Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's long jump

Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's long jump event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 14 March.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosslyn Range  United States	John Bennett  United States	Ary de Sá  Brazil

Results[]

Qualification[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	John Bennett	United States	7.57	q
2	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.39	q
3		Paraguay	7.22	q
4		Cuba	7.18	q
5	Carlos Vera	Chile	7.17	q
6	Fermín Donazar	Uruguay	7.16	q
7		Cuba	7.13	q
8	Rosslyn Range	United States	7.06	q
9		Colombia	7.03	q
10	Jorge Aguirre	Mexico	6.71	q
11		Mexico	6.57	q
12		Canada	6.48	q
13		Mexico	6.44
14		Jamaica	6.38
15		Costa Rica	6.24
	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil	NM
		Colombia	?

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rosslyn Range	United States	8.03	GR
	John Bennett	United States	8.02
	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.84
4	Carlos Vera	Chile	7.49
5		Paraguay	7.39
6		Cuba	7.30
7		Cuba	7.22
8	Fermín Donazar	Uruguay	7.11
9		Colombia	7.09
10	Jorge Aguirre	Mexico	6.41
11		Canada	6.14
		Mexico	NM

References[]