Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games

Athletics at the
1959 Pan American Games
Athletics at the ; 1959 Pan American Games
Dates	28 August – 2 September
Host city	Chicago, United States
Venue	Soldier Field
Level	Senior
Events	32
Participation	286 athletes from ; 19 nations
	← Mexico City 1955 São Paulo 1963 → ; 1959 Pan American Games

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

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s) details	Ray Norton United States	10.3w	Mike Agostini West Indies	10.4w	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	10.5w
200 metres details	Ray Norton United States	20.6w	Les Carney United States	21.1w	Mike Agostini West Indies	21.1w
400 metres details	George Kerr West Indies	46.1	Basil Ince West Indies	46.4	Malcolm Spence West Indies	46.6
800 metres details	Tom Murphy United States	1:49.4	George Kerr West Indies	1:49.4	Tony Seth British Guiana	1:49.7
1500 metres details	Dyrol Burleson United States	3:49.1	Jim Grelle United States	3:49.9	Ed Moran United States	3:50.1
5000 metres details	Bill Dellinger United States	14:28.4	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:28.6	Doug Kyle Canada	14:33.0
10,000 metres details	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:17.2	Doug Kyle Canada	30:18.0	Bob Soth United States	30:21.8
Marathon details	John J. Kelley United States	2:27:55	Jim Green United States	2:32:17	Gordon Dickson Canada	2:36:19
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s) details	Hayes Jones United States	13.6w	Lee Calhoun United States	13.7w	Elias Gilbert United States	14.0w
400 metres hurdles details	Josh Culbreath United States	51.2	Dick Howard United States	51.3	Cliff Cushman United States	53.0
3000 metres steeplechase details	Phil Coleman United States	8:56.4	Charles "Deacon" Jones United States	8:56.6	Alfredo Tinoco Mexico	8:58.0
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 Dennis Johnson Clifton Bertrand Wilton Jackson Mike Agostini	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay details	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 Delgado Manuel Rivera Iván Rodríguez	3:12.4
High jump details	Charles Dumas United States	2.10	Bob Gardner United States	2.03	Ernle Haisley West Indies	2.00
Pole vault details	Don Bragg United States	4.62	Jim Graham United States	4.32	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.32
Long jump details	Irvin "Bo" Roberson United States	7.97	Greg Bell United States	7.60	Lester Bird West Indies	7.46
Triple jump details	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.90	Herman Stokes United States	15.39	Bill Sharpe United States	15.25
Shot put details	Parry O'Brien United States	19.04	Dallas Long United States	18.51	Dave Davis United States	17.01
Discus throw details	Al Oerter United States	58.12	Dick Cochran United States	54.44	Parry O'Brien United States	51.84
Hammer throw details	Al Hall United States	59.71	Hal Connolly United States	59.67	Bob Backus United States	59.55
Javelin throw details	Buster Quist United States	70.50	Phil Conley United States	69.94	Al Cantello United States	69.82
Decathlon details	Dave Edstrom United States	7254	Phil Mulkey United States	6062	George Stulac Canada	5989

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres (wind: +3.6 m/s) details	Isabelle Daniels United States	7.4	Barbara Jones United States	7.4	Carlota Gooden Panama	7.4
100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s) details	Lucinda Williams United States	12.1	Wilma Rudolph United States	12.3	Carlota Gooden Panama	12.3
200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) details	Lucinda Williams United States	24.2	Isabelle Daniels United States	24.8	Sally McCallum Canada	25.1
80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s) details	Bertha Díaz Cuba	11.2	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Marian Munroe Canada	11.5
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Isabelle Daniels Wilma Rudolph Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones	46.4	Panama Marcela Daniel Jean Holmes-Mitchell Carlota Gooden Silvia Hunte	48.2	Canada Heather Campbell Maureen Rever Sally McCallum Valerie Jerome	48.5
High jump details	Ann Marie Flynn United States	1.61	Renata Friedrichs Chile Alice Whitty Canada	1.50	Not Awarded
Long jump details	Annie Smith United States	5.74	Margaret Matthews United States	5.73	Willye White United States	5.70
Shot put details	Earlene Brown United States	14.68	Sharon Shepherd United States	13.48	Wanda Wejzgrowicz United States	13.10
Discus throw details	Earlene Brown United States	49.31	Pamela Kurrell United States	42.19	Marjorie Larney United States	42.18
Javelin throw details	Marlene Ahrens Chile	45.38	Marjorie Larney United States	43.65	Amelia Wood United States	42.96

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	26	23	13	62
2	West Indies	2	3	5	10
3	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	0	2
	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	0	2
	Chile (CHI)	1	1	0	2
6	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	2	6	8
8	Panama (PAN)	0	2	1	3
9	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	2	2
11	British Guiana	0	0	1	1
11	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		32	34	30	96

Participating nations

Argentina (9)
Brazil (27)
British Guiana (7)
British West Indies (11)
Canada (30)
Chile (22)
Cuba (13)
Dominican Republic (4)
Ecuador (7)
Guatemala (5)
Haiti (2)
Mexico (28)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
Panama (6)
Peru (5)
Puerto Rico (16)
United States (78)
Uruguay (2)
Venezuela (13)

References

GBR Athletics

Results

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

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