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
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

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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	Charley Clark 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	Eligio Galicia 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	Willie Atterberry United States	50.49	Russ Rogers United States	51.19
3000 metres steeplechase	Jeff Fishback United States	9:07.9	Sebastião Mendes 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 Anthony Jones Irving Joseph Cipriani Phillip	40.87
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Ollan Cassell James Johnson Richard Edmunds Earl Young	3:09.62	Venezuela Aristedes Pineda Leslie Mentor Víctor Maldonado Hortensio Fucil	3:12.20	Jamaica Anthony Carr Rupert Hoilette Malcolm Spence Mel Spence	3:12.61
20 kilometres walk	Alex Oakley Canada	1:42:44	Nicole Marrone 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	Henry Wadsworth United States	4.75	Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico	4.30
Long jump	Ralph Boston United States	8.11	Darrell Horn United States	8.02	Juan Muñoz Venezuela	7.46
Triple jump	Bill Sharpe United States	15.15	Ramón López Cuba	15.08	Mário Gomes Brazil	14.97
Shot put	Dave Davis United States	18.52	Billy Joe United States	17.77	Cosme Di Cursi Argentina	16.26
Discus throw	Bob Humphreys United States	57.82	Dave Davis United States	51.05	Ben Rebel Bout Netherlands Antilles	49.78
Hammer throw	Al Hall United States	62.74	Jim Pryde United States	58.56	Roberto Chapchap Brazil	57.92
Javelin throw	Dan Studney United States	75.60	Nick Kovalakides United States	73.71	Walter de Almeida 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
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	Leah Bennett Ferris United States	2:13.79	Noreen Deuling 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 Nereida Borges	46.44 NR	Brazil Leontina Santos Érica Lopes da Silva Edir Braga Ribeiro Inês Pimenta	48.18
High jump	Eleanor Montgomery United States	1.68	Diane Gerace Canada	1.65	Patsy Callender Barbados	1.62
Long jump	Willye White United States	6.15	Iris dos Santos Brazil	5.65	Edith McGuire United States	5.48
Shot put	Nancy McCredie Canada	15.32	Cynthia Wyatt 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	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
	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

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

• GBR Athletics

Results

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