1955 Pan American Games

Host City Ciudad de México
Country MEX
Held 12 – 26 March 1955
Competitors 576
Countries 16

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 4 2
Vault Men — Medal 3 1
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 1
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 1
Rings Men — Medal 4 1
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men — Medal 18 3
Floor Exercise Team Men — Medal 18 3
Vault Team Men — Medal 18 3
Parallel Bars Team Men — Medal 18 3
Horizontal Bar Team Men — Medal 18 3
Rings Team Men — Medal 18 3
Pommelled Horse Team Men — Medal 18 3
Club Swinging Men — Medal 3 2
Rope Climbing Men — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo Women — Medal 6 3
Duet Women — Medal 12 3
Team Women — Medal 21 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 4 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 1
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 1
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 1
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
60 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 38 3
Basketball Women — Medal 36 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 12 5
10 m Platform Men — Medal 8 4
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 9 5
10 m Platform Women — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Team Men — Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Single Sculls Men — Medal 3 3
Coxless Pairs Men — Medal 6 3
Coxed Pairs Men — Medal 9 3
Double Sculls Men — Medal 6 3
Coxless Fours Men — Medal 12 3
Coxed Fours Men — Medal 15 3
Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Free rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 12 3
Military rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 3
Military rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free pistol team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 2
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 12 3
Center-fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 1
Center-fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 12 3
Skeet Men — Medal 3 2
Running target 50 m Men — Medal 3 1
Running target team 50 m Men — Medal 8 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Trampoline Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Trampoline Tumbling Men — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 35 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 36 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 31 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 76 46 32 154
2 Argentina ARG 13 22 16 51
3 Mexico MEX 9 7 19 35
4 Canada CAN 4 4 3 11
5 Chile CHI 3 5 9 17
6 Cuba CUB 1 10 7 18
7 Brazil BRA 1 2 10 13
8 Panama PAN 1 1 0 2
9 Guatemala GUA 1 0 1 2
10 Venezuela VEN 0 3 4 7
11 Jamaica JAM 0 2 1 3
= Uruguay URU 0 2 1 3
13 Netherlands Antilles AHO 0 1 2 3
= Puerto Rico PUR 0 1 2 3
15 Colombia COL 0 1 1 2
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 1 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Jack Beckner USA Joe Kotys USA Jack Miles USA
Floor Exercise, Men Jack Beckner USA Joe Kotys USA Juan Caviglia
Abie Grossfeld 		ARG
USA
Vault, Men Joe Kotys USA Don Holder
Jack Miles 		USA
USA
Parallel Bars, Men Jack Beckner
Dick Beckner 		USA
USA 		Abie Grossfeld USA
Horizontal Bar, Men Abie Grossfeld USA Jack Miles USA Joe Kotys USA
Rings, Men Dick Beckner USA Don Holder USA Abie Grossfeld
Jack Miles 		USA
USA
Pommelled Horse, Men Jack Beckner USA Rafael Lecuona CUB Joe Kotys USA
Team All-Around, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
Floor Exercise Team, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
Vault Team, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Cuba CUB
Parallel Bars Team, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
Horizontal Bar Team, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Cuba CUB
Rings Team, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
Pommelled Horse Team, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
Club Swinging, Men Francisco José Álvarez MEX Don Holder USA Jack Miles USA
Rope Climbing, Men Donald Perry USA Baldomero Rubiera CUB Roberto Villacián CUB
Solo, Women Beulah Gundling USA Rebeca García MEX Joanne Royer USA
Duet, Women Connie Todoroff / Ellen Richard USA Rebeca García / Gloria Botella MEX Diane Baker / Beverly McKnight CAN
Team, Women United States USA Canada CAN Mexico MEX
100 m, Men Rod Richard USA Mike Agostini TTO Willie Williams USA
200 m, Men Rod Richard USA Charles Thomas USA José da Conceição
Mike Agostini 		BRA
TTO
400 m, Men Lou Jones USA Jim Lea USA J. W. Mashburn USA
800 m, Men Arnie Sowell USA Lon Spurrier USA Ramón Sandoval CHI
1,500 m, Men Juan Doroteo Miranda ARG Wes Santee USA Fred Dwyer USA
5,000 m, Men Osvaldo Suárez ARG Horace Ashenfelter USA Jaime Correa CHI
10,000 m, Men Osvaldo Suárez ARG Vicente Sánchez MEX Jaime Correa CHI
Marathon, Men Doroteo Flores GUA Onésimo Rodríguez MEX Luis Velásquez GUA
110 m Hurdles, Men Jack Davis USA Keith Gardner JAM Evaristo Iglesias CUB
400 m Hurdles, Men Josh Culbreath USA Jaime Aparicio COL Wilson Carneiro BRA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Guillermo Solá CHI Santiago Novas CHI Eligio Galicia MEX
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Venezuela VEN Mexico MEX
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Venezuela VEN
High Jump, Men Ernie Shelton USA Herm Wyatt USA José da Conceição BRA
Pole Vault, Men Bob Richards USA Roy Smith USA Don Laz USA
Long Jump, Men Ross Range USA John Bennett USA Ary de Sá BRA
Triple Jump, Men Adhemar da Silva BRA Asnoldo Devonish VEN Víctor Hernández CUB
