1955 Pan American Games / Athletics

At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City ( Mexico ), 29 competitions were held in athletics , 22 for men and seven for women.

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rod Richard	United States	10.3
2	Mike Agostini	TRI	10.4
3	Willie Williams	United States	10.4
4th	Keith Gardner	JAM	10.5
5	Rafael Fortun	CUB	10.6

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rod Richard	United States	20.94
2	Charles Thomas	United States	21.42
3	José Telles da Conceição	BRA	21.66
4th	Mike Agostini	TRI	21.67
5	Bruce Springbett	CAN	22.14

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lou Jones	United States	45.68
2	Jim Lea	United States	45.78
3	Jesse Mashburn	United States	46.44
4th	Frank Rivera	PURE	48.37
5	Melville Spence	JAM	48.84

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Arnie Sowell	United States	1: 49.86
2	Lonnie Spurrier	United States	1: 50.51
3	Ramon Sandoval	CHI	1: 52.52
4th	Times Whitfield	United States	1: 52.66
5	Juan Miranda	ARG	1: 53.31
6th	Argemiro Roque	BRA	1: 53.98
7th	Evelio Planas	CUB	1: 57.69
8th	Waldomiro Monteiro	BRA	1: 57.74

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Juan Miranda	ARG	3: 53.30
2	Wes Santee	United States	3: 53.44
3	Fred Dwyer	United States	3: 56.04
4th	Bob McMillen	United States	4: 04.74
5	Guillermo Solá	CHI	4: 06.67
6th	Filemón Camacho	VEN	4: 08.0

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	15: 30.6
2	Horace Ashenfelter	United States	15: 31.4
3	Jaime Correa	CHI	15: 39.2
4th	Gordon McKenzie	United States	15: 51.8
5	Francisco Hernández	MEX	16: 02.4
6th	Jesús González	MEX	16: 25.4
7th	Isidoro Reséndiz	MEX
8th	Edgard Freire	BRA

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	32: 42.6
2	Vicente Sánchez	MEX	33: 00.4
3	Jaime Correa	CHI	33: 42.6
4th	Francisco Hernández	MEX	33: 49.8
5	Cruz Serrano	MEX	34: 35.6
6th	Doroteo Flores	GUA	35: 10.8
7th	Guillermo Rojas	GUA
8th	Matias Vallejos	PAR

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Doroteo Flores	GUA	2:59:10
2	Onésimo Rodríguez	MEX	3:02:22
3	Luis Velásquez	GUA	3:05:26
4th	Galdino Ramirez	MEX	3:10:14
5	Barry Lush	CAN	3:17:54
6th	George Norman	CAN	3:45:40

19th March

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jack Davis	United States	14.44
2	Keith Gardner	JAM	14.74
3	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.94
4th	Samuel Anderson	CUB	14.95
5	Teófilo Davis Bell	VEN	15.33
6th	Wilson Carneiro	BRA	16.65

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Josh Culbreath	United States	51.5
2	Jaime Aparicio	COL	51.8
3	Wilson Carneiro	BRA	53.0
4th	Amadeo Francis	PURE	53.9
5	Juan Leiva	VEN	54.7
6th	Oscar Fernández	MEX	55.1

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Guillermo Solá	CHI	09: 46.8
2	Santiago Novas	CHI	09: 50.4
3	Eligio Galicia	MEX	09: 54.2
4th	Edgard Mitt	BRA	10: 04.6
5	Luciano Gomez	MEX	10: 14.0
6th	Ezequiel García	MEX	10: 27.2
7th	Víctorio Solares	GUA

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Rod Richard Willie Williams Charles Thomas John Bennett	40.96
2	Venezuela	Clive Bonas Guillermo Gutiérrez Apolinar Solórzano Juan Leiva	41.36
3	Mexico	Sergio Higuera Javier Souza René Ahumada Alberto Goya	41.94
4th	Argentina		42.12
5	Canada		42.24
6th	Dominican Republic		42.64
7th	Cuba

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Jesse Mashburn Lonnie Spurrier Jim Lea Lou Jones	3: 07.43
2	Jamaica	Allan Moore Richard Stick Keith Gardner Melville Spence	3: 12.63
3	Venezuela	Juan Leiva Guillermo Gutiérrez Evaristo Edie Apolinar Solórzano	3: 15.93
4th	Puerto Rico		3: 16.38
5	Brazil		3: 16.71
6th	Colombia		3: 20.08
7th	Mexico		3: 21.42

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ernie Shelton	United States	2.01
2	Herman Wyatt	United States	2.01
3	José Telles da Conceição	BRA	1.91
4th	Ernesto Lagos	CHI	1.89
5	Roberto López	CUB	1.86
6th	Gaspar Vigo	PURE	1.86
7th	Teófilo Davis Bell	VEN	1.81
8th	Ramón López	CUB	1.81

