| Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 60 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 13 and 14 March. [1] [2] It was the first of only two times that this event was contested at the Games before being discontinued after 1959.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bertha Díaz | Isabelle Daniels | Mabel Landry |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mae Faggs | 7.58 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Bertha Díaz | 7.66 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Lilián Buglia | 7.77 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Beatriz Kretschmer | 7.86 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Raquel Trujillo | 8.14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Gladys Peña | 8.43 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Isabelle Daniels | 7.66 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Deyse de Castro | 7.69 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Lilian Heinz | 7.87 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Elda Selamé | 8.10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Sara Pantoja | 8.24 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Leonilda Miranda | 8.85 | ||
| 2 | Cynthia Mills | DNF | |||
| 1 | 3 | Mabel Landry | 7.86 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Gladys Erbetta | 7.87 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Eliana Gaete | 7.88 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Wanda dos Santos | 8.06 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Christina Blizzard | 8.40 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertha Díaz | 7.5 | |||
| Isabelle Daniels | 7.6 | |||
| Mabel Landry | 7.6 | |||
| 4 | Gladys Erbetta | 7.7 | ||
| 5 | Mae Faggs | 7.7 | ||
| 6 | Deyse de Castro | 7.8 |