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) |
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1 | Rod Richard |
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10.3 |
2 | Mike Agostini |
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10.4 |
3 | Willie Williams |
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10.4 |
4th | Keith Gardner |
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10.5 |
5 | Rafael Fortun |
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10.6 |
200 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Rod Richard |
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20.94 |
2 | Charles Thomas |
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21.42 |
3 | José Telles da Conceição |
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21.66 |
4th | Mike Agostini |
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21.67 |
5 | Bruce Springbett |
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22.14 |
400 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Lou Jones |
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45.68 |
2 | Jim Lea |
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45.78 |
3 | Jesse Mashburn |
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46.44 |
4th | Frank Rivera |
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48.37 |
5 | Melville Spence |
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48.84 |
800 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Arnie Sowell |
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1: 49.86 |
2 | Lonnie Spurrier |
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1: 50.51 |
3 | Ramon Sandoval |
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1: 52.52 |
4th | Times Whitfield |
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1: 52.66 |
5 | Juan Miranda |
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1: 53.31 |
6th | Argemiro Roque |
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1: 53.98 |
7th | Evelio Planas |
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1: 57.69 |
8th | Waldomiro Monteiro |
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1: 57.74 |
1500 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Juan Miranda |
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3: 53.30 |
2 | Wes Santee |
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3: 53.44 |
3 | Fred Dwyer |
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3: 56.04 |
4th | Bob McMillen |
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4: 04.74 |
5 | Guillermo Solá |
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4: 06.67 |
6th | Filemón Camacho |
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4: 08.0 |
5000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Osvaldo Suarez |
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15: 30.6 |
2 | Horace Ashenfelter |
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15: 31.4 |
3 | Jaime Correa |
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15: 39.2 |
4th | Gordon McKenzie |
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15: 51.8 |
5 | Francisco Hernández |
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16: 02.4 |
6th | Jesús González |
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16: 25.4 |
7th | Isidoro Reséndiz |
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8th | Edgard Freire |
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10,000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Osvaldo Suarez |
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32: 42.6 |
2 | Vicente Sánchez |
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33: 00.4 |
3 | Jaime Correa |
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33: 42.6 |
4th | Francisco Hernández |
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33: 49.8 |
5 | Cruz Serrano |
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34: 35.6 |
6th | Doroteo Flores |
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35: 10.8 |
7th | Guillermo Rojas |
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8th | Matias Vallejos |
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marathon
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Doroteo Flores |
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2:59:10 |
2 | Onésimo Rodríguez |
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3:02:22 |
3 | Luis Velásquez |
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3:05:26 |
4th | Galdino Ramirez |
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3:10:14 |
5 | Barry Lush |
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3:17:54 |
6th | George Norman |
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3:45:40 |
19th March
110 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Jack Davis |
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14.44 |
2 | Keith Gardner |
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14.74 |
3 | Evaristo Iglesias |
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14.94 |
4th | Samuel Anderson |
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14.95 |
5 | Teófilo Davis Bell |
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15.33 |
6th | Wilson Carneiro |
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16.65 |
400 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Josh Culbreath |
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51.5 |
2 | Jaime Aparicio |
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51.8 |
3 | Wilson Carneiro |
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53.0 |
4th | Amadeo Francis |
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53.9 |
5 | Juan Leiva |
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54.7 |
6th | Oscar Fernández |
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55.1 |
3000 meter obstacle course
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Guillermo Solá |
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9: 46.8 |
2 | Santiago Novas |
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9: 50.4 |
3 | Eligio Galicia |
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9: 54.2 |
4th | Edgard Mitt |
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10: 04.6 |
5 | Luciano Gomez |
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10: 14.0 |
6th | Ezequiel García |
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10: 27.2 |
7th | Víctorio Solares |
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4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
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1 |
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Rod Richard Willie Williams Charles Thomas John Bennett |
40.96 |
2 |
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Clive Bonas Guillermo Gutiérrez Apolinar Solórzano Juan Leiva |
41.36 |
3 |
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Sergio Higuera Javier Souza René Ahumada Alberto Goya |
41.94 |
4th |
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42.12 | |
5 |
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42.24 | |
6th |
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42.64 | |
7th |
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4 x 400 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 |
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Jesse Mashburn Lonnie Spurrier Jim Lea Lou Jones |
3: 07.43 |
2 |
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Allan Moore Richard Stick Keith Gardner Melville Spence |
3: 12.63 |
3 |
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Juan Leiva Guillermo Gutiérrez Evaristo Edie Apolinar Solórzano |
3: 15.93 |
4th |
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3: 16.38 | |
5 |
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3: 16.71 | |
6th |
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3: 20.08 | |
7th |
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3: 21.42 |
high jump
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Ernie Shelton |
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2.01 |
2 | Herman Wyatt |
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2.01 |
3 | José Telles da Conceição |
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1.91 |
4th | Ernesto Lagos |
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1.89 |
5 | Roberto López |
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1.86 |
6th | Gaspar Vigo |
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1.86 |
7th | Teófilo Davis Bell |
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1.81 |
8th | Ramón López |
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1.81 |
Pole vault
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Bob Richards |
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4.50 |
2 | Bobby Smith |
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4.30 |
3 | Don Laz |
