The women's 60 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 13 and 14 March.[1][2] It was the first of only two times that this event was contested at the Games before being discontinued after 1959.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Bertha Díaz Cuba
|
Isabelle Daniels United States
|
Mabel Landry United States
|
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mae Faggs | United States |
7.58 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bertha Díaz | Cuba |
7.66 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lilián Buglia |  Argentina |
7.77 | |
| 4 | 1 | Beatriz Kretschmer |  Chile |
7.86 | |
| 5 | 1 | Raquel Trujillo |  Mexico |
8.14 | |
| 6 | 1 | Gladys Peña |  Dominican Republic |
8.43 | |
| 1 | 2 | Isabelle Daniels | United States |
7.66 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Deyse de Castro |  Brazil |
7.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lilian Heinz | Argentina |
7.87 | |
| 4 | 2 | Elda Selamé | Chile |
8.10 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sara Pantoja | Mexico |
8.24 | |
| 6 | 2 | Leonilda Miranda | Dominican Republic |
8.85 | |
| 2 | Cynthia Mills |  Jamaica |
DNF | ||
| 1 | 3 | Mabel Landry | United States |
7.86 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Gladys Erbetta | Argentina |
7.87 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Eliana Gaete | Chile |
7.88 | |
| 4 | 3 | Wanda dos Santos | Brazil |
8.06 | |
| 5 | 3 | Christina Blizzard | Mexico |
8.40 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bertha Díaz | Cuba |
7.5 | |
 |
Isabelle Daniels | United States |
7.6 | |
 |
Mabel Landry | United States |
7.6 | |
| 4 | Gladys Erbetta | Argentina |
7.7 | |
| 5 | Mae Faggs | United States |
7.7 | |
| 6 | Deyse de Castro | Brazil |
7.8 |
References
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 07:38