Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Appearance
The Athletics Competition at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 metres | Bertha Díaz Cuba |
7.5A | Isabelle Daniels United States |
7.6A | Mabel Landry United States |
7.6A |
100 metres | Barbara Jones United States |
11.90A | Mae Faggs United States |
12.07A | María Luisa Castelli Argentina |
12.38A |
80 m hurdles | Eliana Gaete Chile |
11.7A | Bertha Díaz Cuba |
11.8A | Wanda dos Santos Brazil |
11.8A |
High jump | Mildred McDaniel United States |
1.685A | Deyse de Castro Brazil |
1.59A | Verneeda Thomas United States |
1.59A |
Discus throw | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina |
43.19A | Isabel Avellán Argentina |
40.06A | Alejandrina Herrera Cuba |
38.00A |
Javelin throw | Karen Anderson United States |
49.15A | Estrella Puente Uruguay |
43.43A | Amelia Wershoven United States |
43.06A |
4 × 100 m relay | United States Barbara Jones Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Mabel Landry |
47.12A | Argentina Lilián Heinz Lilián Buglia María Luisa Castelli Gladys Erbetta |
47.27A | Chile Elda Selamé Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas Betty Kretschmer |
49.49A |
A = affected by altitude
Medal table
1 | United States | 20 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
4 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
5 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Venezuela | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Jamaica | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |