Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Games:	1955
Venue:	Estadio Universitario
Dates:	March 13 – March 14
Competitors:	29
Nations:	16
Win Value:	10.3
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Rod Richard
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Mike Agostini
Silvernoc:	TRI
Bronze:	Willie Williams
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1951
Next:	1959

The men's 100 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 13 and 14 March.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.84
2			11.27
3			11.32
4			11.44

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.88
2			10.91
3			11.20
4			11.28
5			11.63

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.80
2			10.91
3			11.07
4			11.30

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.67
2			11.04
3			11.21
4			11.32
5			11.56

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.73
2			10.86
3			10.89
4			11.61

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.06
2			11.22
3			11.31
4			11.53

Semifinals

Held on 14 March

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.65	, GR
2			10.69
3			10.87
4			11.05
5			11.26

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.53	, GR
2			10.54
3			11.02
4			11.10
5			11.12
6			11.53

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.44	, GR
2			10.63
3			10.75
4			10.76
5			11.05
6			11.17

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.3	=GR
			10.4
			10.4
4			10.5
5			10.6

Notes and References

1. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1955.pdf Full results
2. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . trackfield.brinkster.net. 16 October 2020.