Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games

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The Athletics competition in the 1955 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

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[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Rod Richard
Flag of the United States United States
10.3A Mike Agostini
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
10.4A Willie Williams
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10.4A
200 metres Rod Richard
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20.94A Charles Thomas
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21.42A José Telles da Conceição
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Mike Agostini
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21.66A
21.67A
400 metres Lou Jones
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45.68A Jim Lea
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45.78A Jesse Mashburn
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46.44A
800 metres Arnie Sowell
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1:49.86A Lon Spurrier
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1:50.51A Ramón Sandoval
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1:52.52A
1500 metres Juan Miranda
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3:53.30A Wes Santee
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3:53.44A Fred Dwyer
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3:56.04A
5000 metres Osvaldo Suárez
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15:30.6A Horace Ashenfelter
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15:31.4A Jaime Correa
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15:39.2A
10000 metres Osvaldo Suárez
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32:42.6A Vicente Sánchez
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33:00.4A Jaime Correa
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33:42.6A
Marathon Doroteo Flores
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2:59:10A Onésimo Rodríguez
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3:02:22A Luis Valázquez
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3:05:26A
3000 metre steeplechase Guillermo Solá
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9:46.8A Santiago Novas
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9:50.4A Eligio Galicia
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9:54.2A
110 metres hurdles Jack Davis
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14.44A Keith Gardner
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14.74A Evaristo Iglesias
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14.94A
400 metres hurdles Josh Culbreath
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51.5A Jaime Aparicio
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51.8A Wilson Carneiro
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53.0A
High jump Ernie Shelton
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2.01A Herman Wyatt
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2.01A José Telles da Conceição
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1.91A
Pole vault Bob Richards
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4.50A Bobby Smith
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4.30A Don Laz
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4.30A
Long jump Roslyn Range
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8.03A John Bennett
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8.01A Ary de Sá
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7.84A
Triple jump Adhemar da Silva
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16.56A Arnoldo Devonish
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16.13A Víctor Hernández
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15.60A
Shot putt Parry O'Brien
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17.59A Fortune Gordien
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15.98A Marty Engel
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14.62A
Discus throw Fortune Gordien
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53.10A Parry O'Brien
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51.07A Hernán Haddad
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47.14A
Hammer throw Bob Backus
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54.91A Marty Engel
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53.36A Elvio Porta
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51.45A
Javelin throw Franklin "Bud" Held
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69.77A Ricardo Heber
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66.15A Reinaldo Oliver
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65.56A
Decathlon Rafer Johnson
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6994A Bob Richards
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6886A Hernán Figueroa
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5740A
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 40.96A Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 41.36A Flag of Mexico Mexico 41.94A
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 3:07.43A Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 3:12.63A Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 3:15.93A

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Bertha Díaz
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7.5A Isabelle Daniels
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7.6A Mabel "Dolly" Landry
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7.6A
100 metres Barbara Jones
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11.90A Mae Faggs
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12.07A María Luisa Castelli
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12.38A
80 metres hurdles Eliana Gaete
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11.7A Bertha Díaz
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11.8A Wanda dos Santos
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11.8A
High jump Mildred McDaniel
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1.685A Deyse de Castro
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1.59A Verneeda Thomas
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1.59A
Discus throw Ingeborg Pfuller
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43.19A Isabel Avellán
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40.06A Alejandrina Herrera
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38.00A
Javelin throw Karen Anderson
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49.15A Estrella Puente
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43.43A Amelia Wershoven
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43.06A
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 47.12A Flag of Argentina Argentina 47.27A Flag of Chile Chile 49.49A

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the United States United States 20 14 8 42
2 Flag of Argentina Argentina 4 3 2 9
3 Flag of Chile Chile 2 1 6 9
4 Flag of Brazil Brazil 1 1 5 7
5 Flag of Cuba Cuba 1 1 3 5
6 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 1 0 1 2
7 Flag of Mexico Mexico 0 2 2 4
8 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 0 2 1 3
9 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 0 2 0 2
10 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 1 2
11 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 0 1 0 1
Flag of Colombia Colombia 0 1 0 1
13 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1

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