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

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.