Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 200 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 and 16 March.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rod Richard  United States	Charles Thomas  United States	José da Conceição  Brazil

Held on 15 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Charles Thomas	United States	22.64	Q
2	1	Eligio Rivas	Dominican Republic	22.97	Q
3	1	Juan Alberto Goya	Mexico	23.47	Q
1	2	José da Conceição	Brazil	21.35	Q
2	2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	22.81	Q
3	2	Alexis Bloem	Netherlands Antilles	22.86	Q
	2	Harry Nelson	Canada	DQ
1	3	Apolinar Solórzano	Venezuela	22.05	Q
2	3	Bruce Springbett	Canada	22.78	Q
3	3	Willie Williams	United States	22.80	Q
4	3	Domingo García	Dominican Republic	23.13
1	4	Allan Moore	Jamaica	22.58	Q
2	4	José Tenreyro	Mexico	22.74	Q
3	4	José García	Venezuela	23.54	Q
	4	Rafael Fortún	Cuba	DNS
1	5	Gerardo Bönnhoff	Argentina	21.75	Q
2	5	Rod Richard	United States	21.76	Q
3	5	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	21.99	Q
4	5	Mel Spence	Jamaica	22.19
1	6	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	22.25	Q
2	6	Sergio Higuera	Mexico	22.40	Q
3	6	Dick Harding	Canada	22.41	Q
4	6	Luis Soriano	Dominican Republic	22.61
5	6	Gilberto Fonseca	Netherlands Antilles	22.99

Held on 15 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	José da Conceição	Brazil	21.27	Q, GR
2	1	Charles Thomas	United States	21.75	Q
3	1	Eligio Rivas	Dominican Republic	22.43
4	1	Juan Alberto Goya	Mexico	22.53
5	1	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	22.74
6	1	Alexis Bloem	Netherlands Antilles	22.87
1	2	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	21.6	Q
2	2	Bruce Springbett	Canada	21.9	Q
3	2	José Tenreyro	Mexico	22.0
4	2	Allan Moore	Jamaica	22.2
5	2	José García	Venezuela	??.?
	2	Willie Williams	United States	DNS
1	3	Rod Richard	United States	20.9	Q
2	3	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	21.3	Q
3	3	Gerardo Bönnhoff	Argentina	21.3
4	3	Apolinar Solórzano	Venezuela	21.4
5	3	Dick Harding	Canada	21.8
6	3	Sergio Higuera	Mexico	21.9

Held on 16 March

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Rod Richard	United States	20.94	GR
	4	Charles Thomas	United States	21.42
	3	José da Conceição	Brazil	21.66
4	2	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	21.67
5	5	Bruce Springbett	Canada	22.14
	1	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF