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Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games

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Athletics at the
1955 Pan American Games
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

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Rod Richard
 United States
10.3A GR Mike Agostini
 Trinidad and Tobago
10.4A Willie Williams
 United States
10.4A
200 metres
details
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
details
Lou Jones
 United States
45.68A WR Jim Lea
 United States
45.78A Jesse Mashburn
 United States
46.44A
800 metres
details
Arnie Sowell
 United States
1:49.86A GR Lon Spurrier
 United States
1:50.51A Ramón Sandoval
 Chile
1:52.52A
1500 metres
details
Juan Miranda
 Argentina
3:53.30A GR Wes Santee
 United States
3:53.44A Fred Dwyer
 United States
3:56.04A
5000 metres
details
Osvaldo Suárez
 Argentina
15:30.6A Horace Ashenfelter
 United States
15:31.4A Jaime Correa
 Chile
15:39.2A
10,000 metres
details
Osvaldo Suárez
 Argentina
32:42.6A Vicente Sánchez
 Mexico
33:00.4A Jaime Correa
 Chile
33:42.6A
Marathon
details
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)
details
Jack Davis
 United States
14.44A Keith Gardner
 Jamaica
14.74A Evaristo Iglesias
 Cuba
14.94A
400 metres hurdles
details
Josh Culbreath
 United States
51.5A GR Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
51.8A Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil
53.0A
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Guillermo Solá
 Chile
9:46.8A Santiago Novas
 Chile
9:50.4A Eligio Galicia
 Mexico
9:54.2A
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 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
details
 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
details
Ernie Shelton
 United States
2.01A GR Herman Wyatt
 United States
2.01A José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
1.91A
Pole vault
details
Bob Richards
 United States
4.50A =GR Bobby Smith
 United States
4.30A Don Laz
 United States
4.30A
Long jump
details
Rosslyn Range
 United States
8.03A GR John Bennett
 United States
8.01A Ary de Sá
 Brazil
7.84A
Triple jump
details
Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
16.56A WR Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
16.13A Víctor Hernández
 Cuba
15.60A
Shot put
details
Parry O'Brien
 United States
17.59A GR Fortune Gordien
 United States
15.98A Marty Engel
 United States
14.62A
Discus throw
details
Fortune Gordien
 United States
53.10A GR Parry O'Brien
 United States
51.07A Hernán Haddad
 Chile
47.14A
Hammer throw
details
Bob Backus
 United States
54.91A GR Marty Engel
 United States
53.36A Elvio Porta
 Argentina
51.45A
Javelin throw
details
Franklin "Bud" Held
 United States
69.77A GR Ricardo Héber
 Argentina
66.15A Reinaldo Oliver
 Puerto Rico
65.56A
Decathlon
details
Rafer Johnson
 United States
6994A Bob Richards
 United States
6886A Hernán Figueroa
 Chile
5740A

Women's events

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2014842
2 Argentina4329
3 Chile2169
4 Brazil1157
5 Cuba1135
6 Guatemala1012
7 Mexico0224
8 Venezuela0213
9 Jamaica0202
10 Trinidad and Tobago0112
11 Colombia0101
 Uruguay0101
13 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (13 entries)29293088

Participating nations

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References

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  • 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)