Gymnastics at the 1959 Pan American Games

Men's and women's gymnastics events were held at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States.[1][2][3][4]

Gymnastics at the III Pan American Games
«1955 1963»

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)*	14	11	11	36
2	Canada (CAN)	4	6	5	15
3	Mexico (MEX)	1	1	0	2
4	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 NOCs)		19	18	17	54

Medalists

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around[5]	John Beckner  United States	Abraham Grossfeld  United States	Don Tonry  United States
Team all-around[5]	United States (USA) John Beckner Donald Tonry Gregor Weiss Abraham Grossfeld Garland O'Quinn Jamile Ashmore	Canada (CAN) Richard Montpetit Carl Girard Hans Gerbig Dieter Weichort Nino Marion William Vennels	Argentina (ARG) Juan Caviglia Ricardo Licenziato Cesar Bonoris Martín Carranza Bautista di Giacomo José Flecha
Floor exercise[5]	Abraham Grossfeld  United States	Jamile Ashmore  United States	Don Tonry  United States
Pommel horse[5]	Gregor Weiss  United States	Richard Montpetit  Canada	John Beckner  United States Garland O'Quinn  United States
Rings[5]	Jamile Ashmore  United States Abraham Grossfeld  United States	N/A	Nino Marion  Canada
Vault[5]	John Beckner  United States	Richard Montpetit  Canada Gregor Weiss  United States	N/A
Parallel bars[5]	John Beckner  United States	Gregor Weiss  United States	Don Tonry  United States
Horizontal bar[5]	Abraham Grossfeld  United States	John Beckner  United States	Don Tonry  United States

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around[5]	Ernestine Russell  Canada	Betty Maycock  United States	Marie-Claire Larsen  Canada
Team all-around[5]	United States (USA) Betty Maycock Cassie Collawn Theresa Montefusco Sharon Phelps Judy Klauser Sharon Richardson	Canada (CAN) Ernestine Russell Marie-Claire Larsen Louise Parker Leissa Kroll Rosemary Ripley Margaret Schran	N/A
Vault[5]	Ernestine Russell  Canada	Betty Maycock  United States	Louise Parker  Canada
Uneven bars[5]	Ernestine Russell  Canada	Theresa Montefusco  United States	Marie-Claire Larsen  Canada
Balance beam[5]	Ernestine Russell  Canada	Betty Maycock  United States	Cassie Collawn  United States
Floor exercise[5]	Theresa Montefusco  United States	Ernestine Russell  Canada	Sharon Phelps  United States

Club swinging

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's club swinging[5]	Francisco Alvarez  Mexico	Porfirio Rivera  Mexico	Ronald Munn  United States

Rope climbing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rope climbing[5]	Garvin Smith  United States	Nino Marion  Canada	Richard Montpetit  Canada

Trampoline and tumbling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual trampoline[5]	Ronald Munn  United States	Harold Holmes  United States	Abraham Grossfeld  United States
Men's individual tumbling[5]	Harold Holmes  United States	Jamile Ashmore  United States	Abraham Grossfeld  United States

See also

• Pan American Gymnastics Championships
• South American Gymnastics Championships
• Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References

1. Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369
2. "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07.
3. "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Gymnastics Medalists". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
4. "Sports 123: Gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2019-08-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
5. Cunha, Odir (2009). Heróis da América: História completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Planeta. p. 415. ISBN 978-8576652809.