	3	Julio Martinich	Peru	22.25
24	1	Jesús Rico	Venezuela	22.26
25	1	Junior Trotman	Barbados	22.44
26	1	Carmelo Reyes	Mexico	22.64

Held on 3 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Marshall Dill	United States	20.34	Q, GR
2	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.64	Q
3	1	Willie Deckard	United States	20.66	Q
4	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.71	Q
5	2	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	20.87	Q
6	2	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	20.94	Q
7	1	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	21.16	Q
8	2	Charlie Francis	Canada	21.22
9	1	Andrés Calonge	Argentina	21.27	Q
10	1	Alberto Marchán	Venezuela	21.39
11	2	Luis da Silva	Brazil	21.46
12	1	Trevor James	Trinidad and Tobago	21.48
13	2	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	21.58
14	1	Craig Blackman	Canada	21.62
15	1	Walter Callander	Bahamas	21.75
	2	Julio Meade	Dominican Republic	DNS

Held on 3 August

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	19.86	GR
	Marshall Dill	United States	20.39
	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.39
4	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	20.69
5	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	20.98
6	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	21.12
7	Andrés Calonge	Argentina	21.13
	Willie Deckard	United States	DNF