Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Pan American Games
Athletics at the
1959 Pan American Games
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28, 29 and 30 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Tom Murphy
 United States 		George Kerr
 British West Indies 		Tony Seth
 British Guiana

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 George Kerr  British West Indies 1:52.9 Q
2 1 Ernie Cunliffe  United States 1:53.7 Q
3 1 Allan Andrews  Canada 1:53.9 Q
4 1 Jossué Delgado  Puerto Rico 1:54.4 Q
5 1 Julio León  Chile 1:55.5 Q
6 1 José Heredia  Mexico ?:??.?
1 Peter Ostermeyer  Brazil DNS
1 2 Tom Murphy  United States 1:52.5 Q
2 2 Mel Spence  British West Indies 1:53.5 Q
3 2 Hugo Krauss  Chile 1:55.0 Q
4 2 Stan Worsfold  Canada 1:56.0 Q
5 2 Emigdio Torres  Cuba 1:56.3 Q
6 2 Alejandro Arroyo  Ecuador 1:58.2
2 Ralph Gomes  British Guiana DNS
2 Anubes da Silva  Brazil DNS
1 3 Jerome Walters  United States 1:53.9 Q
2 3 Tony Seth  British Guiana 1:54.0 Q
3 3 Ramón Sandoval  Chile 1:54.3 Q
4 3 José Manuel Luna  Mexico 1:54.3 Q
5 3 Siegmar Ohlemann  Canada 1:55.0 Q
6 3 Argemiro Roque  Brazil 1:55.3
3 Guillermo Rocca  Venezuela DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Tom Murphy  United States 1:50.9 Q
2 1 Tony Seth  British Guiana 1:51.7 Q
3 1 Mel Spence  British West Indies 1:51.9 Q
4 1 Stan Worsfold  Canada 1:52.2 Q
5 1 Jossué Delgado  Puerto Rico 1:52.7
6 1 Hugo Krauss  Chile 1:53.5
7 1 José Manuel Luna  Mexico 1:54.5
8 1 Julio León  Chile ?:??.?
1 2 Jerome Walters  United States 1:51.1 Q
2 2 George Kerr  British West Indies 1:51.6 Q
3 2 Siegmar Ohlemann  Canada 1:51.9 Q
4 2 Ernie Cunliffe  United States 1:52.1 Q
5 2 Emigdio Torres  Cuba 1:52.4
6 2 Ramón Sandoval  Chile 1:55.0
7 2 Allan Andrews  Canada 1:55.2

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Murphy  United States 1:49.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Kerr  British West Indies 1:49.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tony Seth  British Guiana 1:49.7
4 Mel Spence  British West Indies 1:50.0
5 Ernie Cunliffe  United States 1:51.5
6 Stan Worsfold  Canada 1:52.4
7 Siegmar Ohlemann  Canada 1:53.3
Jerome Walters  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ Full results
  2. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 25 August 2020.