Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 1 September.

Women's 200 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lucinda Williams  United States	Isabelle Daniels  United States	Sally McCallum  Canada

Results

Heats

Held on 31 August

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lucinda Williams	United States	24.1	Q
2	1	Heather Campbell	Canada	26.4	Q
3	1	Patricia Cole	Canada	26.6	Q
	1	Teresa Kuniyoshi	Peru	DNS
	1	Vilma Parris	British Guiana	DNS
1	2	Isabelle Daniels	United States	24.7	Q
2	2	Sally McCallum	Canada	25.5	Q
3	2	Louise Mead	United States	26.2	Q
4	2	Myra Fawcett	British Guiana	26.3
	2	Yolanda Vinocourt	Mexico	DNS

Final

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lucinda Williams	United States	24.2
	Isabelle Daniels	United States	24.8
	Sally McCallum	Canada	25.1
4	Heather Campbell	Canada	25.5
5	Louise Mead	United States	26.2
6	Patricia Cole	Canada	26.4