1959 Pan American Games / Athletics

At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago ( United States ), 32 athletics competitions were held, 22 for men and ten for women.

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ray Norton	United States	10.3
2	Mike Agostini	BWI	10.4
3	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.5
4th	Robert Poynter	United States	10.5
5	Dennis Johnson	BWI	10.6
6th	Rafael Romero	VEN	10.7
7th	Bill Woodhouse	United States	10.7
8th	Santiago Plaza	MEX	10.8

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ray Norton	United States	20.6
2	Lester Carney	United States	21.1
3	Mike Agostini	BWI	21.1
4th	Vance Robinson	United States	21.2
5	Ramón Vega	PURE	21.3
6th	Basil Ince	BWI	21.6

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	George Kerr	BWI	46.1
2	Basil Ince	BWI	46.4
3	Malcolm Spence	BWI	46.6
4th	Dave Mills	United States	46.7
5	Iván Rodríguez	PURE	47.0
6th	Jack Yerman	United States	47.9

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tom Murphy	United States	1: 49.4
2	George Kerr	BWI	1: 49.4
3	Tony Seth	BGU	1: 49.7
4th	Melville Spence	BWI	1: 50.0
5	Ernie Cunliffe	United States	1: 51.5
6th	Stan Worsfold	CAN	1: 52.4
7th	Sig Ohlemann	CAN	1: 53.0

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Dyrol Burleson	United States	3: 49.1
2	Jim Grelle	United States	3: 49.9
3	Ed Moran	United States	3: 50.1
4th	Ramon Sandoval	CHI	3: 51.9
5	Randy Matson	CAN	3: 54.0
6th	José Luna	MEX	3: 58.1
7th	Ralph Gomes	BGU	4: 00.5
8th	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	4: 01.1

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bill Dellinger	United States	14: 28.4
2	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	14: 28.6
3	Doug Kyle	CAN	14: 33.0
4th	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	14: 43.8
5	George de Peana	BGU	14: 57.0
6th	Eligio Galicia	MEX
7th	Domingo Amaisón	ARG
8th	Ricardo Vidal	CHI

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	30: 17.2
2	Doug Kyle	CAN	30: 18.0
3	Bob Soth	United States	30: 21.8
4th	George de Peana	BGU	31: 16.0
5	Gordon Dickson	CAN	31: 18.0
6th	Alex Breckenridge	United States	31: 18.6
7th	Ricardo Vidal	CHI	31: 35.7
8th	Luis Sandoval	ARG	31: 42.8

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	John J. Kelley	United States	2:27:55
2	James Green	United States	2:32:17
3	Gordon Dickson	CAN	2:36:19
4th	Al Confalone	United States	2:38:53
5	Juan Silva	CHI	2:42:35
6th	Macario Subuyi	GUA	2:42:39
7th	Walter Lemos	ARG	2:49:19
8th	Salvador Torres	MEX	3:13:38

September 2nd

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hayes Jones	United States	13.6
2	Lee Calhoun	United States	13.7
3	Elias Gilbert	United States	14.0
4th	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.6
5	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.6
6th	Wilson Carneiro	BRA	14.9
7th	Ijoel da Silva	BRA
8th	Cliff Murray	BGU

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Josh Culbreath	United States	51.2
2	Dick Howard	United States	51.3
3	Clifton Cushman	United States	53.0
4th	Anubes da Silva	BRA	53.1
5	Ulisses dos Santos	BRA	53.2
6th	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	53.4

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Phil Coleman	United States	8: 56.4
2	Deacon Jones	United States	8: 56.6
3	Alfredo Tinoco	MEX	8: 58.0
4th	Sebastião Mendes	BRA	9: 02.2
5	George Young	United States	9: 07.8
6th	Alberto Rios	ARG	9: 08.0
7th	Domingo Amaisón	ARG
8th	Francisco Allen	CHI

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Ray Norton Robert Poynter Bill Woodhouse Hayes Jones	40.4
2	Venezuela	Rafael Romero Emilio Romero Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad	41.1
3	West Indian Federation	Clifton Bertrand Dennis Johnson Wilton Jackson Mike Agostini	41.6
4th	Brazil		41.6
5	Puerto Rico		41.7
6th	Canada		41.9

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	West Indian Federation	Malcolm Spence George Kerr Melville Spence Basil Ince	3: 05.3
2	United States	Josh Culbreath Dave Mills Jack Yerman Eddie Southern	3: 05.8
3	Puerto Rico	Ramón Vega Jossué Cains Frank Rivera Iván Rodríguez	3: 12.4
4th	Brazil		3: 16.1
5	Mexico		3: 18.0
6th	Canada		3: 18.3

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Charles Dumas	United States	2.10
2	Bob Gardner	United States	2.03
3	Ernle Haisley	BWI	2.00
4th	Teodoro Palacios	GUA	1.98
5	Errol Williams	United States	1.94
6th	Gerald Brisson	HAI	1.89
	Paulo da Silva	BRA	1.89
8th	Will Foss	CAN	1.87

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Don Bragg	United States	4.62
2	Jim Graham	United States	4.32
3	Rolando Cruz	PURE	4.32
4th	Ron Morris	United States	4.32
5	Ruben Cruz	PURE	4.23
6th	Robert Reid	CAN	4.04
7th	David Linekin	CAN	4.04
8th	Miguel Rivera	PURE	3.80
	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	3.80
	José Infante	CHI	3.80

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bo Roberson	United States	7.97
2	Greg Bell	United States	7.60
3	Lester Bird	BWI	7.46
4th	Joel Wiley	United States	7.42
5	Roberto Procel	MEX	7.05
6th	Julio Lleras	PURE	6.95
7th	Víctor Hernández	CUB	6.94
8th	Carlos Vera	CHI	6.87

