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Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon at the Pan American Games

The men's decathlon event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 30 and 31 August.[1][2]

Results

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dave Edstrom  United States 11.2 7.06 14.26 1.79 49.4 15.0 45.59 3.70 55.82 4:51.2 7254
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Phil Mulkey  United States 12.1 6.63 14.26 1.76 53.6 15.7 37.56 4.00 43.25 4:51.3 6062
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Stulac  Canada 11.5 6.44 12.92 1.73 51.9 16.6 39.74 3.70 45.53 4:39.9 5989
4 Héctor Thomas  Venezuela 11.2 7.05 12.67 1.73 55.5 17.1 38.28 3.10 55.44 5:16.7 5625
5 Emir Martínez  Argentina 11.7 6.20 12.98 1.65 53.7 16.7 38.48 3.25 45.07 4:35.2 5489
6 Juris Laipenieks  Chile 11.7 6.73 13.24 1.65 53.4 17.5 40.67 2.90 54.96 5:01.5 5472
7 Rodolfo Mijares  Mexico 11.3 6.44 10.89 1.60 51.6 16.7 36.96 3.20 35.36 4:52.8 5213
8 Leopoldo Vásquez  Mexico 12.1 6.42 10.30 1.79 54.2 16.4 31.77 3.10 42.71 4:54.2 4969
Mike Herman  United States DNS DNS

References

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