Shot Put, Men Parry O'Brien USA Fortune Gordien USA Marty Engel USA
Discus Throw, Men Fortune Gordien USA Parry O'Brien USA Hernán Haddad CHI
Hammer Throw, Men Bob Backus USA Marty Engel USA Elvio Porta ARG
Javelin Throw, Men Bud Held USA Ricardo Héber ARG Reinaldo Oliver PUR
Decathlon, Men Rafer Johnson USA Bob Richards USA Hernán Figueroa CHI
60 m, Women Berta Díaz CUB Isabelle Daniels USA Mabel Landry USA
100 m, Women Barbara Jones USA Mae Faggs USA María Luísa Castelli ARG
80 m Hurdles, Women Eliana Gaete CHI Berta Díaz CUB Wanda dos Santos BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Argentina ARG Chile CHI
High Jump, Women Millie McDaniel USA Deyse de Castro BRA Verneeda Thomas USA
Discus Throw, Women Ingeborg Pfüller ARG Isabel Avellán ARG Alejandrina Herrera CUB
Javelin Throw, Women Karen Anderson-Oldham USA Estrella Puente URU Amelia Wershoven USA
Basketball, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
Basketball, Women United States USA Chile CHI Brazil BRA
3 m Springboard, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Arthur Coffey USA Bob Clotworthy USA
10 m Platform, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Bob Clotworthy USA Gary Tobian USA
3 m Springboard, Women Pat McCormick USA Jeanne Stunyo USA Emily Houghton USA
10 m Platform, Women Pat McCormick USA Juno Stover-Irwin USA Margarita Pesado MEX
Individual, Men José Pérez MEX Edgar O'Hair USA David Romero MEX
Team, Men Mexico MEX United States USA Chile CHI
Single Sculls, Men Jack Kelly, Jr. USA Juan Antonio Rodríguez URU Norberto Battaglia ARG
Coxless Pairs, Men Jorge Glusman / Eduardo Glusman ARG Charlie Logg / Tom Price USA Walter Schreiberg / Luis Schreiberg MEX
Coxed Pairs, Men Osvaldo Allegretti / Juan Vega ARG John Kieffer / Paul McArdle USA Marío Guzmán / Carlos Muñoz CHI
Double Sculls, Men Walter Hoover / Jim Gardiner USA Juan Carlos Pineiro / Juan Cremer ARG Hugo Enríquez / Helmuth Roesler MEX
Coxless Fours, Men Argentina ARG United States USA Uruguay URU
Coxed Fours, Men Argentina ARG United States USA Chile CHI
Eights, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men Pedro Armella ARG Ramón Hagen ARG Emmett Swanson USA
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Venezuela VEN
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Art Jackson USA Pedro Armella ARG Verle Wright, Jr. USA
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m, Men Art Jackson USA Gustavo Rojas CHI Horacio Martínez MEX
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m, Men United States USA Chile CHI Mexico MEX
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men Ramón Hagen ARG Alfredo Cabello CHI Emmett Swanson USA
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Chile CHI Argentina ARG United States USA
Free pistol 50 m, Men Joe Benner USA John Dodds USA Pedro Avilés MEX
Free pistol team 50 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente ARG Bill McMillan USA John Forman USA
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Center-fire pistol 25 m, Men Joe Benner USA Bill McMillan USA John Forman USA
Center-fire pistol team 25 m, Men United States USA Puerto Rico PUR Venezuela VEN
Skeet, Men Kenneth Pendergrass USA Igor Pezas USA Jaime Loyola PUR
Running target 50 m, Men Felipe de Vilmorin Díaz MEX Jesús Farías MEX José Luis Del Campo MEX
Running target team 50 m, Men Mexico MEX Venezuela VEN
100 m Freestyle, Men Clarke Scholes USA George Park CAN Carl Woolley USA
400 m Freestyle, Men Jimmy McLane USA Wayne Moore USA Óscar Kramer ARG
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Jimmy McLane USA Óscar Kramer ARG Gilberto Martínez COL
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Canada CAN
100 m Backstroke, Men Frank McKinney USA Pedro Galvão ARG Buddy Baarcke USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Héctor Domínguez ARG Manuel Sanguily CUB Walter Ocampo MEX
200 m Butterfly, Men Eulalio Ríos MEX Walter Ocampo MEX Bill Yorzyk USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
100 m Freestyle, Women Helen Stewart CAN Wanda Werner USA Virginia Grant CAN
200 m Freestyle, Women Wanda Werner USA Liliana Gonzalías ARG Gilda Aranda MEX
400 m Freestyle, Women Beth Whittall CAN Carolyn Green USA Carol Tait USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Canada CAN Argentina ARG
100 m Backstroke, Women Lenora Fisher CAN Coralie O'Connor USA Cynthia Gill USA
200 m Breaststroke, Women Mary Lou Elsenius USA Mary Sears USA Beatriz Rohde ARG
100 m Butterfly, Women Beth Whittall CAN Betty Brey USA Shelley Mann USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA Canada CAN Argentina ARG
Trampoline Individual, Men Don Harper USA William Roy USA Eduardo Fereda VEN
Trampoline Tumbling, Men William Roy USA Joe Kotys USA Juan Caviglia ARG
Volleyball, Men United States USA Mexico MEX Brazil BRA
Volleyball, Women Mexico MEX United States USA Brazil BRA
Water Polo, Men Argentina ARG United States USA Brazil BRA
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Chuck Vinci USA Ángel Famiglietti PAN Ignacio Suárez CUB
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Carlos Chávez PAN Yas Kuzuhara USA Edmundo Álvarez MEX
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Joe Pitman USA Ambrose Cornet AHO Emilio González ARG
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Pete George USA Julián Suárez CUB Don Heron JAM
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Osvaldo Forte ARG Julian Pemberton AHO
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Dave Sheppard USA Bruno Barabani BRA Carlos Seigelshifer ARG
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Norb Schemansky USA Humberto Selvetti ARG Bèto Adriana AHO