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Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres at the Pan American Games

The men's 400 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 1 September.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
George Kerr
 British West Indies
Basil Ince
 British West Indies
Malcolm Spence
 British West Indies

Results

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Heats

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Held on 31 August

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Eddie Southern  United States 48.4 Q
2 1 Emigdio Torres  Cuba 48.5 Q
3 1 Ovidio de Jesús  Puerto Rico 49.1 Q
4 1 Siegmar Ohlemann  Canada 49.7
5 1 Hugo Krauss  Chile 50.3
6 1 Heber Etcheverry  Uruguay 51.4
7 1 Rafael Arcos  Ecuador ??.?
1 2 Dave Mills  United States 48.0 Q
2 2 Malcolm Spence  British West Indies 48.0 Q
3 2 Anubes da Silva  Brazil 48.7 Q
4 2 Gonzalo Gonzáles  Mexico 50.6
5 2 Guillermo Rocca  Venezuela 50.9
6 2 George Shepherd  Canada 53.0
2 Anthony Seth  British Guiana DNS
1 3 George Kerr  British West Indies 47.9 Q
2 3 Jack Yerman  United States 48.1 Q
3 3 José Luis Villalongo  Puerto Rico 49.3 Q
4 3 Eulogio García  Peru 49.5
5 3 Juan Cruz  Mexico 49.9
6 3 Stan Worsfold  Canada 50.3
7 3 Argemiro Roque  Brazil ??.?
1 4 Iván Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 47.7 Q
2 4 Basil Ince  British West Indies 48.4 Q
3 4 Emilio Romero  Venezuela 49.3 Q
4 4 Jorge Terán  Mexico 50.8
5 4 José Carrera  Ecuador 51.2
6 4 Peter Ostermeyer  Brazil ??.?

Semifinals

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Held on 31 August

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 George Kerr  British West Indies 47.5 Q
2 1 Dave Mills  United States 47.9 Q
3 1 Jack Yerman  United States 48.1 Q
4 1 Emigdio Torres  Cuba 48.5
5 1 Ovidio de Jesús  Puerto Rico 52.5
1 José Luis Villalongo  Puerto Rico DNS
1 2 Malcolm Spence  British West Indies 47.2 Q
2 2 Iván Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 47.4 Q
3 2 Basil Ince  British West Indies 47.5 Q
4 2 Eddie Southern  United States 47.6
5 2 Anubes da Silva  Brazil 48.4
6 2 Emilio Romero  Venezuela 49.4

Final

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Held on 1 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Kerr  British West Indies 46.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Basil Ince  British West Indies 46.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malcolm Spence  British West Indies 46.6
4 Dave Mills  United States 46.7
5 Iván Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 47.0
6 Jack Yerman  United States 47.9

References

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