Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
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
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The men's triple jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 2 September.^[1][2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Adhemar da Silva	Brazil	15.90
	Herman Stokes	United States	15.39
	Bill Sharpe	United States	15.25
4	Jack Smyth	Canada	15.12
5	Victor Hernández	Cuba	14.66
6	Pedro Camacho	Puerto Rico	14.66
7	Ira Davis	United States	14.54
8	Mahoney Samuels	British West Indies	14.43
9	Rumildo Cruz	Puerto Rico	14.43
10	Ariel Standen	Chile	14.33
11	Carlos Vera	Chile	13.98
12	Alberto Betallelus	Peru	13.80
13	Roberto Procel	Mexico	12.82
	Julio Llera	Puerto Rico	DNS