1963 Pan American Games / Athletics

At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo ( Brazil ), 33 athletics competitions were held, 23 for men and ten for women.

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.46
2	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	10.59
3	Ira Murchison	United States	10.62
4th	Horacio Esteves	VEN	10.64
5	Gerardo Di Tolla	BY	10.73
6th	Ollan Cassell	United States	10.79

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.23
2	Ollan Cassell	United States	21.23
3	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	21.23
4th	Gerardo Di Tolla	BY	21.58
5	Clifton Bertrand	TRI	21.62
6th	Manuel Rivera	PURE	22.00

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	James Johnson	United States	46.80
2	Melville Spence	JAM	46.94
3	Clifton Bertrand	TRI	47.43
4th	Didier Mejía	MEX	48.28
5	Hortensio Fucil	VEN	48.58

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Don Bertoia	CAN	1: 48.46
2	Sig Ohlemann	CAN	1: 48.63
3	Ernie Cunliffe	United States	1: 48.92
4th	Paulo de Araújo	BRA	1: 52.82
5	Bill Dotson	United States	1: 57.40

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jim Grelle	United States	3: 43.62
2	Jim Beatty	United States	3: 43.88
3	Don Bertoia	CAN	3: 55.19
4th	José Primo	BRA	3: 56.69
5	Alejandro Arroyo	ECU	4: 00.37
6th	Albertino Etchechury	URU	4: 02.18
7th	Jeffrey Payne	BER	4: 14.42
8th	José Luna	MEX	4: 16.21

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	14: 25.81
2	Charley Clark	United States	14: 27.16
3	Bob Schul	United States	14: 29.21
4th	Doug Kyle	CAN	14: 30.80
5	Eligio Galicia	MEX	14: 37.81
6th	Ricardo Vidal	CHI	14: 40.87
7th	Alberto Rios	ARG	15: 03.77
8th	Albertino Etchechury	URU	15: 11.76

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pete McArdle	United States	29: 52.22
2	Osvaldo Suarez	ARG	30: 26.56
3	Eligio Galicia	MEX	30: 27.90
4th	John Gutknecht	United States	30: 33.90
5	Doug Kyle	CAN	31: 47.39
6th	Ricardo Vidal	CHI	31: 54.57
7th	João dos Santos	BRA	32: 22.41

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Fidel Negrete	MEX	2:27:56
2	Gordon McKenzie	United States	2:31:18
3	Pete McArdle	United States	2:34:14
4th	José Campos	BRA	2:42:45
5	Dorival Silva	BRA	2:45:06
6th	Pedro Alvarado	MEX	2:49:06

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Alex Oakley	CAN	1:42:44
2	Nicole Marrone	CAN	1:46:35
3	Ronald Zinn	United States	1:49:45
4th	Ron Laird	United States	1:52:09
5	Renato Coutinho	BRA	2:07:46
6th	Adalberto Fritsch	BRA	2:21:33

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Blaine Lindgren	United States	13.8
2	Willie May	United States	14.0
3	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.3
4th	Heriberto Cruz	PURE	14.7
5	Carlos Mossa	BRA	16.5

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	50.32
2	Willie Atterberry	United States	50.49
3	Russ Rogers	United States	51.19
4th	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.80
5	Anubes da Silva	BRA	52.13
6th	José Cavero	BY	53.10

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jeff Fishback	United States	9: 07.9
2	Sebastião Mendes	BRA	9: 12.8
3	Albertino Etchechury	URU	9: 17.3
4th	Alberto Rios	ARG	9: 32.0
5	Antonio de Azevedo	BRA	9: 42.4

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Earl Young Ollan Cassell Brooks Johnson Ira Murchison	40.40
2	Venezuela	Horacio Esteves Arquímedes Herrera Héctor Thomas Rafael Romero	40.71
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Anthony Jones Irving Joseph Cipriani Phillip Clifton Bertrand	40.87
4th	Brazil		41.23
5	Puerto Rico		42.02
6th	Cuba		42.60

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Ollan Cassell James Johnson Richard Edmunds Earl Young	3: 09.62
2	Venezuela	Arístides Pineda Víctor Maldonado Hortensio Fucil Leslie Mentor	3: 12.20
3	Jamaica	Anthony Carr Rupert Hoilette Melville Spence Malcolm Spence	3: 12.61
4th	Brazil		3: 17.14

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Gene Johnson	United States	2.11
2	Teodoro Palacios	GUA	2.04
3	Anton Norris	BAR	2.04
4th	Ralph Boston	United States	2.04
5	Eleuterio Fassi	ARG	1.95
6th	Roberto Abugattás	BY	1.95
7th	Manoel Cesar	BRA	1.90
8th	Roberto Procel	MEX	1.90

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dave Tork	United States	4.90
2	Henry Wadsworth	United States	4.75
3	Ruben Cruz	PURE	4.30
4th	Ayrton Turini	BRA	3.80
5	Jessemon Siqueira	BRA	3.80

