Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28, 29 and 30 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Tom Murphy United States | George Kerr British West Indies | Tony Seth British Guiana |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | George Kerr | British West Indies | 1:52.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ernie Cunliffe | United States | 1:53.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Allan Andrews | Canada | 1:53.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jossué Delgado | Puerto Rico | 1:54.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Julio León | Chile | 1:55.5 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | José Heredia | Mexico | ?:??.? | |
| | 1 | Peter Ostermeyer | Brazil | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Murphy | United States | 1:52.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mel Spence | British West Indies | 1:53.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Hugo Krauss | Chile | 1:55.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Stan Worsfold | Canada | 1:56.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emigdio Torres | Cuba | 1:56.3 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alejandro Arroyo | Ecuador | 1:58.2 | |
| | 2 | Ralph Gomes | British Guiana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Anubes da Silva | Brazil | DNS | |
| 1 | 3 | Jerome Walters | United States | 1:53.9 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Seth | British Guiana | 1:54.0 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ramón Sandoval | Chile | 1:54.3 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | José Manuel Luna | Mexico | 1:54.3 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Siegmar Ohlemann | Canada | 1:55.0 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Argemiro Roque | Brazil | 1:55.3 | |
| | 3 | Guillermo Rocca | Venezuela | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Murphy | United States | 1:50.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tony Seth | British Guiana | 1:51.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mel Spence | British West Indies | 1:51.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Stan Worsfold | Canada | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jossué Delgado | Puerto Rico | 1:52.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hugo Krauss | Chile | 1:53.5 | |
| 7 | 1 | José Manuel Luna | Mexico | 1:54.5 | |
| 8 | 1 | Julio León | Chile | ?:??.? | |
| 1 | 2 | Jerome Walters | United States | 1:51.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | George Kerr | British West Indies | 1:51.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Siegmar Ohlemann | Canada | 1:51.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ernie Cunliffe | United States | 1:52.1 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emigdio Torres | Cuba | 1:52.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ramón Sandoval | Chile | 1:55.0 | |
| 7 | 2 | Allan Andrews | Canada | 1:55.2 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tom Murphy | United States | 1:49.4 |
| | George Kerr | British West Indies | 1:49.4 |
| | Tony Seth | British Guiana | 1:49.7 |
| 4 | Mel Spence | British West Indies | 1:50.0 |
| 5 | Ernie Cunliffe | United States | 1:51.5 |
| 6 | Stan Worsfold | Canada | 1:52.4 |
| 7 | Siegmar Ohlemann | Canada | 1:53.3 |
| | Jerome Walters | United States | DNF |
