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
	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.