Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the Pan American Games

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 2 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dyrol Burleson  United States	Jim Grelle  United States	Ed Moran  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Randy Mason	Canada	3:58.7	Q
2	1	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	3:59.8	Q
3	1	José Manuel Luna	Mexico	4:00.3	Q
4	1	Ricardo Vidal	Chile	4:00.7	Q
5	1	Dyrol Burleson	United States	4:02.6	Q
6	1	José Pérez	Mexico	4:10.2
7	1	François Ducarmel	Haiti	?:??.?
1	2	David Drybrough	Canada	3:59.6	Q
2	2	Ramón Sandoval	Chile	3:59.8	Q
3	2	Ed Moran	United States	4:00.0	Q
4	2	Jim Grelle	United States	4:02.4	Q
5	2	Alfonso Tinoco	Mexico	4:03.4	Q
6	2	Alejandro Arroyo	Ecuador	4:12.8
	2	Jossué Delgado	Puerto Rico	DNS
	2	Sebastião Mendes	Brazil	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dyrol Burleson	United States	3:49.1
	Jim Grelle	United States	3:49.9
	Ed Moran	United States	3:50.1
4	Ramón Sandoval	Chile	3:51.9
5	Randy Mason	Canada	3:54.0
6	José Manuel Luna	Mexico	3:58.1
7	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	4:00.5
8	Alfonso Tinoco	Mexico	4:01.1
9	Ricardo Vidal	Chile	?:??.?
	David Drybrough	Canada	DNF