Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games explained

Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
Colour:	EDFF4B
Host City:	Chicago, United States
Dates:	28 August – 2 September
Stadium:	Soldier Field
Nations Participating:	19
Athletes Participating:	286
Events:	32
Level:	Senior
Previous:	Mexico City 1955
Next:	São Paulo 1963
Games:	1959 Pan American Games

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

Medal summary

Men's events

	Ray Norton	10.3w	Mike Agostini	10.4w	Enrique Figuerola	10.5w
	Ray Norton	20.6w	Les Carney	21.1w	Mike Agostini	21.1w
	George Kerr	46.1	Basil Ince	46.4	Malcolm Spence	46.6
	Tom Murphy	1:49.4	George Kerr	1:49.4	Tony Seth	1:49.7
	Dyrol Burleson	3:49.1	Jim Grelle	3:49.9	Ed Moran	3:50.1
	Bill Dellinger	14:28.4	Osvaldo Suárez	14:28.6	Doug Kyle	14:33.0
	Osvaldo Suárez	30:17.2	Doug Kyle	30:18.0	Bob Soth	30:21.8
	John J. Kelley	2:27:55	Jim Green	2:32:17	Gordon Dickson	2:36:19
	Hayes Jones	13.6w	Lee Calhoun	13.7w	Elias Gilbert	14.0w
	Josh Culbreath	51.2	Dick Howard	51.3	Cliff Cushman	53.0
	Phil Coleman	8:56.4	Charles "Deacon" Jones	8:56.6	Alfredo Tinoco	8:58.0
		40.4		41.1		41.1
		3:05.3		3:05.8		3:12.4
	Charles Dumas	2.10	Bob Gardner	2.03	Ernle Haisley	2.00
	Don Bragg	4.62	Jim Graham	4.32	Rolando Cruz	4.32
	Irvin "Bo" Roberson	7.97	Greg Bell	7.60	Lester Bird	7.46
	Adhemar da Silva	15.90	Herman Stokes	15.39	Bill Sharpe	15.25
	Parry O'Brien	19.04	Dallas Long	18.51	Dave Davis	17.01
	Al Oerter	58.12	Dick Cochran	54.44	Parry O'Brien	51.84
	Al Hall	59.71	Hal Connolly	59.67	Bob Backus	59.55
	Buster Quist	70.50	Phil Conley	69.94	Al Cantello	69.82
	Dave Edstrom	7254	Phil Mulkey	6062	George Stulac	5989

Women's events

	Isabelle Daniels	7.4	Barbara Jones	7.4	Carlota Gooden	7.4
	Lucinda Williams	12.1	Wilma Rudolph	12.3	Carlota Gooden	12.3
	Lucinda Williams	24.2	Isabelle Daniels	24.8	Sally McCallum	25.1
	Bertha Díaz	11.2	Wanda dos Santos	11.5	Marian Munroe	11.5
	Isabelle Daniels Wilma Rudolph Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones	46.4	Marcela Daniel Jean Holmes-Mitchell Carlota Gooden Silvia Hunte	48.2	Heather Campbell Maureen Rever Sally McCallum Valerie Jerome	48.5
	Ann Marie Flynn	1.61	Renata Friedrichs Alice Whitty	1.50	Not Awarded
	Annie Smith	5.74	Margaret Matthews	5.73	Willye White	5.70
	Earlene Brown	14.68	Sharon Shepherd	13.48	Wanda Wejzgrowicz	13.10
	Earlene Brown	49.31	Pamela Kurrell	42.19	Marjorie Larney	42.18
	Marlene Ahrens	45.38	Marjorie Larney	43.65	Amelia Wood	42.96

References

• GBR Athletics

Results

• Olderr, Steven (2003). A Statistical History 1951–1999 Pan American Games. McFarland. .