Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	22.94	Q
2	1	Felipa Palacios	Colombia	23.11	Q
3	2	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands	23.14	Q
4	1	Lucimar de Moura	Brazil	23.20	Q
5	1	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	23.22	Q
6	1	Beverly Grant	Jamaica	23.50	q
7	2	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	23.81	Q
8	2	Tara Perry	Canada	23.82	q
9	1	Tanya Oxley	Barbados	23.90
10	1	Chandra Burns	United States	23.96
11	2	Patricia Rodríguez	Colombia	24.33
12	2	Marcela Sarabia	Mexico	24.39
	2	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	DNS

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	22.83
	Lucimar de Moura	Brazil	23.03
	Felipa Palacios	Colombia	23.05
4	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	23.07
5	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands	23.40
6	Beverly Grant	Jamaica	23.75
7	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	23.88
8	Tara Perry	Canada	23.99