Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 14 and 16 March 1955.^[1][2]

Men's 800 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Arnie Sowell  United States	Lon Spurrier  United States	Ramón Sandoval  Chile

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Argemiro Roque	Brazil	1:55.0	Q
2	1	Lon Spurrier	United States	1:55.6	Q
3	1	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	1:59.0	Q
4	1	Gilberto Miora	Argentina	?:??.??
5	1	Alberto González	Mexico	?:??.??
6	1	Gilbert McGregor	Jamaica	?:??.??
1	2	Ramón Sandoval	Chile	1:54.5	Q
2	2	Arnie Sowell	United States	1:56.5	Q
3	2	Evelio Planas	Cuba	1:59.2	Q
4	2	Francisco Miranda	Dominican Republic	?:??.??
5	2	Jorge Leal	Mexico	?:??.??
	2	Lucio Martina	Netherlands Antilles	?
	2	Cyril Johnson	Bahamas	?
1	3	Juan Miranda	Argentina	1:56.0	Q
2	3	Mal Whitfield	United States	1:56.7	Q
3	3	Waldemiro Monteiro	Brazil	1:56.9	Q
4	3	Waldo Sandoval	Chile	?:??.??
5	3	Samuel Alvarado	Mexico	?:??.??
	3	Richard Estick	Jamaica	?
	3	Filemón Camacho	Venezuela	?

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Arnie Sowell	United States	1:49.86	GR
	Lon Spurrier	United States	1:50.51
	Ramón Sandoval	Chile	1:52.52
4	Mal Whitfield	United States	1:52.66
5	Juan Miranda	Argentina	1:53.31
6	Argemiro Roque	Brazil	1:53.98
7	Evelio Planas	Cuba	1:57.69
8	Waldemiro Monteiro	Brazil	1:57.74
9	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	?:??.??

References

1. Full results
2. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 October 2020.