Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games

International athletics championship event

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 →

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1959 Pan American Games

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

## Medal summary

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 32| 34| 30| 96

## Participating nations

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*  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

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* 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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