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bob Richards	United States	4.50
2	Bobby Smith	United States	4.30
3	Don Laz	United States	4.30
4th	Fausto de Souza	BRA	4.00
5	Jorge Aguilera	MEX	3.90
6th	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	3.60

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Rosslyn Range	United States	8.03
2	John Bennett	United States	8.01
3	Ary de Sá	BRA	7.84
4th	Carlos Vera	CHI	7.49
5	Aldo Zuccolillo	PAR	7.39
6th	Claudio Cabreja	CUB	7.30
7th	Víctor Hernández	CUB	7.22
8th	Fermín Donazar	URU	7.11

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.56
2	Arnoldo Devonish	VEN	16.13
3	Víctor Hernández	CUB	15.60
4th	Carlos Vera	CHI	15.30
5	Claudio Cabreja	CUB	15.00
6th	Willie Hollie	United States	14.96
7th	Fermín Donazar	URU	14.34
8th	Alberto Lemus	COL	13.98

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Parry O'Brien	United States	17.59
2	Fortune Gordia	United States	15.98
3	Marty angel	United States	14.62
4th	John Pavelich	CAN	14.24
5	Eduardo Adriana	AHO	13.34
6th	Rafael Trompiz	VEN	12.79

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fortune Gordia	United States	53.10
2	Parry O'Brien	United States	51.07
3	Hernán Haddad	CHI	47.14
4th	Pedro Ucke	ARG	42.99
5	Mauricio Rodríguez	VEN	40.78
6th	John Pavelich	CAN	37.57

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bob Backus	United States	54.91
2	Marty angel	United States	53.36
3	Elbio Porta	ARG	51.45
4th	Alejandro Díaz	CHI	50.56
5	Arturo Melcher	CHI	49.60
6th	Walter Kupper	BRA	49.35
7th	Francisco Fragoso	MEX	45.96

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bud hero	United States	69.77
2	Ricardo Héber	ARG	66.15
3	Reinaldo Oliver	PURE	65.56
4th	Carlos Fajer	MEX	61.84
5	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	56.29
6th	Alberto Vera	MEX	53.97

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Rafer Johnson	United States	6994
2	Bob Richards	United States	6886
3	Hernán Figueroa	CHI	5740
4th	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	5253
5	Carlos Vera	CHI	4365
6th	Javier González	MEX	4108

Women

60 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bertha Díaz	CUB	7.5
2	Isabelle Daniels	United States	7.6
3	Mabel Landry	United States	7.6
4th	Gladys Erbetta	ARG	7.7
5	Mae Faggs	United States	7.7
6th	Deyse de Castro	BRA	7.7

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barbara Jones	United States	11.90
2	Mae Faggs	United States	12.07
3	María Luisa Castelli	ARG	12.38
4th	Alfrances Lyman	United States	12.42
5	Lilián Heinz	ARG	12.51

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eliana Gaete	CHI	11.7
2	Bertha Díaz	CUB	11.8
3	Wanda dos Santos	BRA	11.8
4th	Gwen Hobbins	CAN	11.9
5	Barbara Mueller	United States	11.9
6th	Connie Darnowski	United States	12.0

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Barbara Jones Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Mabel Landry	47.12
2	Argentina	Lilián Heinz Lilián Buglia María Luisa Castelli Gladys Erbetta	47.27
3	Chile	Elda Selamé Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas Beatriz Kretschmer	49.49
4th	Mexico		51.33

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mildred McDaniel	United States	1.685
2	Deyse de Castro	BRA	1.59
3	Verneda Thomas	United States	1.59
4th	Jeanette Cantrell	United States	1.56
5	Alice Whitty	CAN	1.56
6th	Delia Díaz	URU	1.56
7th	Elizabeth Mueller	BRA	1.45
8th	Margarita Kabsch	MEX	1.35

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	43.19
2	Isabel Avellan	ARG	40.06
3	Alejandrina Herrera	CUB	38.00
4th	Lili Schluter	MEX	37.43
5	Jackie MacDonald	CAN	37.33
6th	Marjorie Larney	United States	34.97
7th	Marie Dupree	CAN	34.87
8th	Pamela Kurrell	United States	34.60

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Karen Anderson	United States	49.15
2	Estrella Puente	URU	43.43
3	Amelia Wershoven	United States	43.06
4th	Marjorie Larney	United States	40.52
5	Carmen Venegas	CHI	40.10
6th	Anneliese Schmidt	BRA	39.14
7th	Berta Chiú	MEX	36.69
8th	Rosa Gudiño	MEX	34.56

Web links

• II Pan American Game, Mexico City 1955 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• United States Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report, US Olympic Committee, 1957 , (PDF file; 34.5 MB), pp. 297-311