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.90
2	Herman Stokes	United States	15.39
3	Bill Sharpe	United States	15.25
4th	Jack Smyth	CAN	15.12
5	Pedro Camacho	PURE	14.66
6th	Víctor Hernández	CUB	14.66
7th	Ira Davis	United States	14.54
8th	Rumildo Cruz	PURE	14.43

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Parry O'Brien	United States	19.04
2	Dallas Long	United States	18.51
3	Dave Davis	United States	17.01
4th	Enrique Help	ARG	15.46
5	Stan Raike	CAN	15.23
6th	Isolino Taborda	BRA	14.90
7th	Alcides Dambrós	BRA	14.87
8th	Leonardo Kittsteiner	CHI	14.64

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Al Oerter	United States	58.12
2	Dick Cochran	United States	54.44
3	Parry O'Brien	United States	51.84
4th	Lambertus Rebel	AHO	48.05
5	Hernán Haddad	CHI	46.45
6th	Enrique Help	ARG	45.79
7th	John Pavelich	CAN	44.63
8th	Daniel Cereali	VEN	44.06

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Albert Hall	United States	59.71
2	Hal Connolly	United States	59.67
3	Bob Backus	United States	59.55
4th	Roberto Chapchap	BRA	55.75
5	Bruno Strohmeier	BRA	53.96
6th	Daniel Cereali	VEN	52.68
7th	Alejandro Díaz	CHI	51.34
8th	Francisco Fragoso	MEX	46.26

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Buster Quist	United States	70.50
2	Phil Conley	United States	69.94
3	Al Cantello	United States	69.82
4th	Juris Laipenieks	CHI	58.88
5	Luis Zárate	BY	56.20
6th	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	53.02

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Dave Edstrom	United States	7254
2	Phil Mulkey	United States	6062
3	George Stulac	CAN	5989
4th	Héctor Thomas	VEN	5626
5	Emir Martínez	ARG	5489
6th	Juris Laipenieks	CHI	5472
7th	Rodolfo Mijares	MEX	5213
8th	Leopoldo Vázquez	MEX	4969

Women

60 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Isabelle Daniels	United States	7.4
2	Carlota Gooden	PAN	7.4
	Barbara Jones	United States	7.4
4th	Martha Hudson	United States	7.4
5	Maureen Rever	CAN	7.5
6th	Jean Holmes	PAN	7.7
	Valerie Jerome	CAN
	Nereida Borges	CUB

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lucinda Williams	United States	12.1
2	Wilma Rudolph	United States	12.3
3	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.3
4th	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.6
5	Sally McCallum	CAN	12.6
6th	Heather Campbell	CAN	12.8
7th	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.8
8th	Nereida Borges	CUB	12.9

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lucinda Williams	United States	24.2
2	Isabelle Daniels	United States	24.8
3	Sally McCallum	CAN	25.1
4th	Heather Campbell	CAN	25.5
5	Louise Mead	United States	26.2
6th	Pat Cole	CAN	26.4

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bertha Díaz	CUB	11.2
2	Wanda dos Santos	BRA	11.5
3	Marian Munroe	CAN	11.5
4th	Barbara Mueller	United States	11.5
5	Pat Power	CAN	11.5
6th	Shirley Crowder	United States	11.8
7th	Maria José de Lima	BRA	11.9
8th	Sally McCallum	CAN	12.0

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Isabelle Daniels Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph	46.4
2	Panama	Carlota Gooden Jean Holmes Marcela Daniel Silvia Hunte	48.2
3	Canada	Sally McCallum Valerie Jerome Heather Campbell Maureen Rever	48.5
4th	Brazil		51.8
5	Mexico		52.3

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ann Marie Flynn	United States	1.61
2	Renata Friedrichs	CHI	1.50
	Alice Whitty	CAN	1.50
4th	Ann Roniger	United States	1.50
5	Maria José de Lima	BRA	1.45
	Nelly Gomez	CHI	1.45
7th	Neomia Rogers	United States	1.45
8th	Alejandra Coffigny	CUB	1.45

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Annie Smith	United States	5.73
2	Margaret Matthews	United States	5.72
3	Willye White	United States	5.70
4th	Maureen Rever	CAN	5.27
5	Eliana Gaete	CHI	5.00
6th	Iris dos Santos	BRA	4.87
7th	Valerie Jerome	CAN	4.03

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Earlene Brown	United States	14.68
2	Sharon Shepherd	United States	13.53
3	Wanda Wejzgrowicz	United States	13.10
4th	Vera Trezoitko	BRA	12.61
5	Pradelia Delgado	CHI	12.05
6th	Renata Friedrichs	CHI	10.96
7th	Lili Schluter	MEX	09.53

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Earlene Brown	United States	49.31
2	Pamela Kurrell	United States	42.18
3	Marjorie Larney	United States	42.17
4th	Alejandrina Herrera	CUB	40.80
5	Pradelia Delgado	CHI	39.57
6th	Marie Dupree	CAN	38.86
7th	Lili Schluter	MEX	38.16
8th	Odete Domingos	BRA	36.77

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	45.38
2	Marjorie Larney	United States	43.65
3	Amelia Wood	United States	42.96
4th	Peggy Scholler	United States	39.90
5	Marlene Silva	CHI	39.03
6th	Silvia Hunte	PAN	33.32

Web links

• III Pan American Game, Chicago 1959 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• United States Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report, US Olympic Committee, 1961 , (PDF file; 26.5 MB), pp. 232–241