Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 60 metres

Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The women's 60 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28 and 29 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isabelle Daniels  United States	Barbara Jones  United States Carlota Gooden  Panama

Held on 28 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.1 m/s, Heat 2: +3.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.8 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Isabelle Daniels	United States	7.6	Q
2	1	Heather Campbell	Canada	7.7	Q
3	1	Jean Holmes	Panama	7.8	Q
4	1	Onereida Borges	Cuba	7.9	Q
5	1	Eliana Gaete	Chile	8.5
1	2	Barbara Jones	United States	7.3	Q
2	2	Maureen Rever	Canada	7.4	Q
3	2	Myra Fawcett	British Guiana	8.0	Q
4	2	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	8.8	Q
5	2	Bertha Díaz	Cuba	9.0
1	3	Carlota Gooden	Panama	7.4	Q
2	3	Valerie Jerome	Canada	7.8	Q
3	3	Lidia Hernández	Cuba	7.8	Q
4	3	Yolanda Vinocourt	Mexico	8.0	Q
5	3	Maria de Lima	Brazil	8.2
1	4	Martha Hudson	United States	7.6	Q
2	4	Marcela Daniel	Panama	7.8	Q
3	4	Vilma Parris	British Guiana	8.0	Q
4	4	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	8.3	Q
5	4	Rosalia Ridauro	Mexico	8.5

Held on 28 August

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Barbara Jones	United States	7.6	Q
2	1	Maureen Rever	Canada	7.8	Q
3	1	Jean Holmes	Panama	7.8	Q
4	1	Onereida Borges	Cuba	8.0	Q
5	1	Marcela Daniel	Panama	8.0
6	1	Vilma Parris	British Guiana	8.1
7	1	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	8.3
8	1	Yolanda Vinocourt	Mexico	8.3
1	2	Martha Hudson	United States	7.6	Q
2	2	Isabelle Daniels	United States	7.7	Q
3	2	Carlota Gooden	Panama	7.7	Q
4	2	Valerie Jerome	Canada	7.8	Q
5	2	Heather Campbell	Canada	7.8
6	2	Myra Fawcett	British Guiana	8.0
7	2	Lidia Hernández	Cuba	??.?
8	2	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	??.?

Held on 29 August

Wind: +3.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Isabelle Daniels	United States	7.4
	Barbara Jones	United States	7.4
	Carlota Gooden	Panama	7.4
4	Martha Hudson	United States	7.4
5	Maureen Rever	Canada	7.5
6	Jean Holmes	Panama	7.7
7	Valerie Jerome	Canada	7.8
8	Onereida Borges	Cuba	8.0