Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games
Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games | |
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Dates | 27 April – 4 May |
Host city | São Paulo, Brazil |
Venue | Pacaembu Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Events | 33 |
Participation | 212 athletes from 20 nations |
The athletics competition at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil.
Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Enrique Figuerola Cuba |
10.46 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela |
10.59 | Ira Murchison United States |
10.62 |
200 metres |
Rafael Romero Venezuela |
21.23 | Ollan Cassell United States |
21.23 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela |
21.23 |
400 metres |
James Johnson United States |
46.80 | Mel Spence Jamaica |
46.94 | Clifton Bertrand Trinidad and Tobago |
47.43 |
800 metres |
Don Bertoia Canada |
1:48.46 | Sig Ohlemann Canada |
1:48.63 | Ernie Cunliffe United States |
1:48.92 |
1500 metres |
Jim Grelle United States |
3:43.62 | Jim Beatty United States |
3:43.88 | Don Bertoia Canada |
3:55.19 |
5000 metres |
Osvaldo Suárez Argentina |
14:25.81 | United States |
14:27.16 | Bob Schul United States |
14:29.21 |
10,000 metres |
Pete McArdle United States |
29:52.22 | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina |
30:26.56 | Mexico |
30:27.90 |
Marathon |
Fidel Negrete Mexico |
2:27:56 | Gordon McKenzie United States |
2:31:18 | Pete McArdle United States |
2:34:14 |
110 metres hurdles |
Blaine Lindgren United States |
13.8w | Willie May United States |
14.0w | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba |
14.3w |
400 metres hurdles |
Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina |
50.32 | United States |
50.49 | United States |
51.19 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Jeff Fishback United States |
9:07.9 | Brazil |
9:12.8 | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay |
9:17.3 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States Earl Young Ollan Cassell Brooks Johnson Ira Murchison |
40.40 | Venezuela Héctor Thomas Horacio Esteves Arquímides Herrera Rafael Romero |
40.71 | Trinidad and Tobago Clifton Bertrand Cipriani Phillip |
40.87 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States Ollan Cassell James Johnson Richard Edmunds Earl Young |
3:09.62 | Venezuela Hortensio Fucil |
3:12.20 | Jamaica Rupert Hoilette Malcolm Spence Mel Spence |
3:12.61 |
20 kilometres walk |
Alex Oakley Canada |
1:42:44 | Canada |
1:46:35 | Ron Zinn United States |
1:49:45 |
High jump |
Gene Johnson United States |
2.11 | Teodoro Palacios Guatemala |
2.04 | Anton Norris Barbados |
2.04 |
Pole vault |
Dave Tork United States |
4.90 | United States |
4.75 | Puerto Rico |
4.30 |
Long jump |
Ralph Boston United States |
8.11 | Darrell Horn United States |
8.02 | Venezuela |
7.46 |
Triple jump |
Bill Sharpe United States |
15.15 | Ramón López Cuba |
15.08 | Brazil |
14.97 |
Shot put |
Dave Davis United States |
18.52 | Billy Joe United States |
17.77 | Argentina |
16.26 |
Discus throw |
Bob Humphreys United States |
57.82 | Dave Davis United States |
51.05 | Netherlands Antilles |
49.78 |
Hammer throw |
Al Hall United States |
62.74 | United States |
58.56 | Brazil |
57.92 |
Javelin throw |
Dan Studney United States |
75.60 | United States |
73.71 | Brazil |
64.61 |
Decathlon |
J. D. Martin United States |
7335 | Bill Gairdner Canada |
6812 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela |
6751 |
Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Edith McGuire United States |
11.65 | Miguelina Cobián Cuba |
11.69 | Marilyn White United States |
11.85 |
200 metres |
Vivian Brown United States |
23.9 | Miguelina Cobián Cuba |
24.0 | Lorraine Dunn Panama |
24.7 |
800 metres |
Abby Hoffman Canada |
2:10.27 | United States |
2:13.79 | Canada |
2:14.98 |
80 metres hurdles |
Jo Ann Terry United States |
11.37 | Jenny Wingerson Canada |
11.48 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil |
11.50 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States Marilyn White Vivian Brown Willye White Norma Harris |
45.72 | Cuba Fulgencia Romay Miguelina Cobián Irene Martínez |
46.44 NR | Brazil |
48.18 |
High jump |
Eleanor Montgomery United States |
1.68 | Diane Gerace Canada |
1.65 | Barbados |
1.62 |
Long jump |
Willye White United States |
6.15 | Brazil |
5.65 | Edith McGuire United States |
5.48 |
Shot put |
Nancy McCredie Canada |
15.32 | United States |
14.27 | Sharon Shepherd United States |
14.10 |
Discus throw |
Nancy McCredie Canada |
50.18 | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina |
47.83 | Sharon Shepherd United States |
47.29 |
Javelin throw |
Marlene Ahrens Chile |
49.93 | United States |
47.22 | Brazil |
35.51 |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 22 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
3 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 nations) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
Participating nations[]
- Argentina (7)
- Barbados (3)
- Bermuda (1)
- Brazil (54)
- British Guiana (1)
- Canada (17)
- Chile (7)
- Cuba (15)
- Ecuador (2)
- Guatemala (1)
- Jamaica (4)
- Mexico (8)
- Netherlands Antilles (1)
- Panama (4)
- Peru (5)
- Puerto Rico (5)
- Trinidad and Tobago (9)
- United States (52)
- Uruguay (3)
- Venezuela (13)
References[]
- Results
- Olderr, Steven (2003). A Statistical History 1951–1999 Pan American Games. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.
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