Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28 and 29 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josh Culbreath   United States	Dick Howard   United States	Cliff Cushman   United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Josh Culbreath	United States	53.2	Q
2	1	Victor Flores	Venezuela	54.1	Q
3	1	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	54.4	Q
	1	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	DNF
	1	Heber Etcheverry	Uruguay	DQ
1	2	Dick Howard	United States	53.5	Q
2	2	Cliff Cushman	United States	53.5	Q
3	2	Ulysses dos Santos	Brazil	53.6	Q
4	2	Gabriel Roldán	Mexico	54.5
5	2	George Shepherd	Canada	55.6
6	2	Armando Betancourt	Cuba	??.?

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Josh Culbreath	United States	51.2
	Dick Howard	United States	51.3
	Cliff Cushman	United States	53.0
4	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	53.1
5	Ulysses dos Santos	Brazil	53.2
6	Victor Flores	Venezuela	53.4

References

1. Full results
2. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 25 August 2020.