| Men's 1500 metres at the Pan American Games |
|---|
| Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 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 | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 2 September. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Dyrol Burleson | Jim Grelle | Ed Moran |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Randy Mason | 3:58.7 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Ralph Gomes | 3:59.8 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | José Manuel Luna | 4:00.3 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Ricardo Vidal | 4:00.7 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Dyrol Burleson | 4:02.6 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | José Pérez | 4:10.2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | François Ducarmel | ?:??.? | ||
| 1 | 2 | David Drybrough | 3:59.6 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Ramón Sandoval | 3:59.8 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Ed Moran | 4:00.0 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Jim Grelle | 4:02.4 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Alfonso Tinoco | 4:03.4 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Alejandro Arroyo | 4:12.8 | ||
| 2 | Jossué Delgado | DNS | |||
| 2 | Sebastião Mendes | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyrol Burleson | 3:49.1 | |||
| Jim Grelle | 3:49.9 | |||
| Ed Moran | 3:50.1 | |||
| 4 | Ramón Sandoval | 3:51.9 | ||
| 5 | Randy Mason | 3:54.0 | ||
| 6 | José Manuel Luna | 3:58.1 | ||
| 7 | Ralph Gomes | 4:00.5 | ||
| 8 | Alfonso Tinoco | 4:01.1 | ||
| 9 | Ricardo Vidal | ?:??.? | ||
| David Drybrough | DNF |