1963 Pan American Games

Host City São Paulo
Country BRA
Held 20 April – 5 May 1963
Competitors 643
Countries 19

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 3
Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 2
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 2
Rings Men — Medal 3 2
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men — Medal 17 3
Individual All-Around Women — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Women — Medal 3 2
Vault Women — Medal 3 1
Uneven Bars Women — Medal 3 2
Balance Beam Women — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Women — Medal 17 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo Women — Medal 7 4
Duet Women — Medal 12 4
Team Women — Medal 19 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 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 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 36 3
Basketball Women — Medal 36 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 9 6
10 m Platform Men — Medal 8 5
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 7 5
10 m Platform Women — Medal 5 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-70 kg Men — Medal 2 2
-80 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Open Men — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Men — Medal 3 1
Team Men — Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Single Sculls Men — Medal 2 2
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 12 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m Men — Medal 12 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 12 3
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free pistol team 50 m Men — Medal 12 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 2
Center-fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 12 3
Skeet Men — Medal 3 3
Skeet team Men — Medal 12 3
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 2
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
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 2
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
Volleyball Men — Medal 35 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 36 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 30 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 April 1963 Medal 9 9
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 April 1963 Medal 10 10
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 22 April 1963 Medal 7 7
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men 24 April 1963 Medal 8 7
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 24 April 1963 Medal 9 9
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 25 April 1963 Medal 7 7
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 25 April 1963 Medal 6 5

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 85 46 26 157
2 Canada CAN 10 23 23 56
3 Brazil BRA 4 12 14 30
4 Argentina ARG 3 7 7 17
5 Venezuela VEN 2 5 5 12
6 Cuba CUB 1 5 4 10
7 Mexico MEX 1 3 8 12
8 Uruguay URU 1 0 5 6
9 Chile CHI 1 0 1 2
10 Guyana GUY 1 0 0 1
11 Netherlands Antilles AHO 0 4 2 6
12 Puerto Rico PUR 0 2 2 4
13 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 2 3
14 Jamaica JAM 0 1 1 2
15 Guatemala GUA 0 1 0 1
16 Barbados BAR 0 0 3 3
17 Panama PAN 0 0 2 2
18 Peru PER 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Willie Weiler CAN Don Tonry USA Jay Werner USA
Floor Exercise, Men Willie Weiler CAN Héctor Ramírez CUB Don Tonry USA
Vault, Men Willie Weiler CAN Jay Werner USA Don Tonry USA
Parallel Bars, Men Don Tonry USA Willie Weiler CAN Gar O'Quinn USA
Horizontal Bar, Men Abie Grossfeld USA Willie Weiler CAN Jay Werner USA
Rings, Men Jamille Ashmore USA Abie Grossfeld USA Willie Weiler CAN
Pommelled Horse, Men Gar O'Quinn USA Willie Weiler CAN Richard Montpetit CAN
Team All-Around, Men United States USA Canada CAN Cuba CUB
Individual All-Around, Women Doris Fuchs USA Dale McClements
