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Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games

Athletics at the
1963 Pan American Games
Werner Haberkorn - Vista aérea do Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu). São Paulo-Sp., Acervo do Museu Paulista da USP (cropped).jpg
Dates27 April – 4 May
Host citySão Paulo, Brazil Brazil
VenuePacaembu Stadium
LevelSenior
Events33
Participation212 athletes from
20 nations


The athletics competition at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Enrique Figuerola
Cuba
10.46 Arquímedes Herrera
Venezuela
10.59 Ira Murchison
United States
10.62
200 metres
Rafael Romero
Venezuela
21.23 Ollan Cassell
United States
21.23 Arquímedes Herrera
Venezuela
21.23
400 metres
James Johnson
United States
46.80 Mel Spence
Jamaica
46.94 Clifton Bertrand
Trinidad and Tobago
47.43
800 metres
Don Bertoia
Canada
1:48.46 Sig Ohlemann
Canada
1:48.63 Ernie Cunliffe
United States
1:48.92
1500 metres
Jim Grelle
United States
3:43.62 Jim Beatty
United States
3:43.88 Don Bertoia
Canada
3:55.19
5000 metres
Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina
14:25.81 Charley Clark
United States
14:27.16 Bob Schul
United States
14:29.21
10,000 metres
Pete McArdle
United States
29:52.22 Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina
30:26.56 Eligio Galicia
Mexico
30:27.90
Marathon
Fidel Negrete
Mexico
2:27:56 Gordon McKenzie
United States
2:31:18 Pete McArdle
United States
2:34:14
110 metres hurdles
Blaine Lindgren
United States
13.8w Willie May
United States
14.0w Lázaro Betancourt
Cuba
14.3w
400 metres hurdles
Juan Carlos Dyrzka
Argentina
50.32 Willie Atterberry
United States
50.49 Russ Rogers
United States
51.19
3000 metres steeplechase
Jeff Fishback
United States
9:07.9 Sebastião Mendes
Brazil
9:12.8 Albertino Etchechury
Uruguay
9:17.3
4 × 100 metres relay
United States
Earl Young
Ollan Cassell
Brooks Johnson
Ira Murchison
40.40 Venezuela
Héctor Thomas
Horacio Esteves
Arquímides Herrera
Rafael Romero
40.71 Trinidad and Tobago
Clifton Bertrand
Anthony Jones
Irving Joseph
Cipriani Phillip
40.87
4 × 400 metres relay
United States
Ollan Cassell
James Johnson
Richard Edmunds
Earl Young
3:09.62 Venezuela
Aristedes Pineda
Leslie Mentor
Victor Flores
Hortensio Fucil
3:12.20 Jamaica
Anthony Carr
Rupert Hoilett
Malcolm Spence
Mel Spence
3:12.61
20 kilometres walk
Alex Oakley
Canada
1:42:44 Nicole Marrone
Canada
1:46:35 Ron Zinn
United States
1:49:45
High jump
Gene Johnson
United States
2.11 Teodoro Palacios
Guatemala
2.04 Anton Norris
Barbados
2.04
Pole vault
Dave Tork
United States
4.90 Henry Wadsworth
United States
4.75 Rubén Cruz
Puerto Rico
4.30
Long jump
Ralph Boston
United States
8.11 Darrell Horn
United States
8.02 Juan Muñoz
Venezuela
7.46
Triple jump
Bill Sharpe
United States
15.15 Ramón López
Mexico
15.08 Mário Gomes
Brazil
14.97
Shot put
Dave Davis
United States
18.52 Billy Joe
United States
17.77 Cosme Di Cursi
Argentina
16.26
Discus throw
Bob Humphreys
United States
57.82 Dave Davis
United States
51.05 Ben Rebel Bout
Netherlands Antilles
49.78
Hammer throw
Al Hall
United States
62.74 Jim Pryde
United States
58.56 Roberto Chapchap
Brazil
57.92
Javelin throw
Dan Studney
United States
75.60 Nick Kovalakides
United States
73.71 Walter de Almeida
Brazil
64.61
Decathlon
J. D. Martin
United States
7335 Bill Gairdner
Canada
6812 Héctor Thomas
Venezuela
6751

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Edith McGuire
United States
11.65 Miguelina Cobián
Cuba
11.69 Marilyn White
United States
11.85
200 metres
Vivian Brown
United States
23.9 Miguelina Cobián
Cuba
24.0 Lorraine Dunn
Panama
24.7
800 metres
Abby Hoffman
Canada
2:10.27 Leah Bennett Ferris
United States
2:13.79 Noreen Deuling
Canada
2:14.98
80 metres hurdles
Jo Ann Terry
United States
11.37 Jenny Wingerson
Canada
11.48 Wanda dos Santos
Brazil
11.50
4 × 100 metres relay
United States
Marilyn White
Vivian Brown
Willye White
Norma Harris
45.72 Cuba
Fulgencia Romay
Miguelina Cobián
Irene Martínez
Nereida Borges
46.44 NR Brazil
Leontina Santos
Érica Lopes da Silva
Edir Braga Ribeiro
Inês Pimenta
48.18
High jump
Eleanor Montgomery
United States
1.68 Diane Gerace
Canada
1.65 Patsy Callender
Barbados
1.62
Long jump
Willye White
United States
6.15 Iris dos Santos
Brazil
5.65 Edith McGuire
United States
5.48
Shot put
Nancy McCredie
Canada
15.32 Cynthia Wyatt
United States
14.27 Sharon Shepherd
United States
14.10
Discus throw
Nancy McCredie
Canada
50.18 Ingeborg Pfüller
Argentina
47.83 Sharon Shepherd
United States
47.29
Javelin throw
Marlene Ahrens
Chile
49.93 Frances Davenport
United States
47.22 Íris dos Santos
Brazil
35.51

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)22151047
2 Canada (CAN)55212
3 Argentina (ARG)2215
4 Venezuela (VEN)1337
5 Cuba (CUB)1315
6 Mexico (MEX)1113
7 Chile (CHI)1001
8 Brazil (BRA)0268
9 Jamaica (JAM)0112
10 Guatemala (GUA)0101
11 Barbados (BAR)0022
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0022
13 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0011
Panama (PAN)0011
Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
Uruguay (URU)0011
Totals (16 nations)33333399

Participating nations

  • Argentina (7)
  • Barbados (3)
  • Bermuda (1)
  • Brazil (54)
  • British Guiana (1)
  • Canada (17)
  • Chile (7)
  • Cuba (15)
  • Ecuador (2)
  • Guatemala (1)
  • Jamaica (4)
  • Mexico (8)
  • Netherlands Antilles (1)
  • Panama (4)
  • Peru (5)
  • Puerto Rico (5)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (9)
  • United States (52)
  • Uruguay (3)
  • Venezuela (13)

References

Results
  • Olderr, Steven (2003). A Statistical History 1951–1999 Pan American Games. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.


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