Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28 and 29 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ray Norton  United States	Mike Agostini  British West Indies	Enrique Figuerola  Cuba

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 28 August

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ray Norton	United States	10.6	Q
2	1	Clive Bonas	Venezuela	10.6	Q
3	1	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	10.7	Q
4	1	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.7	Q
5	1	Lynn Eves	Canada	10.8
6	1		Uruguay	10.8
7	1	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	10.9
	1		Haiti	DNS
1	2	Robert Poynter	United States	10.7	Q
2	2	José da Conceição	Brazil	10.9	Q
3	2	Wilton Jackson	British West Indies	10.9	Q
4	2	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.9	Q
5	2	Alberto Torres	Dominican Republic	10.9
6	2		Ecuador	??.?
7	2	Horacio Esteves	Venezuela	??.?
	2		Chile	DNS
1	3	Dennis Johnson	British West Indies	10.8	Q
2	3	Bill Woodhouse	United States	10.8	Q
3	3	João Pires Sobrinho	Brazil	10.9	Q
4	3		Puerto Rico	10.9	Q
5	3	Lázaro Aristides Betancourt	Cuba	11.0
6	3		Dominican Republic	??.?
7	3	George Short	Canada	11.2
8	3		Uruguay	??.?
1	4	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	10.8	Q
2	4	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	10.8	Q
3	4		Puerto Rico	10.9	Q
4	4		Argentina	10.9	Q
5	4	Jorge de Barros	Brazil	10.9
6	4		Dominican Republic	??.?
7	4	Gerardo di Tolla	Peru	??.?
8	4		Ecuador	??.?

Semifinals[]

Held on 29 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ray Norton	United States	10.2	Q
2	1	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	10.2	Q
3	1	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	10.3	Q
4	1	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	10.5	Q
5	1		Puerto Rico	10.5
6	1	João Pires Sobrinho	Brazil	10.6
7	1	Wilton Jackson	British West Indies	10.6
8	1		Argentina	10.8
1	2	Robert Poynter	United States	10.5	Q
2	2	Bill Woodhouse	United States	10.5	Q
3	2	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.5	Q
4	2	Dennis Johnson	British West Indies	10.5	Q
5	2	José da Conceição	Brazil	10.7
6	2	Clive Bonas	Venezuela	10.7
7	2	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.7
8	2		Puerto Rico	10.9

Final[]

Held on 29 August

Wind: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ray Norton	United States	10.3
	Mike Agostini	British West Indies	10.4
	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.5
4	Robert Poynter	United States	10.5
5	Dennis Johnson	British West Indies	10.6
6	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	10.6
7	Bill Woodhouse	United States	10.7
8	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	10.8

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