Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 17 and 19 March.

Men's 1500 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Juan Miranda  Argentina	Wes Santee  United States	Fred Dwyer  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Juan Miranda	Argentina	4:05.63	Q
2	1	Wes Santee	United States	4:05.65	Q
3	1	Sebastião Mendes	Brazil	4:12.94	Q
4	1	Bob McMillen	United States	4:15.73	Q
5	1	Eduardo Fontecilla	Chile	4:15.92	Q
6	1	Alfonso Díaz	Mexico	4:20.8
	1	Francisco Miranda	Dominican Republic	?
	1	Lucio Martina	Netherlands Antilles	?
	1	Samuel Alvarado	Mexico	?
1	2	Filemón Camacho	Venezuela	4:31.4	Q
2	2	Jesús González	Mexico	4:32.6	Q
3	2	Edgard Mitt	Brazil	4:34.4	Q
4	2	Guillermo Solá	Chile	4:34.8	Q
5	2	Fred Dwyer	United States	4:34.8	Q
6	2	Emérito Estrella	Dominican Republic	4:35.8
	2	Gilberto Miora	Argentina	DNS
	2	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juan Miranda	Argentina	3:53.30	GR
	Wes Santee	United States	3:53.44
	Fred Dwyer	United States	3:56.04
4	Bob McMillen	United States	4:04.74
5	Guillermo Solá	Chile	4:06.67
6	Filemón Camacho	Venezuela	4:08.0
	Sebastião Mendes	Brazil	?
	Eduardo Fontecilla	Chile	?
	Jesús González	Mexico	?
	Edgard Mitt	Brazil	?