Gymnastics at the 1959 Pan American Games

Gymnastics at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue	Navy Pier [1]
«1955 1963»

The gymnasium at Navy Pier, where the competition took place

Men's and women's gymnastics events were held at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	14	11	11	36
2	Canada	4	6	5	15
3	Mexico	1	1	0	2
4	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		19	18	17	54

Medalists

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around [6] details	John Beckner   United States	Abraham Grossfeld   United States	Don Tonry   United States
Team all-around [6] details	United States John Beckner Donald Tonry Gregor Weiss Abraham Grossfeld Garland O'Quinn Jamile Ashmore	Canada Richard Montpetit Carl Girard Hans Gerbig Dieter Weichort Nino Marion William Vennels	Argentina Juan Caviglia Ricardo Licenziato Cesar Bonoris Martín Carranza Bautista di Giacomo José Flecha
Floor exercise [6] details	Abraham Grossfeld   United States	Jamile Ashmore   United States	Don Tonry   United States
Pommel horse [6] details	Gregor Weiss   United States	Richard Montpetit   Canada	John Beckner   United States Garland O'Quinn   United States
Rings [6] details	Jamile Ashmore   United States Abraham Grossfeld   United States	—	Nino Marion   Canada
Vault [6] details	John Beckner   United States	Richard Montpetit   Canada Gregor Weiss   United States	—
Parallel bars [6] details	John Beckner   United States	Gregor Weiss   United States	Don Tonry   United States
Horizontal bar [6] details	Abraham Grossfeld   United States	John Beckner   United States	Don Tonry   United States

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around [6] details	Ernestine Russell   Canada	Betty Maycock   United States	Marie-Claire Larsen   Canada
Team all-around [6] details	United States Betty Maycock Cassie Collawn Theresa Montefusco Sharon Phelps Judy Klauser Sharon Richardson	Canada Ernestine Russell Marie-Claire Larsen Louise Parker Leissa Kroll Rosemary Ripley Margaret Schran	—
Vault [6] details	Ernestine Russell   Canada	Betty Maycock   United States	Louise Parker   Canada
Uneven bars [6] details	Ernestine Russell   Canada	Theresa Montefusco   United States	Marie-Claire Larsen   Canada
Balance beam [6] details	Ernestine Russell   Canada	Betty Maycock   United States	Cassie Collawn   United States
Floor exercise [6] details	Theresa Montefusco   United States	Ernestine Russell   Canada	Sharon Phelps   United States

Club swinging

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's club swinging [6] details	Francisco Alvarez   Mexico	Porfirio Rivera   Mexico	Ronald Munn   United States

Rope climbing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rope climbing [6] details	Garvin Smith   United States	Nino Marion   Canada	Richard Montpetit   Canada

Trampoline and tumbling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual trampoline [6] details	Ronald Munn   United States	Harold Holmes   United States	Abraham Grossfeld   United States
Men's individual tumbling [6] details	Harold Holmes   United States	Jamile Ashmore   United States	Abraham Grossfeld   United States

See also

• Pan American Gymnastics Championships
• South American Gymnastics Championships
• Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References

1. Gustkey, Earl (August 5, 1987). "PAN AM GAMES LEGACY: 1959 : It's Not Exactly Peace and Harmony". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
2. Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN   0786443367. ISBN   9780786443369
3. "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07.
4. "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Gymnastics Medalists". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
5. "Sports 123: Gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
6. Cunha, Odir (2009). Heróis da América: História completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Planeta. p. 415. ISBN   978-8576652809.