Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games

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These page shows the medal winners during the Athletics competition at the 1959 Pan American Games, held in Chicago, United States. The United States continued its domination, winning 18 out of a possible 22 gold medals at Soldier Field. Controversy occurred in the hammer throw event. Hal Connolly was declared the winner, but a re-measurement put him in a tie instead. Using the second best throw, Connolly was placed second behind his teammate, Al Hall. Both were credited with a new Pan-Am record.

Ray Norton (USA) won double gold in the 100m and 200m, tying the 200m world record, and adding a third in the 4x100m Relay. Argentina's Osvaldo Suárez repeated his 1955 gold in the 10.000m. Other outstanding feats included: Don Bragg overcoming an infected heel to set a Pan-Am record in the pole vault; Dave Edstrom, with Rafer Johnson injured, dominating the men's decathlon; and Adhemar da Silva (BRA) on his third consecutive gold medal in the men's triple jump. A total number of seventeen Pan-Am records were set or equaled.

In the women's tournament the U.S. won eight out of ten gold medals as well as seven silvers and three bronze. Isabelle Daniels won two golds and Lucinda Williams three, both were members of the 4x100m Relay team. The only non-American to win gold was Cuba's Bertha Díaz in the 80m Hurdles. Five Pan-Am records were set or equaled.

1 Medal summary
- 1.1 Men's events
- 1.2 Women's events
2 Medal table
3 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ray Norton United States	10.3w	Mike Agostini British West Indies	10.4w	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	10.5w
200 metres	Ray Norton United States	20.6w	Les Carney United States	21.1w	Mike Agostini British West Indies	21.1w
400 metres	George Kerr British West Indies	46.1	Basil Ince British West Indies	46.4	Mal Spence British West Indies	46.6
800 metres	Tom Murphy United States	1:49.4	George Kerr British West Indies	1:49.4	Tony Seth British West Indies	1:49.7
1500 metres	Dyrol Burleson United States	3:49.1	Jim Grelle United States	3:49.9	Ed Moran United States	3:50.1
5000 metres	Bill Dellinger United States	14:28.4	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:28.6	Doug Kyle Canada	14:33.0
10000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:17.2	Doug Kyle Canada	30:18.0	Bob Soth United States	30:21.8
Marathon	Johnny J. Kelley United States	2:27:55	Jim Green United States	2:32:17	Gordon Dickson Canada	2:36:19
3000 metre steeplechase	Phil Coleman United States	8:56.4	Charles "Deacon" Jones United States	8:56.6	Alfredo Tinoco Mexico	8:58.0
110 metres hurdles	Hayes Jones United States	13.6w	Lee Calhoun United States	13.7w	Elias Gilbert United States	14.0w
400 metres hurdles	Josh Culbreath United States	51.2	Dick Howard United States	51.3	Cliff Cushman United States	53.0
High jump	Charles Dumas United States	2.10	Bob Gardner United States	2.03	Ernle Haisley British West Indies	2.00
Pole vault	Don Bragg United States	4.62	Jim Graham United States	4.32	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.32
Long jump	Irvin "Bo" Roberson United States	7.97	Greg Bell United States	7.60	Lester Bird British West Indies	7.46
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.90	Herman Stokes United States	15.39	Bill Sharpe United States	15.25
Shot put	Parry O'Brien United States	19.04	Dallas Long United States	18.51	Dave Davis United States	17.01
Discus throw	Al Oerter United States	58.12	Dick Cochran United States	54.44	Parry O'Brien United States	51.84
Hammer throw	Al Hall United States	59.71	Hal Connolly United States	59.67	Bob Backus United States	59.55
Javelin throw	Buster Quist United States	70.50	Phil Conley United States	69.94	Al Cantello United States	69.82
Decathlon	Dave Edstrom United States	7254	Phil Mulkey United States	6062	George Stulac Canada	5989
4 x 100 metres relay	United States	40.4	Venezuela	41.1	British West Indies Clifton Bertrand Mike Agostini Wilton Jackson Dennis Johnson	41.6
4 x 400 metres relay	British West Indies	3:05.3	United States	3:05.8	Puerto Rico	3:12.4

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Isabelle Daniels United States	7.4	Barbara Jones United States	7.4	Carlota Gooden Panama	7.4
100 metres	Lucinda Williams United States	12.1	Wilma Rudolph United States	12.3	Carlota Gooden Panama	12.3
200 metres	Lucinda Williams United States	24.2	Isabelle Daniels United States	24.8	Sally McCallum Canada	25.1
80 metres hurdles	Bertha Díaz Cuba	11.2	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Marion Monroe Canada	11.5
High jump	Ann Marie Flynn United States	1.61	Renata Friedrichs Chile Alice Whitty Canada	1.50
Long jump	Annie Smith United States	5.74	Margaret Matthews United States	5.73	Willye White United States	5.70
Shot putt	Earlene Brown United States	14.68	Sharon Sheppard United States	13.48	Wanda Wejzgrowicz United States	13.10
Discus throw	Earlene Brown United States	49.31	Pamela Kurrell United States	42.19	Marjorie Larney United States	42.18
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	45.38	Marjorie Larney United States	43.65	Amelia Wood United States	42.96
4 x 100 metres relay	United States	46.4	Panama	48.2	Canada	48.5

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	26	23	13	62
2	British West Indies	2	3	6	11
3	Argentina	1	1	0	2
	Brazil	1	1	0	2
	Chile	1	1	0	2
6	Cuba	1	0	1	2
7	Canada	0	2	6	8
8	Panama	0	1	2	3
9	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
10	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
11	Mexico	0	0	1	1