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4.30 |
4th | Fausto de Souza |
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4.00 |
5 | Jorge Aguilera |
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3.90 |
6th | Brígido Iriarte |
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3.60 |
Long jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Rosslyn Range |
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8.03 |
2 | John Bennett |
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8.01 |
3 | Ary de Sá |
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7.84 |
4th | Carlos Vera |
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7.49 |
5 | Aldo Zuccolillo |
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7.39 |
6th | Claudio Cabreja |
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7.30 |
7th | Víctor Hernández |
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7.22 |
8th | Fermín Donazar |
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7.11 |
Triple jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Adhemar da Silva |
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16.56 |
2 | Arnoldo Devonish |
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16.13 |
3 | Víctor Hernández |
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15.60 |
4th | Carlos Vera |
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15.30 |
5 | Claudio Cabreja |
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15.00 |
6th | Willie Hollie |
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14.96 |
7th | Fermín Donazar |
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14.34 |
8th | Alberto Lemus |
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13.98 |
Shot put
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Parry O'Brien |
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17.59 |
2 | Fortune Gordia |
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15.98 |
3 | Marty angel |
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14.62 |
4th | John Pavelich |
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14.24 |
5 | Eduardo Adriana |
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13.34 |
6th | Rafael Trompiz |
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12.79 |
Discus throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Fortune Gordia |
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53.10 |
2 | Parry O'Brien |
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51.07 |
3 | Hernán Haddad |
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47.14 |
4th | Pedro Ucke |
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42.99 |
5 | Mauricio Rodríguez |
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40.78 |
6th | John Pavelich |
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37.57 |
Hammer throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Bob Backus |
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54.91 |
2 | Marty angel |
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53.36 |
3 | Elbio Porta |
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51.45 |
4th | Alejandro Díaz |
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50.56 |
5 | Arturo Melcher |
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49.60 |
6th | Walter Kupper |
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49.35 |
7th | Francisco Fragoso |
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45.96 |
Javelin throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Bud hero |
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69.77 |
2 | Ricardo Héber |
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66.15 |
3 | Reinaldo Oliver |
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65.56 |
4th | Carlos Fajer |
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61.84 |
5 | Brígido Iriarte |
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56.29 |
6th | Alberto Vera |
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53.97 |
Decathlon
space | athlete | country | Points |
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1 | Rafer Johnson |
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6994 |
2 | Bob Richards |
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6886 |
3 | Hernán Figueroa |
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5740 |
4th | Brígido Iriarte |
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5253 |
5 | Carlos Vera |
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4365 |
6th | Javier González |
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4108 |
Women
60 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bertha Díaz |
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7.5 |
2 | Isabelle Daniels |
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7.6 |
3 | Mabel Landry |
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7.6 |
4th | Gladys Erbetta |
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7.7 |
5 | Mae Faggs |
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7.7 |
6th | Deyse de Castro |
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7.7 |
100 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Barbara Jones |
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11.90 |
2 | Mae Faggs |
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12.07 |
3 | María Luisa Castelli |
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12.38 |
4th | Alfrances Lyman |
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12.42 |
5 | Lilián Heinz |
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12.51 |
80 meter hurdles
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Eliana Gaete |
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11.7 |
2 | Bertha Díaz |
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11.8 |
3 | Wanda dos Santos |
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11.8 |
4th | Gwen Hobbins |
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11.9 |
5 | Barbara Mueller |
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11.9 |
6th | Connie Darnowski |
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12.0 |
4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
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1 |
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Barbara Jones Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Mabel Landry |
47.12 |
2 |
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Lilián Heinz Lilián Buglia María Luisa Castelli Gladys Erbetta |
47.27 |
3 |
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Elda Selamé Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas Beatriz Kretschmer |
49.49 |
4th |
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51.33 |
high jump
space | Athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Mildred McDaniel |
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1.685 |
2 | Deyse de Castro |
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1.59 |
3 | Verneda Thomas |
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1.59 |
4th | Jeanette Cantrell |
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1.56 |
5 | Alice Whitty |
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1.56 |
6th | Delia Díaz |
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1.56 |
7th | Elizabeth Mueller |
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1.45 |
8th | Margarita Kabsch |
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1.35 |
Discus throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ingeborg Pfüller |
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43.19 |
2 | Isabel Avellan |
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40.06 |
3 | Alejandrina Herrera |
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38.00 |
4th | Lili Schluter |
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37.43 |
5 | Jackie MacDonald |
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37.33 |
6th | Marjorie Larney |
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34.97 |
7th | Marie Dupree |
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34.87 |
8th | Pamela Kurrell |
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34.60 |
Javelin throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Karen Anderson |
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49.15 |
2 | Estrella Puente |
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43.43 |
3 | Amelia Wershoven |
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43.06 |
4th | Marjorie Larney |
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40.52 |
5 | Carmen Venegas |
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40.10 |
6th | Anneliese Schmidt |
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39.14 |
7th | Berta Chiú |
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36.69 |
8th | Rosa Gudiño |
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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