Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil.

Athletics at the
1963 Pan American Games
Dates27 April – 4 May
Host citySão Paulo, Brazil Brazil
VenuePacaembu Stadium
LevelSenior
Events33
Participation212 athletes from
20 nations


Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Enrique Figuerola
  Cuba
10.46 Arquímedes Herrera
  Venezuela
10.59 Ira Murchison
  United States
10.62
200 metres
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Rafael Romero
  Venezuela
21.23 Ollan Cassell
  United States
21.23 Arquímedes Herrera
  Venezuela
21.23
400 metres
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James Johnson
  United States
46.80 Mel Spence
  Jamaica
46.94 Clifton Bertrand
  Trinidad and Tobago
47.43
800 metres
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Don Bertoia
  Canada
1:48.46 Sig Ohlemann
  Canada
1:48.63 Ernie Cunliffe
  United States
1:48.92
1500 metres
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Jim Grelle
  United States
3:43.62 Jim Beatty
  United States
3:43.88 Don Bertoia
  Canada
3:55.19
5000 metres
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Osvaldo Suárez
  Argentina
14:25.81 Charley Clark
  United States
14:27.16 Bob Schul
  United States
14:29.21
10,000 metres
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Pete McArdle
  United States
29:52.22 Osvaldo Suárez
  Argentina
30:26.56 Eligio Galicia
  Mexico
30:27.90
Marathon
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Fidel Negrete
  Mexico
2:27:56 Gordon McKenzie
  United States
2:31:18 Pete McArdle
  United States
2:34:14
110 metres hurdles
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Blaine Lindgren
  United States
13.8w Willie May
  United States
14.0w Lázaro Betancourt
  Cuba
14.3w
400 metres hurdles
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Juan Carlos Dyrzka
  Argentina
50.32 Willie Atterberry
  United States
50.49 Russ Rogers
  United States
51.19
3000 metres steeplechase
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Jeff Fishback
  United States
9:07.9 Sebastião Mendes
  Brazil
9:12.8 Albertino Etchechury
  Uruguay
9:17.3
4 × 100 metres relay
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  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
Anthony Jones
Irving Joseph
Cipriani Phillip
40.87
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States
Ollan Cassell
James Johnson
Richard Edmunds
Earl Young
3:09.62   Venezuela
Aristedes Pineda
Leslie Mentor
Victor Flores
Hortensio Fucil
3:12.20   Jamaica
Anthony Carr
Rupert Hoilette
Malcolm Spence
Mel Spence
3:12.61
20 kilometres walk
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Alex Oakley
  Canada
1:42:44 Nicole Marrone
  Canada
1:46:35 Ron Zinn
  United States
1:49:45
High jump
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Gene Johnson
  United States
2.11 Teodoro Palacios
  Guatemala
2.04 Anton Norris
  Barbados
2.04
Pole vault
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Dave Tork
  United States
4.90 Henry Wadsworth
  United States
4.75 Rubén Cruz
  Puerto Rico
4.30
Long jump
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Ralph Boston
  United States
8.11 Darrell Horn
  United States
8.02 Juan Muñoz
  Venezuela
7.46
Triple jump
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Bill Sharpe
  United States
15.15 Ramón López
  Cuba
15.08 Mário Gomes
  Brazil
14.97
Shot put
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Dave Davis
  United States
18.52 Billy Joe
  United States
17.77 Cosme Di Cursi
  Argentina
16.26
Discus throw
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Bob Humphreys
  United States
57.82 Dave Davis
  United States
51.05 Ben Rebel Bout
  Netherlands Antilles
49.78
Hammer throw
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Al Hall
  United States
62.74 Jim Pryde
  United States
58.56 Roberto Chapchap
  Brazil
57.92
Javelin throw
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Dan Studney
  United States
75.60 Nick Kovalakides
  United States
73.71 Walter de Almeida
  Brazil
64.61
Decathlon
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J. D. Martin
  United States
7335 Bill Gairdner
  Canada
6812 Héctor Thomas
  Venezuela
6751

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Edith McGuire
  United States
11.65 Miguelina Cobián
  Cuba
11.69 Marilyn White
  United States
11.85
200 metres
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Vivian Brown
  United States
23.9 Miguelina Cobián
  Cuba
24.0 Lorraine Dunn
  Panama
24.7
800 metres
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Abby Hoffman
  Canada
2:10.27 Leah Bennett Ferris
  United States
2:13.79 Noreen Deuling
  Canada
2:14.98
80 metres hurdles
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Jo Ann Terry
  United States
11.37 Jenny Wingerson
  Canada
11.48 Wanda dos Santos
  Brazil
11.50
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States
Marilyn White
Vivian Brown
Willye White
Norma Harris
45.72   Cuba
Fulgencia Romay
Miguelina Cobián
Irene Martínez
Nereida Borges
46.44 NR   Brazil
Leontina Santos
Érica Lopes da Silva
Edir Braga Ribeiro
Inês Pimenta
48.18
High jump
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Eleanor Montgomery
  United States
1.68 Diane Gerace
  Canada
1.65 Patsy Callender
  Barbados
1.62
Long jump
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Willye White
  United States
6.15 Iris dos Santos
  Brazil
5.65 Edith McGuire
  United States
5.48
Shot put
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Nancy McCredie
  Canada
15.32 Cynthia Wyatt
  United States
14.27 Sharon Shepherd
  United States
14.10
Discus throw
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Nancy McCredie
  Canada
50.18 Ingeborg Pfüller
  Argentina
47.83 Sharon Shepherd
  United States
47.29
Javelin throw
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Marlene Ahrens
  Chile
49.93 Frances Davenport
  United States
47.22 Íris dos Santos
  Brazil
35.51

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)22151047
2  Canada (CAN)55212
3  Argentina (ARG)2215
4  Cuba (CUB)1416
5  Venezuela (VEN)1337
6  Mexico (MEX)1012
7  Chile (CHI)1001
8  Brazil (BRA)0268
9  Jamaica (JAM)0112
10  Guatemala (GUA)0101
11  Barbados (BAR)0022
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0022
13  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0011
  Panama (PAN)0011
  Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
  Uruguay (URU)0011
Totals (16 entries)33333399

Participating nations

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References

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Results
  • Olderr, Steven (2003). A Statistical History 1951–1999 Pan American Games. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.