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Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games

Athletics at the
1955 Pan American Games
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Dates13–19 March
Host cityMexico City, Mexico Mexico
VenueEstadio Universitario
LevelSenior
Events29
Participation242 athletes from
20 nations


The athletics competition at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Rod Richard
United States
10.3A GR Mike Agostini
Trinidad and Tobago
10.4A Willie Williams
United States
10.4A
200 metres
Rod Richard
United States
20.94A GR Charles Thomas
United States
21.42A José Telles da Conceição
Brazil
Mike Agostini
Trinidad and Tobago
21.66A
21.67A
400 metres
Lou Jones
United States
45.68A WR Jim Lea
United States
45.78A Jesse Mashburn
United States
46.44A
800 metres
Arnie Sowell
United States
1:49.86A GR Lon Spurrier
United States
1:50.51A Ramón Sandoval
Chile
1:52.52A
1500 metres
Juan Miranda
Argentina
3:53.30A GR Wes Santee
United States
3:53.44A Fred Dwyer
United States
3:56.04A
5000 metres
Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina
15:30.6A Horace Ashenfelter
United States
15:31.4A Jaime Correa
Chile
15:39.2A
10,000 metres
Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina
32:42.6A Vicente Sánchez
Mexico
33:00.4A Jaime Correa
Chile
33:42.6A
Marathon
Doroteo Flores
Guatemala
2:59:10A Onésimo Rodríguez
Mexico
3:02:22A Luis Velásquez
Guatemala
3:05:26A
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
Jack Davis
United States
14.44A Keith Gardner
Jamaica
14.74A Evaristo Iglesias
Cuba
14.94A
400 metres hurdles
Josh Culbreath
United States
51.5A GR Jaime Aparicio
Colombia
51.8A Wilson Carneiro
Brazil
53.0A
3000 metres steeplechase
Guillermo Solá
Chile
9:46.8A Santiago Novas
Chile
9:50.4A Eligio Galicia
Mexico
9:54.2A
4 × 100 metres relay
United States
Willie Williams
John Bennett
Charles Thomas
Rod Richard
40.96A GR Venezuela
Clive Bonas
Apolinar Solórzano
Guillermo Gutiérrez
Juan Leiva
41.36A Mexico
Alberto Goya
René Ahumada
Javier Souza
Sergio Higuera
41.94A
4 × 400 metres relay
United States
Jesse Mashburn
Lon Spurrier
Jim Lea
Lou Jones
3:07.43A GR Jamaica
Keith Gardner
Richard Stick
Mel Spence
Allan Moore
3:12.63A Venezuela
Guillermo Gutiérrez
Apolinar Solórzano
Evaristo Edie
Juan Leiva
3:15.93A
High jump
Ernie Shelton
United States
2.01A GR Herman Wyatt
United States
2.01A José Telles da Conceição
Brazil
1.91A
Pole vault
Bob Richards
United States
4.50A =GR Bobby Smith
United States
4.30A Don Laz
United States
4.30A
Long jump
Rosslyn Range
United States
8.03A GR John Bennett
United States
8.01A Ary de Sá
Brazil
7.84A
Triple jump
Adhemar da Silva
Brazil
16.56A WR Asnoldo Devonish
Venezuela
16.13A Víctor Hernández
Cuba
15.60A
Shot put
Parry O'Brien
United States
17.59A GR Fortune Gordien
United States
15.98A Marty Engel
United States
14.62A
Discus throw
Fortune Gordien
United States
53.10A GR Parry O'Brien
United States
51.07A Hernán Haddad
Chile
47.14A
Hammer throw
Bob Backus
United States
54.91A GR Marty Engel
United States
53.36A Elvio Porta
Argentina
51.45A
Javelin throw
Franklin "Bud" Held
United States
69.77A GR Ricardo Héber
Argentina
66.15A Reinaldo Oliver
Puerto Rico
65.56A
Decathlon
Rafer Johnson
United States
6994A Bob Richards
United States
6886A Hernán Figueroa
Chile
5740A

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
Bertha Díaz
Cuba
7.5A Isabelle Daniels
United States
7.6A Mabel Landry
United States
7.6A
100 metres
Barbara Jones
United States
11.90A GR Mae Faggs
United States
12.07A María Luisa Castelli
Argentina
12.38A
80 metres hurdles
Eliana Gaete
Chile
11.7A Bertha Díaz
Cuba
11.8A Wanda dos Santos
Brazil
11.8A
4 × 100 metres relay
United States
Isabelle Daniels
Mabel Landry
Mae Faggs
Barbara Jones
47.12A GR Argentina
Lilián Heinz
Lilián Buglia
Gladys Erbetta
María Luisa Castelli
47.27A Chile
Betty Kretschmer
Carmen Venegas
Eliana Gaete
Elda Selamé
49.49A
High jump
Mildred McDaniel
United States
1.685A Deyse de Castro
Brazil
1.59A Verneeda Thomas
United States
1.59A
Discus throw
Ingeborg Pfüller
Argentina
43.19A GR Isabel Avellán
Argentina
40.06A Alejandrina Herrera
Cuba
38.00A
Javelin throw
Karen Anderson
United States
49.15A Estrella Puente
Uruguay
43.43A Amelia Wershoven
United States
43.06A
A = affected by altitude

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2014842
2 Argentina (ARG)4329
3 Chile (CHI)2169
4 Brazil (BRA)1157
5 Cuba (CUB)1135
6 Guatemala (GUA)1012
7 Mexico (MEX)0224
8 Venezuela (VEN)0213
9 Jamaica (JAM)0202
10 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0112
11 Colombia (COL)0101
Uruguay (URU)0101
13 Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
Totals (13 nations)29293088

Participating nations

  • Argentina (17)
  • Bahamas (2)
  • Brazil (17)
  • Canada (13)
  • Chile (16)
  • Colombia (9)
  • Costa Rica (1)
  • Cuba (12)
  • Dominican Republic (8)
  • Guatemala (8)
  • Jamaica (7)
  • Mexico (47)
  • Netherlands Antilles (4)
  • Paraguay (2)
  • Puerto Rico (5)
  • El Salvador (1)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (2)
  • United States (50)
  • Uruguay (4)
  • Venezuela (17)

References

  • Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.
  • GBR Athletics: Pan American Games
  • Sports 123: Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-04)


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