Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
The Athletics Competition at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Medal summary
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Rod Richard | 10.3A | Mike Agostini | 10.4A | Willie Williams | 10.4A |
200 metres | Rod Richard | 20.94A | Charles Thomas | 21.42A | José Telles da Conceição Mike Agostini | 21.66A 21.67A |
400 metres | Lou Jones | 45.68A | Jim Lea | 45.78A | Jesse Mashburn | 46.44A |
800 metres | Arnie Sowell | 1:49.86A | Lon Spurrier | 1:50.51A | Ramón Sandoval | 1:52.52A |
1500 metres | Juan Miranda | 3:53.30A | Wes Santee | 3:53.44A | Fred Dwyer | 3:56.04A |
5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez | 15:30.6A | Horace Ashenfelter | 15:31.4A | Jaime Correa | 15:39.2A |
10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez | 32:42.6A | Vicente Sánchez | 33:00.4A | Jaime Correa | 33:42.6A |
Marathon | Doroteo Flores | 2:59:10A | Onésimo Rodríguez | 3:02:22A | Luis Velásquez | 3:05:26A |
3000 m steeple | Guillermo Solá | 9:46.8A | Santiago Novas | 9:50.4A | Eligio Galicia | 9:54.2A |
110 m hurdles | Jack Davis | 14.44A | Keith Gardner | 14.74A | Evaristo Iglesias | 14.94A |
400 m hurdles | Josh Culbreath | 51.5A | Jaime Aparicio | 51.8A | Wilson Carneiro | 53.0A |
High jump | Ernie Shelton | 2.01A | Herman Wyatt | 2.01A | José Telles da Conceição | 1.91A |
Pole vault | Bob Richards | 4.50A | Bobby Smith | 4.30A | Don Laz | 4.30A |
Long jump | Rosslyn Range | 8.03A | John Bennett | 8.01A | Ary de Sá | 7.84A |
Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva | 16.56A | Asnoldo Devonish | 16.13A | Víctor Hernández | 15.60A |
Shot put | Parry O'Brien | 17.59A | Fortune Gordien | 15.98A | Marty Engel | 14.62A |
Discus throw | Fortune Gordien | 53.10A | Parry O'Brien | 51.07A | Hernán Haddad | 47.14A |
Hammer throw | Bob Backus | 54.91A | Marty Engel | 53.36A | Elvio Porta | 51.45A |
Javelin throw | Franklin "Bud" Held | 69.77A | Ricardo Héber | 66.15A | Reinaldo Oliver | 65.56A |
Decathlon | Rafer Johnson | 6994A | Bob Richards | 6886A | Hernán Figueroa | 5740A |
4 × 100 m relay | Rod Richard Willie Williams Charles Thomas John Bennett | 40.96A | Clive Bonas Guillermo Gutiérrez Apolinar Solórzano Juan Leiva | 41.36A | Sergio Higuera Javier Souza René Ahumada Alberto Goya | 41.94A |
4 × 400 m relay | Jesse Mashburn Lon Spurrier Jim Lea Lou Jones | 3:07.43A | Allan Moore Richard Stick Keith Gardner Mel Spence | 3:12.63A | Juan Leiva Guillermo Gutiérrez Evaristo Edie Apolinar Solórzano | 3:15.93A |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 metres | Bertha Díaz | 7.5A | Isabelle Daniels | 7.6A | Mabel Landry | 7.6A |
100 metres | Barbara Jones | 11.90A | Mae Faggs | 12.07A | María Luisa Castelli | 12.38A |
80 m hurdles | Eliana Gaete | 11.7A | Bertha Díaz | 11.8A | Wanda dos Santos | 11.8A |
High jump | Mildred McDaniel | 1.685A | Deyse de Castro | 1.59A | Verneeda Thomas | 1.59A |
Discus throw | Ingeborg Pfüller | 43.19A | Isabel Avellán | 40.06A | Alejandrina Herrera | 38.00A |
Javelin throw | Karen Anderson | 49.15A | Estrella Puente | 43.43A | Amelia Wershoven | 43.06A |
4 × 100 m relay | Barbara Jones Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Mabel Landry | 47.12A | Lilián Heinz Lilián Buglia María Luisa Castelli Gladys Erbetta | 47.27A | Elda Selamé Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas Betty Kretschmer | 49.49A |
A = affected by altitude
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 42 | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 nations) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 88 |
References
- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.
- GBR Athletics: Pan American Games
- Sports 123: Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-04)
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