Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Men's 200m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21, with the heats at 10:50 and the Final at 18:50.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Arturo Ramírez  Venezuela	Luis Carlos Núñez  Colombia	Rubens Quirino  Brazil

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World Leading	Matt Davies	Australia	20.54	Perth, Australia	19 February 2010
South American record	Alonso Edward	Panama	19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American U23 record	Alonso Edward	Panama	19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009

Results were published.^[1][2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	Arturo Ramírez	Venezuela	0.200	21.04	w, Q
2	Luis Carlos Núñez	Colombia	0.255	21.14	w, Q
3	Michel Mary	Uruguay	0.198	21.23	w, Q
4	Rubens Quirino	Brazil	0.168	21.27	w, q
5	Chavez Ageday	Guyana	0.253	22.25	w, q
6	Felipe Balcazar	Chile	0.187	22.31	w
	Juan Manuel Jassid	Argentina		DNS
			Wind: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	Diego Rivas	Venezuela	0.234	21.57	w, Q
2	Gustavo dos Santos	Brazil	0.176	21.89	w, Q
3	Fernando Tomás Gómez	Chile	0.219	22.05	w, Q
4	Stiven Valois	Colombia	0.152	22.49
	Ifrish Alberg	Suriname		DNS
	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands Antilles		DNS	†
			Wind: +3.0 m/s

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
	Arturo Ramírez	Venezuela	0.225	20.99
	Luis Carlos Núñez	Colombia	0.194	21.05	PB
	Rubens Quirino	Brazil	0.180	21.29	SB
4	Michel Mary	Uruguay	0.192	21.29
5	Diego Rivas	Venezuela	0.214	21.31
6	Fernando Tomás Gómez	Chile	0.233	21.88
7	Chavez Ageday	Guyana	0.232	22.07
8	Gustavo dos Santos	Brazil	0.226	22.16
			Wind: +1.3 m/s

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

• Heat 1
• Heat 2
• Final