# Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Enrique Figuerola Cuba | 10.46 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 10.59 | Ira Murchison United States | 10.62 |
| 200 metres details | Rafael Romero Venezuela | 21.23 | Ollan Cassell United States | 21.23 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 21.23 |
| 400 metres details | James Johnson United States | 46.80 | Mel Spence Jamaica | 46.94 | Clifton Bertrand Trinidad and Tobago | 47.43 |
| 800 metres details | Don Bertoia Canada | 1:48.46 | Sig Ohlemann Canada | 1:48.63 | Ernie Cunliffe United States | 1:48.92 |
| 1500 metres details | Jim Grelle United States | 3:43.62 | Jim Beatty United States | 3:43.88 | Don Bertoia Canada | 3:55.19 |
| 5000 metres details | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 14:25.81 | Charley Clark United States | 14:27.16 | Bob Schul United States | 14:29.21 |
| 10,000 metres details | Pete McArdle United States | 29:52.22 | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 30:26.56 | Eligio Galicia Mexico | 30:27.90 |
| Marathon details | Fidel Negrete Mexico | 2:27:56 | Gordon McKenzie United States | 2:31:18 | Pete McArdle United States | 2:34:14 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Blaine Lindgren United States | 13.8w | Willie May United States | 14.0w | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba | 14.3w |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 50.32 | Willie Atterberry United States | 50.49 | Russ Rogers United States | 51.19 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Jeff Fishback United States | 9:07.9 | Sebastião Mendes Brazil | 9:12.8 | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay | 9:17.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Earl Young Ollan Cassell Brooks Johnson Ira Murchison | 40.40 | Venezuela Héctor Thomas Horacio Esteves Arquímides Herrera Rafael Romero | 40.71 | Trinidad and Tobago Clifton Bertrand Anthony Jones Irving Joseph Cipriani Phillip | 40.87 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Ollan Cassell James Johnson Richard Edmunds Earl Young | 3:09.62 | Venezuela Aristedes Pineda Leslie Mentor Victor Flores Hortensio Fucil | 3:12.20 | Jamaica Anthony Carr Rupert Hoilette Malcolm Spence Mel Spence | 3:12.61 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Alex Oakley Canada | 1:42:44 | Nicole Marrone Canada | 1:46:35 | Ron Zinn United States | 1:49:45 |
| High jump details | Gene Johnson United States | 2.11 | Teodoro Palacios Guatemala | 2.04 | Anton Norris Barbados | 2.04 |
| Pole vault details | Dave Tork United States | 4.90 | Henry Wadsworth United States | 4.75 | Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico | 4.30 |
| Long jump details | Ralph Boston United States | 8.11 | Darrell Horn United States | 8.02 | Juan Muñoz Venezuela | 7.46 |
| Triple jump details | Bill Sharpe United States | 15.15 | Ramón López Cuba | 15.08 | Mário Gomes Brazil | 14.97 |
| Shot put details | Dave Davis United States | 18.52 | Billy Joe United States | 17.77 | Cosme Di Cursi Argentina | 16.26 |
| Discus throw details | Bob Humphreys United States | 57.82 | Dave Davis United States | 51.05 | Ben Rebel Bout Netherlands Antilles | 49.78 |
| Hammer throw details | Al Hall United States | 62.74 | Jim Pryde United States | 58.56 | Roberto Chapchap Brazil | 57.92 |
| Javelin throw details | Dan Studney United States | 75.60 | Nick Kovalakides United States | 73.71 | Walter de Almeida Brazil | 64.61 |
| Decathlon details | J. D. Martin United States | 7335 | Bill Gairdner Canada | 6812 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 6751 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Edith McGuire United States | 11.65 | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 11.69 | Marilyn White United States | 11.85 |
| 200 metres details | Vivian Brown United States | 23.9 | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 24.0 | Lorraine Dunn Panama | 24.7 |
| 800 metres details | Abby Hoffman Canada | 2:10.27 | Leah Bennett Ferris United States | 2:13.79 | Noreen Deuling Canada | 2:14.98 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Jo Ann Terry United States | 11.37 | Jenny Wingerson Canada | 11.48 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 11.50 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Marilyn White Vivian Brown Willye White Norma Harris | 45.72 | Cuba Fulgencia Romay Miguelina Cobián Irene Martínez Nereida Borges | 46.44 NR | Brazil Leontina Santos Érica Lopes da Silva Edir Braga Ribeiro Inês Pimenta | 48.18 |
| High jump details | Eleanor Montgomery United States | 1.68 | Diane Gerace Canada | 1.65 | Patsy Callender Barbados | 1.62 |
| Long jump details | Willye White United States | 6.15 | Iris dos Santos Brazil | 5.65 | Edith McGuire United States | 5.48 |
| Shot put details | Nancy McCredie Canada | 15.32 | Cynthia Wyatt United States | 14.27 | Sharon Shepherd United States | 14.10 |
| Discus throw details | Nancy McCredie Canada | 50.18 | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 47.83 | Sharon Shepherd United States | 47.29 |
| Javelin throw details | Marlene Ahrens Chile | 49.93 | Frances Davenport United States | 47.22 | Íris dos Santos Brazil | 35.51 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 22 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (7)
* Barbados (3)
* Bermuda (1)
* Brazil (54)
* British Guiana (1)
* Canada (17)
* Chile (7)
* Cuba (15)
* Ecuador (2)
* Guatemala (1)
* Jamaica (4)
* Mexico (8)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* Panama (4)
* Peru (5)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Trinidad and Tobago (9)
* United States (52)
* Uruguay (3)
* Venezuela (13)