Avis Tieber 		USA
USA
Floor Exercise, Women Avis Tieber USA Susan McDonnell CAN Kathy Corrigan USA
Vault, Women Dale McClements USA Avis Tieber USA Kathy Corrigan USA
Uneven Bars, Women Doris Fuchs USA Dale McClements USA Yolanda Williams CUB
Balance Beam, Women Doris Fuchs USA Dorothy Haworth CAN Gail Daley CAN
Team All-Around, Women United States USA Canada CAN Cuba CUB
Solo, Women Roberta Armstrong USA Barbara Burke USA Sandra Marks CAN
Duet, Women Barbara Burke / Joanne Schaack USA Marcia Blixt / Marian Whitner USA Marilyn Malenfant / Sandra Marks CAN
Team, Women United States USA Mexico MEX Brazil BRA
100 m, Men Enrique Figuerola CUB Arquímedes Herrera VEN Ira Murchison USA
200 m, Men Rafael Romero VEN Ollan Cassell USA Arquímedes Herrera VEN
400 m, Men Jim Johnson USA Mel Spence JAM Cliff Bertrand TTO
800 m, Men Don Bertoia CAN Sig Ohlemann CAN Ernie Cunliffe USA
1,500 m, Men Jim Grelle USA Jim Beatty USA Don Bertoia CAN
5,000 m, Men Osvaldo Suárez ARG Charley Clark USA Bob Schul USA
10,000 m, Men Peter McArdle USA Osvaldo Suárez ARG Eligio Galicia MEX
Marathon, Men Fidel Negrete MEX Gordon McKenzie USA Peter McArdle USA
110 m Hurdles, Men Blaine Lindgren USA Willie May USA Lázaro Betancourt CUB
400 m Hurdles, Men Juan Carlos Dyrzka ARG Willie Atterberry USA Russ Rogers USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Jeff Fishback USA Sebastião Mendes BRA Albertino Etchechury URU
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Venezuela VEN Trinidad and Tobago TTO
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Venezuela VEN Jamaica JAM
20 km Walk, Men Alex Oakley CAN Nicole Marrone CAN Ron Zinn USA
High Jump, Men Gene Johnson USA Teodoro Palacios GUA Erskine Norris BAR
Pole Vault, Men Dave Tork USA Henry Wadsworth USA Rubén Cruz PUR
Long Jump, Men Ralph Boston USA Darrell Curtis Horn USA Juan Muñoz VEN
Triple Jump, Men Bill Sharpe USA Ramón López CUB Mário Gomes BRA
Shot Put, Men Dave Davis USA Billy Joe Wright USA Cosme di Cursi ARG
Discus Throw, Men Bob Humphreys USA Dave Davis USA Lambertus Rebel Bout AHO
Hammer Throw, Men Al Hall USA Jim Pryde USA Roberto Chapchap BRA
Javelin Throw, Men Dan Studney USA Nick Kovalakides USA Walter De Almeida BRA
Decathlon, Men John David Martin USA Bill Gairdner CAN Héctor Thomas VEN
100 m, Women Edith McGuire USA Miguelina Cobián CUB Marilyn White USA
200 m, Women Vivian Brown USA Miguelina Cobián CUB Lorraine Dunn PAN
800 m, Women Abby Hoffman CAN Leah Bennett-Ferris USA Noreen Deuling CAN
80 m Hurdles, Women Jo Ann Terry-Grissom USA Jenny Wingerson-Meldrum CAN Wanda dos Santos BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Cuba CUB Brazil BRA
High Jump, Women Eleanor Montgomery USA Dianne Gerace CAN Patsy Callender BAR
Long Jump, Women Willye White USA Íris dos Santos BRA Edith McGuire USA
Shot Put, Women Nancy McCredie CAN Cynthia Watt USA Sharon Sheppard USA
Discus Throw, Women Nancy McCredie CAN Ingeborg Pfüller ARG Sharon Sheppard USA
Javelin Throw, Women Marlene Ahrens CHI Frances Davenport USA Íris dos Santos BRA
Basketball, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Puerto Rico PUR
Basketball, Women United States USA Brazil BRA Chile CHI
3 m Springboard, Men Tom Dinsley CAN Rick Gilbert USA Ken Sitzberger USA
10 m Platform, Men Bob Webster USA Álvaro Gaxiola MEX Ricardo Capilla MEX
3 m Springboard, Women Barbara McAlister USA Judy Stewart CAN Patsy Willard USA
10 m Platform, Women Linda Cooper USA Nancy Poulsen USA María Teresa Adames MEX
-70 kg, Men Toshiyuki Seino USA Jorge Yamashita BRA
-80 kg, Men Lhofei Shiozawa BRA Paul Maruyama USA Rómulo Etcheverry URU
-90 kg, Men George Harris USA Milton Lovato BRA Heraldo Viazzi URU
Open, Men Ben Campbell USA Kasrtiot Mehdi BRA Joaquín Antrate URU
Individual, Men Bob Beck USA Richard Stoll USA James Moore USA
Team, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Mexico MEX
