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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Pan American Games
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 1 and 2 September.

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 British West Indies
Mal Spence
Mel Spence
Basil Ince
George Kerr
 United States
Eddie Southern
Josh Culbreath
Jack Yerman
Dave Mills
 Puerto Rico
Ramón Vega
Jossué Delgado
Manuel Rivera
Iván Rodríguez

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1  United States Eddie Southern, Josh Culbreath, Jack Yerman, Dave Mills 3:13.6 Q
2 1  Canada Stan Worsfold, George Shepherd, Allan Andrews, Harry Jerome 3:18.8 Q
3 1  Mexico José Heredia, Gonzalo Gonzáles, Jorge Terán, Juan Cruz 3:21.8 Q
4 1  Ecuador José Carrera, Juan Arailio, José Rendón, Arturo Jiménez 3:27.6
1 2  British West Indies Mal Spence, Mel Spence, Basil Ince, George Kerr 3:15.0 Q
2 2  Puerto Rico Ramón Vega, Jossué Delgado, Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez 3:15.1 Q
3 2  Brazil Argemiro Roque, João Pires Sobrinho, Anubes da Silva, Ulysses dos Santos 3:16.1 Q
4 2  Venezuela Victor Flores, Guillermo Rocca, Hortensio Fucil, Emilio Romero 3:17.8

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  British West Indies Mal Spence, Mel Spence, Basil Ince, George Kerr 3:05.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Eddie Southern, Josh Culbreath, Jack Yerman, Dave Mills 3:05.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Puerto Rico Ramón Vega, Jossué Delgado, Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez 3:12.4
4  Brazil Argemiro Roque, João Pires Sobrinho, Anubes da Silva, Ulysses dos Santos 3:16.1
5  Mexico José Heredia, Gonzalo Gonzáles, Jorge Terán, Juan Cruz 3:18.0
6  Canada Stan Worsfold, Allan Andrews, Harry Jerome, George Shepherd 3:18.3

References

  1. Paul Jenes (11 July 2020). "PAN-AMERICAN GAMES, Chicago, USA, 1959" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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