Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
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
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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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]

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

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	?

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	?:??.??