Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games

The Athletics competition in the 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, United States.

Athletics at the III Pan American Games
«1955
1963»

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Ray Norton
 United States
10.3w Mike Agostini
 West Indies
10.4w Enrique Figuerola
 Cuba
10.5w
200 metres Ray Norton
 United States
20.6w Les Carney
 United States
21.1w Mike Agostini
 West Indies
21.1w
400 metres George Kerr
 West Indies
46.1 Basil Ince
 West Indies
46.4 Malcolm Spence
 West Indies
46.6
800 metres Tom Murphy
 United States
1:49.4 George Kerr
 West Indies
1:49.4 Tony Seth
 British Guiana
1:49.7
1500 metres Dyrol Burleson
 United States
3:49.1 Jim Grelle
 United States
3:49.9 Ed Moran
 United States
3:50.1
5000 metres Bill Dellinger
 United States
14:28.4 Osvaldo Suárez
 Argentina
14:28.6 Doug Kyle
 Canada
14:33.0
10000 metres Osvaldo Suárez
 Argentina
30:17.2 Doug Kyle
 Canada
30:18.0 Bob Soth
 United States
30:21.8
Marathon John J. Kelley
 United States
2:27:55 Jim Green
 United States
2:32:17 Gordon Dickson
 Canada
2:36:19
3000 metre steeplechase Phil Coleman
 United States
8:56.4 Charles "Deacon" Jones
 United States
8:56.6 Alfredo Tinoco
 Mexico
8:58.0
110 metres hurdles Hayes Jones
 United States
13.6w Lee Calhoun
 United States
13.7w Elias Gilbert
 United States
14.0w
400 metres hurdles Josh Culbreath
 United States
51.2 Dick Howard
 United States
51.3 Cliff Cushman
 United States
53.0
High jump Charles Dumas
 United States
2.10 Bob Gardner
 United States
2.03 Ernle Haisley
 West Indies
2.00
Pole vault Don Bragg
 United States
4.62 Jim Graham
 United States
4.32 Rolando Cruz
 Puerto Rico
4.32
Long jump Irvin "Bo" Roberson
 United States
7.97 Greg Bell
 United States
7.60 Lester Bird
 West Indies
7.46
Triple jump Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
15.90 Herman Stokes
 United States
15.39 Bill Sharpe
 United States
15.25
Shot put Parry O'Brien
 United States
19.04 Dallas Long
 United States
18.51 Dave Davis
 United States
17.01
Discus throw Al Oerter
 United States
58.12 Dick Cochran
 United States
54.44 Parry O'Brien
 United States
51.84
Hammer throw Al Hall
 United States
59.71 Hal Connolly
 United States
59.67 Bob Backus
 United States
59.55
Javelin throw Buster Quist
 United States
70.50 Phil Conley
 United States
69.94 Al Cantello
 United States
69.82
Decathlon Dave Edstrom
 United States
7254 Phil Mulkey
 United States
6062 George Stulac
 Canada
5989
4 × 100 metres relay  United States
Hayes Jones
Robert Poynter
William Woodhouse
Ray Norton
40.4  Venezuela
Emilio Romero
Lloyd Murad
Clive Bonas
Rafael Romero
41.1  West Indies
Clifton Bertrand
Mike Agostini
Wilton Jackson
Dennis Johnson
41.6
4 × 400 metres relay  West Indies
Mal Spence
Mel Spence
Basil Ince
George Kerr
3:05.3  United States
Eddie Southern
Josh Culbreath
Jack Yerman
Dave Mills
3:05.8  Puerto Rico
Ramón Vega
Jossué Cains
Iván Rodríguez
Frank Rivera
3:12.4

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Isabelle Daniels
 United States
7.4 Barbara Jones
 United States
7.4 Carlota Gooden
 Panama
7.4
100 metres Lucinda Williams
 United States
12.1 Wilma Rudolph
 United States
12.3 Carlota Gooden
 Panama
12.3
200 metres Lucinda Williams
 United States
24.2 Isabelle Daniels
 United States
24.8 Sally McCallum
 Canada
25.1
80 metres hurdles Bertha Díaz
 Cuba
11.2 Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil
11.5 Marian Munroe
 Canada
11.5
High jump Ann Marie Flynn
 United States
1.61 Renata Friedrichs
 Chile
Alice Whitty
 Canada
1.50 Not Awarded
Long jump Annie Smith
 United States
5.74 Margaret Matthews
 United States
5.73 Willye White
 United States
5.70
Shot put Earlene Brown
 United States
14.68 Sharon Shepherd
 United States
13.48 Wanda Wejzgrowicz
 United States
13.10
Discus throw Earlene Brown
 United States
49.31 Pamela Kurrell
 United States
42.19 Marjorie Larney
 United States
42.18
Javelin throw Marlene Ahrens
 Chile
45.38 Marjorie Larney
 United States
43.65 Amelia Wood
 United States
42.96
4 × 100 metres relay  United States
Isabelle Daniels
Barbara Jones
Lucinda Williams
Wilma Rudolph
46.4  Panama
Carlota Gooden
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
Marcela Daniel
Silvia Hunte
48.2  Canada
Sally McCallum
Valerie Jerome
Heather Campbell
Maureen Rever
48.5

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)26231362
2 West Indies23510
3 Argentina (ARG)1102
 Brazil (BRA)1102
 Chile (CHI)1102
6 Cuba (CUB)1012
7 Canada (CAN)0268
8 Panama (PAN)0123
9 Venezuela (VEN)0101
10 Puerto Rico (PUR)0022
11 British Guiana0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
Totals (12 nations)32333196

References

Results
  • Olderr, Steven (2003). A Statistical History 1951–1999 Pan American Games. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.


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