Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games

Athletics at the
1963 Pan American Games
Athletics at the ; 1963 Pan American Games
Dates	27 April – 4 May
Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
Venue	Pacaembu Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	33
Participation	212 athletes from ; 20 nations
	← Chicago 1959 Winnipeg 1967 → ; 1963 Pan American Games

The

athletics competition at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo

, Brazil.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	10.46	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	10.59	Ira Murchison United States	10.62
200 metres details	Rafael Romero Venezuela	21.23	Ollan Cassell United States	21.23	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	21.23
400 metres details	James Johnson United States	46.80	Mel Spence Jamaica	46.94	Clifton Bertrand Trinidad and Tobago	47.43
800 metres details	Don Bertoia Canada	1:48.46	Sig Ohlemann Canada	1:48.63	Ernie Cunliffe United States	1:48.92
1500 metres details	Jim Grelle United States	3:43.62	Jim Beatty United States	3:43.88	Don Bertoia Canada	3:55.19
5000 metres details	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:25.81	Charley Clark United States	14:27.16	Bob Schul United States	14:29.21
10,000 metres details	Pete McArdle United States	29:52.22	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:26.56	Eligio Galicia Mexico	30:27.90
Marathon details	Fidel Negrete Mexico	2:27:56	Gordon McKenzie United States	2:31:18	Pete McArdle United States	2:34:14
110 metres hurdles details	Blaine Lindgren United States	13.8w	Willie May United States	14.0w	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	14.3w
400 metres hurdles details	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	50.32	Willie Atterberry United States	50.49	Russ Rogers United States	51.19
3000 metres steeplechase details	Jeff Fishback United States	9:07.9	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:12.8	Albertino Etchechury Uruguay	9:17.3
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Earl Young Ollan Cassell Brooks Johnson Ira Murchison	40.40	Arquímides Herrera Rafael Romero	40.71	Trinidad and Tobago Clifton Bertrand Anthony Jones Irving Joseph Cipriani Phillip	40.87
4 × 400 metres relay details	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 details	Alex Oakley Canada	1:42:44	Nicole Marrone Canada	1:46:35	Ron Zinn United States	1:49:45
High jump details	Gene Johnson United States	2.11	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	2.04	Anton Norris Barbados	2.04
Pole vault details	Dave Tork United States	4.90	Henry Wadsworth United States	4.75	Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico	4.30
Long jump details	Ralph Boston United States	8.11	Darrell Horn United States	8.02	Juan Muñoz Venezuela	7.46
Triple jump details	Bill Sharpe United States	15.15	Ramón López Cuba	15.08	Mário Gomes Brazil	14.97
Shot put details	Dave Davis United States	18.52	Billy Joe United States	17.77	Cosme Di Cursi Argentina	16.26
Discus throw details	Bob Humphreys United States	57.82	Dave Davis United States	51.05	Ben Rebel Bout Netherlands Antilles	49.78
Hammer throw details	Al Hall United States	62.74	Jim Pryde United States	58.56	Roberto Chapchap Brazil	57.92
Javelin throw details	Dan Studney United States	75.60	Nick Kovalakides United States	73.71	Walter de Almeida Brazil	64.61
Decathlon details	J. D. Martin United States	7335	Bill Gairdner Canada	6812	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	6751

Women's events

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

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
11	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 entries)		33	33	33	99