Single Sculls, Men Sy Cromwell USA Iván Pital Miguel BRA
Coxless Pairs, Men Mariano Caulín / Gustavo Pérez URU Daniel Watts / Robert Brayton USA Ricardo Durán / Carlos Montaldo ARG
Coxed Pairs, Men Ed Ferry / Charles Blitzner USA Natalio Rossi / Óscar Rompani ARG Antemidio Julião / Adriano Monteiro BRA
Double Sculls, Men Robert Lea / Bill Knecht USA Alberto Demiddi / Antonio Soma ARG Edgard Gijsen / Francisco Todesco BRA
Coxless Fours, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Argentina ARG
Coxed Fours, Men Argentina ARG Brazil BRA United States USA
Eights, Men Canada CAN Brazil BRA Uruguay URU
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men Gary Anderson USA Verle Wright, Jr. USA Clinton Dahlstrom CAN
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Gary Anderson USA William Krilling USA Paulino Díaz MEX
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men United States USA Canada CAN Peru PER
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m, Men Enrico Forcella VEN Lones Wigger USA Edward Gaygle USA
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m, Men United States USA Mexico MEX Venezuela VEN
Free pistol 50 m, Men Frank Green USA Gary McMahon CAN Alvin Merx USA
Free pistol team 50 m, Men United States USA Canada CAN Brazil BRA
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Cecil Wallis USA Laurence Mosely USA Manuel José Fernández ARG
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Center-fire pistol 25 m, Men T. D. Smith USA William Blankenship USA Gary McMahon CAN
Center-fire pistol team 25 m, Men United States USA Canada CAN Mexico MEX
Skeet, Men Kenneth Sedlecky USA Juan García VEN Bernard Hartman CAN
Skeet team, Men United States USA Venezuela VEN Canada CAN
100 m Freestyle, Men Steve Clark USA Steven Jackman USA Daniel Sherry CAN
400 m Freestyle, Men Roy Saari USA Don Schollander USA Sandy Gilchrist CAN
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Roy Saari USA Sandy Gilchrist CAN Ralph Hutton CAN
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Canada CAN Brazil BRA
100 m Backstroke, Men Ed Bartsch USA Chuck Bittick USA Athos de Oliveira Júnior BRA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Chet Jastremski USA Ken Merten USA John Kelso CAN
200 m Butterfly, Men Carl Robie USA Fred Schmidt USA Luis Nicolao ARG
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Canada CAN
100 m Freestyle, Women Terri Lee Stickles USA Mary Beth Stewart CAN Kathy Ellis USA
200 m Freestyle, Women Robyn Johnson USA Terri Lee Stickles USA Lynne Pomfret CAN
400 m Freestyle, Women Sharon Finneran USA Robyn Johnson USA Lynne Pomfret CAN
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Canada CAN Brazil BRA
100 m Backstroke, Women Nina Harmar USA Cathy Ferguson USA Eileen Weir CAN
200 m Breaststroke, Women Alice Driscoll USA Roby Whipple USA Marjon Wilmink CAN
100 m Butterfly, Women Kathy Ellis USA Mary Beth Stewart CAN Kim Worley USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA Canada CAN Venezuela VEN
Volleyball, Men Brazil BRA United States USA Argentina ARG
Volleyball, Women Brazil BRA United States USA Mexico MEX
Water Polo, Men Brazil BRA United States USA Argentina ARG
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Martin Dias GUY Hector Curiel AHO Gary Hanson USA
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ike Berger USA Pedro Serrano PUR Idelfonso Lee PAN
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tony Garcy USA Rudy Monk AHO Roudolph Cox BAR
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Joe Puleo USA José Manuel Figueroa PUR Pierre St. Jean CAN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Fortunato Rijna AHO Mike Lipari CAN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Bill March USA José Flores AHO John Lewis CAN
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Sydney Henry USA Brandon Bailey TTO Bèto Adriana AHO