Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 4 and 5 March.

Women's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jean Patton  United States	Nell Jackson  United States	Adriana Millard  Chile

Results

Heats

Held on 4 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jean Patton	United States	26.2	Q
2	1	Teresa Carvajal	Argentina	27.2	Q
3	1	Alejandrina Correa	Colombia	28.0	Q
	1	Graviola Ewing	Guatemala	DQ
	1	Carmen Matos	Ecuador	DNS
1	2	Dolores Dwyer	United States	27.3	Q
2	2	Deyse de Castro	Brazil	28.0	Q
3	2	Adriana Millard	Chile	28.0	Q
	2	Leonor Estévez	Ecuador	DNS
1	3	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	27.1	Q
2	3	Cora Pascasio	Argentina	27.4	Q
	3	Helena de Menezes	Brazil	DNS
	3	Julia Sánchez	Peru	DNS
1	4	Nell Jackson	United States	26.5	Q
2	4	Oldemia Bargiela	Argentina	27.3	Q
3	4	Cecilia Navarrete	Colombia	27.5	Q
	4	Aida Mawyn	Ecuador	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 4 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jean Patton	United States	25.7	Q
2	1	Adriana Millard	Chile	26.4	Q
3	1	Dolores Dwyer	United States	26.6	Q
4	1	Teresa Carvajal	Argentina	26.7
5	1	Alejandrina Correa	Colombia	27.8
	1	Deyse de Castro	Brazil	DNF
1	2	Nell Jackson	United States	26.3	Q
2	2	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	26.7	Q
3	2	Cecilia Navarrete	Colombia	27.0	Q
4	2	Oldemia Bargiela	Argentina	27.1
5	2	Cora Pascasio	Argentina	27.8

Final

Held on 5 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jean Patton	United States	25.3
	Nell Jackson	United States	25.7
	Adriana Millard	Chile	26.1
4	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	26.7
5	Cecilia Navarrete	Colombia	26.9
6	Dolores Dwyer	United States	27.7