Football – Men's tournament at the I959 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venues | Hanson Stadium[1] Soldier Field[2] | ||||||
Dates | 28 August – 6 September | ||||||
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«1955 1963» |
Football at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams competed in a round-robin competition with Cuba, Haiti and the hosts (United States) competing in their first Pan American Games football tournament. Argentina defended the gold medal they had won at the previous games finishing with 11 points from a possible 12 points while Brazil and the United States claimed silver and bronze respectively.[3]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 |
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9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 |
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8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
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6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
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5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
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3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | −28 |
Haiti ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() |
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Delices ![]() Delpeche ![]() Pierre ![]() Champagne ![]() |
Report | Piedra ![]() Doce ![]() |
United States ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Zerhusen ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Looby ![]() ![]() Grabowski ![]() |
Report | Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Beyruth ![]() China ![]() Rodrigues ![]() |
Report | Vargas ![]() Loria ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() Basílico ![]() Pérez ![]() |
Report | Sordo ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Alfaro ![]() |
Report | Contreras ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Gérson ![]() Rodrigues ![]() Beyruth ![]() |
Report |
United States ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Report | Gérson ![]() Roberto ![]() Germano ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() |
Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Acuña ![]() |
Report | Bolaños ![]() Migone ![]() Basilico ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Díez ![]() Mercado ![]() Álvarez ![]() Contreras ![]() |
Report | Álvarez ![]() |
Haiti ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() |
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Delpeche ![]() |
Report | Germano ![]() China ![]() Roberto ![]() Maranhão ![]() |
United States ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Zerhusen ![]() Looby ![]() Murphy ![]() |
Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Bolaños ![]() Speca ![]() Herrera ![]() |
Report | Murphy ![]() Looby ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Mercado ![]() Carranza ![]() |
Report | China ![]() Gérson ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Fenol ![]() Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() Pierre ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Basílico ![]() Bonnano ![]() Stork ![]() Oleniak ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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China ![]() |
Report | Bonnano ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() Looby ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Report | Meza ![]() Contreras ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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González ![]() |
Report | Alfaro ![]() Gómez ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Mercado ![]() |
Report | Delices ![]() Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() |
1959 Pan American Games winners |
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![]() Argentina Third title |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | ![]() Miguel Basílico |
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![]() Victor Ottoboni |
There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: RSSSF