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ralph Boston	United States	8.11
2	Darrell Horn	United States	8.02
3	Juan Muñoz	VEN	7.46
4th	Roberto Procel	MEX	7.31
5	Newton de Castro	BRA	6.89
6th	Francisco Grasso	BRA	6.67

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bill Sharpe	United States	15.15
2	Ramón López	CUB	15.08
3	Mario Gomes	BRA	14.97
4th	Herman Stokes	United States	14.92
5	Silvio Moreira	BRA	14.65
6th	Víctor Hernández	CUB	14.31

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Davis	United States	18.52
2	Billy Joe	United States	17.77
3	Luis Di Cursi	ARG	16.26
4th	Lambertus Rebel	AHO	14.85
5	José Jacques	BRA	14.29
6th	Darcy María	BRA	13.78

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bob Humphreys	United States	57.82
2	Dave Davis	United States	51.05
3	Lambertus Rebel	AHO	49.78
4th	Modesto Mederos	CUB	48.22
5	Hector Menacho	BY	47.60
6th	João Alexandre	BRA	45.16
7th	Luis Di Cursi	ARG	44.02
8th	Cláudio Romanini	BRA	43.63

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Albert Hall	United States	62.74
2	Jim Pryde	United States	58.56
3	Roberto Chapchap	BRA	57.92
4th	Enrique Samuells	CUB	56.21
5	Lido Crispieri	CHI	54.67
6th	Bruno Strohmeier	BRA	53.04

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dan Studney	United States	75.60
2	Nick Kovalakides	United States	73.71
3	Walter de Almeida	BRA	64.61
4th	Luis Zárate	BY	64.31
5	Orlando Garrido	BRA	61.16
6th	Jesús Rodríguez	VEN	61.05
7th	Ricardo Héber	ARG	60.22

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	JD Martin	United States	7335
2	Bill Gairdner	CAN	6812
3	Héctor Thomas	VEN	6751
4th	Russ Hodge	United States	6331
5	Cleomenes da Cunha	BRA	6236
6th	Roberto Caravaca	VEN	5845
7th	Marseno Martins	BRA	5820

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edith McGuire	United States	11.65
2	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.69
3	Marilyn White	United States	11.85
4th	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.00
5	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	12.01
6th	Maureen Bardoe	CAN	12.09

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Vivian Brown	United States	23.9
2	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	24.0
3	Lorraine Dunn	PAN	24.7
4th	Norma Harris	United States	25.3
5	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	25.4
6th	Josefina Sobers	PAN	26.0

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abby Hoffman	CAN	2: 10.27
2	Leah Bennett Ferris	United States	2: 13.79
3	Noreen Deuling	CAN	2: 14.98
4th	Cynthia Hegarty	United States	2: 17.41
5	Maria José de Lima	BRA	2: 22.70
6th	Aleida Polledo	CUB	2: 30.92
7th	Mercedes Barbosa	MEX	2: 32.96
8th	Eliana Gaete	CHI	2: 33.87

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jo Ann Terry	United States	11.37
2	Jenny Wingerson	CAN	11.48
3	Wanda dos Santos	BRA	11.50
4th	Lorraine Dunn	PAN	11.65
5	Leda dos Santos	BRA	12.05

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Vivian Brown Willye White Norma Harris Marilyn White	45.72
2	Cuba	Miguelina Cobián Irene Martínez Nereida Borges Fulgencia Romay	46.44
3	Brazil	Edir Ribeiro Ignes Pimenta Erica da Silva Leontina dos Santos	48.18
4th	Panama		48.31

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Eleanor Montgomery	United States	1.68
2	Dianne Gerace	CAN	1.65
3	Patsy Callender	BAR	1.62
4th	Maria da Conceição	BRA	1.59
5	Aída dos Santos	BRA	1.53
6th	Estelle Baskerville	United States	1.53
7th	Sandra Barr	CAN	1.53
8th	Hilda Fabré	CUB	1.50

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Willye White	United States	6.15
2	Iris dos Santos	BRA	5.65
3	Edith McGuire	United States	5.48
4th	Gisela Vidal	VEN	5.42
5	Irene Martínez	CUB	5.39
6th	Dianne Gerace	CAN	5.25
7th	Patsy Callender	BAR	5.17
8th	Joanne Rootsaert	CAN	5.07

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nancy McCredie	CAN	15.32
2	Cynthia Wyatt	United States	14.27
3	Sharon Shepherd	United States	14.10
4th	Vera Trezoitko	BRA	12.87
5	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	12.26
6th	Maria Caldeira	BRA	11.31

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nancy McCredie	CAN	50.18
2	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	47.83
3	Sharon Shepherd	United States	47.29
4th	Caridad Aguero	CUB	45.02
5	Miriam Yutronic	CHI	42.69
6th	Cynthia Wyatt	United States	42.32
7th	Odete Domingos	BRA	40.43
8th	Iris dos Santos	BRA	39.48

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	49.93
2	Frances Davenport	United States	47.22
3	Iris dos Santos	BRA	35.51
4th	Pat Dobie	CAN	35.22

Web links

• IV Pan American Game, Sao Paulo 1963 on trackfield.brinkster.net