Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games

Athletics at the ; 1959 Pan American Games
Dates	28 August – 2 September
Host city	Chicago, United States
Venue	Soldier Field
Level	Senior
Events	32
Participation	286 athletes from ; 19 nations
	← Mexico City 1955 São Paulo 1963 → ; 1959 Pan American Games

The athletics competition in the 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, United States.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s)	Ray Norton United States	10.3w	Mike Agostini West Indies	10.4w	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	10.5w
200 metres	Ray Norton United States	20.6w	Les Carney United States	21.1w	Mike Agostini West Indies	21.1w
400 metres	George Kerr West Indies	46.1	Basil Ince West Indies	46.4	Malcolm Spence West Indies	46.6
800 metres	Tom Murphy United States	1:49.4	George Kerr West Indies	1:49.4	Tony Seth British Guiana	1:49.7
1500 metres	Dyrol Burleson United States	3:49.1	Jim Grelle United States	3:49.9	Ed Moran United States	3:50.1
5000 metres	Bill Dellinger United States	14:28.4	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:28.6	Doug Kyle Canada	14:33.0
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:17.2	Doug Kyle Canada	30:18.0	Bob Soth United States	30:21.8
Marathon	John J. Kelley United States	2:27:55	Jim Green United States	2:32:17	Gordon Dickson Canada	2:36:19
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Hayes Jones United States	13.6w	Lee Calhoun United States	13.7w	Elias Gilbert United States	14.0w
400 metres hurdles	Josh Culbreath United States	51.2	Dick Howard United States	51.3	Cliff Cushman United States	53.0
3000 metres steeplechase	Phil Coleman United States	8:56.4	Charles "Deacon" Jones United States	8:56.6	Alfredo Tinoco Mexico	8:58.0
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Hayes Jones Robert Poynter William Woodhouse Ray Norton	40.4	Venezuela Emilio Romero Lloyd Murad Clive Bonas Rafael Romero	41.1	West Indies Dennis Johnson Clifton Bertrand Wilton Jackson Mike Agostini	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	West Indies Mal Spence Mel Spence Basil Ince George Kerr	3:05.3	United States Eddie Southern Josh Culbreath Jack Yerman Dave Mills	3:05.8	Puerto Rico Ramón Vega Jossué Delgado Manuel Rivera Iván Rodríguez	3:12.4
High jump	Charles Dumas United States	2.10	Bob Gardner United States	2.03	Ernle Haisley West Indies	2.00
Pole vault	Don Bragg United States	4.62	Jim Graham United States	4.32	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.32
Long jump	Irvin "Bo" Roberson United States	7.97	Greg Bell United States	7.60	Lester Bird West Indies	7.46
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.90	Herman Stokes United States	15.39	Bill Sharpe United States	15.25
Shot put	Parry O'Brien United States	19.04	Dallas Long United States	18.51	Dave Davis United States	17.01
Discus throw	Al Oerter United States	58.12	Dick Cochran United States	54.44	Parry O'Brien United States	51.84
Hammer throw	Al Hall United States	59.71	Hal Connolly United States	59.67	Bob Backus United States	59.55
Javelin throw	Buster Quist United States	70.50	Phil Conley United States	69.94	Al Cantello United States	69.82
Decathlon	Dave Edstrom United States	7254	Phil Mulkey United States	6062	George Stulac Canada	5989

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres (wind: +3.6 m/s)	Isabelle Daniels United States	7.4	Barbara Jones United States	7.4	Carlota Gooden Panama	7.4
100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Lucinda Williams United States	12.1	Wilma Rudolph United States	12.3	Carlota Gooden Panama	12.3
200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Lucinda Williams United States	24.2	Isabelle Daniels United States	24.8	Sally McCallum Canada	25.1
80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Bertha Díaz Cuba	11.2	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Marian Munroe Canada	11.5
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Isabelle Daniels Wilma Rudolph Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones	46.4	Panama Marcela Daniel Jean Holmes-Mitchell Carlota Gooden Silvia Hunte	48.2	Canada Heather Campbell Maureen Rever Sally McCallum Valerie Jerome	48.5
High jump	Ann Marie Flynn United States	1.61	Renata Friedrichs Chile Alice Whitty Canada	1.50	Not Awarded
Long jump	Annie Smith United States	5.74	Margaret Matthews United States	5.73	Willye White United States	5.70
Shot put	Earlene Brown United States	14.68	Sharon Shepherd United States	13.48	Wanda Wejzgrowicz United States	13.10
Discus throw	Earlene Brown United States	49.31	Pamela Kurrell United States	42.19	Marjorie Larney United States	42.18
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	45.38	Marjorie Larney United States	43.65	Amelia Wood United States	42.96

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	26	23	13	62
2	West Indies	2	3	5	10
3	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	0	2
	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	0	2
	Chile (CHI)	1	1	0	2
6	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	2	6	8
8	Panama (PAN)	0	1	2	3
9	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	2	2
11	British Guiana	0	0	1	1
11	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		32	33	31	96