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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 400 metres hurdles event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 28. And 29 August.

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josh Culbreath  United States	Dick Howard  United States	Cliff Cushman  United States

Results※

Heats※

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Josh Culbreath	United States	53.2	Q
2	1	Victor Flores	Venezuela	54.1	Q
3	1	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	54.4	Q
	1	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	DNF
	1	Heber Etcheverry	Uruguay	DQ
1	2	Dick Howard	United States	53.5	Q
2	2	Cliff Cushman	United States	53.5	Q
3	2	Ulysses dos Santos	Brazil	53.6	Q
4	2	Gabriel Roldán	Mexico	54.5
5	2	George Shepherd	Canada	55.6
6	2	Armando Betancourt	Cuba	??.?

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Josh Culbreath	United States	51.2
	Dick Howard	United States	51.3
	Cliff Cushman	United States	53.0
4	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	53.1
5	Ulysses dos Santos	Brazil	53.2
6	Victor Flores	Venezuela	53.4

References※