Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

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 decathlon event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 18 and 19 March.^[1][2]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Rafer Johnson	United States	11.04	7.19	13.43	1.89	51.02	14.89	43.83	3.70	53.58	5:47.83	6994
	Bob Richards	United States	11.25	7.11	13.59	1.83	51.14	15.86	38.39	4.50	55.25	DNF	6886
	Hernán Figueroa	Chile	11.62	6.45	13.28	1.75	52.57	16.19	38.88	3.40	52.33	5:27.57	5740
4	Brigido Iriarte	Venezuela	11.72	6.90	11.89	1.65	54.98	17.22	38.01	3.60	49.96	DNF	5253
5	Carlos Vera	Chile	11.38	7.10	9.70	1.80	51.54	16.28	26.13	DNS	–	–	4365
6	Javier González	Mexico	12.08	5.67	9.18	1.47	54.33	17.93	29.83	2.91	41.37	4:56.75	4108

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