Gymnastics at the 1955 Pan American Games

Gymnastics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Gymnastics at the 1955 Pan American Games
	«1951 1959»

Last updated August 11, 2025

Men's gymnastics events were held at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)

Medalists

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around^[5] details	John Beckner United States	Joseph Kotys United States	Jack Miles United States
Team all-around^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina
Floor exercise^[5] details	John Beckner United States	Joseph Kotys United States	Juan Caviglia Argentina Abraham Grossfeld United States
Pommel horse^[5] details	John Beckner United States	Rafael Lecuona Cuba	Joseph Kotys United States
Rings^[5] details	Richard Beckner United States	Donald Holder United States	Jack Miles United States Abraham Grossfeld United States
Vault^[5] details	Joseph Kotys United States	Jack Miles United States Donald Holder United States	—
Parallel bars^[5] details	John Beckner United States Richard Beckner United States	—	Abraham Grossfeld United States
Horizontal bar^[5] details	Abraham Grossfeld United States	Jack Miles United States	Joseph Kotys United States
Team floor exercise^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina
Team pommel horse^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina
Team rings^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina
Team vault^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián
Team parallel bars^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina
Team horizontal bar^[5] details	United States John Beckner Joseph Kotys Jack Miles Abraham Grossfeld Donald Holder Richard Beckner	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ovidio Ferrari Cesar Bonoris Enrique Rapesta Joaquín Zbikowski Jaroslav Slanina	Cuba Rafael Lecuona Luis Santana Francisco Cascante Baldomero Rubiera Ángel Franco Roberto Villacián

Club swinging

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's club swinging^[5] details	Francisco Alvarez Mexico	Donald Holder United States	Jack Miles United States

Rope climbing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rope climbing^[5] details	Donald Perry United States	Baldomero Rubiera Cuba	Roberto Villacián Cuba

Trampoline and tumbling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual trampoline^[5] details	Donald Harper United States	William Roy United States	Eduardo Fereda Venezuela
Men's individual tumbling^[5] details	William Roy United States	Joseph Kotys United States	Juan Caviglia Argentina

References

↑ Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369
↑ "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07.
↑ "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Gymnastics Medalists". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
↑ "Sports 123: Gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2019-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Cunha, Odir (2009). Heróis da América: História completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Planeta. p. 415. ISBN 978-8576652809.

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[1] Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369

[2] "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07.

[3] "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Gymnastics Medalists". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

[4] "Sports 123: Gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2019-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[cunha-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Cunha, Odir (2009). Heróis da América: História completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Planeta. p. 415. ISBN 978-8576652809.

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