Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1963 Pan American Games was held at the Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo on 30 April and 1 May.

Men's 800 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Don Bertoia  Canada	Siegmar Ohlemann  Canada	Ernie Cunliffe  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Don Bertoia	Canada	1:51.59	Q
2	2	Bill Dotson	United States	1:52.34	Q
3	2	Caspar Springer	Barbados	1:52.62
4	1	Ernie Cunliffe	United States	1:53.05	Q
5	2	Alejandro Arroyo	Ecuador	1:53.14
6	1	Leslie Mentor	Venezuela	1:53.19	Q
7	1	José Sobrinho	Brazil	1:54.43
8	3	Siegmar Ohlemann	Canada	1:55.00	Q
9	3	Paulo de Araújo	Brazil	1:55.27	Q
10	3	Carver King	Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.3
11	2	Victor Gadea	Uruguay	1:59.78
	1	Luis Alarcón	Chile	DNS
	1	Mario Zambrano	Ecuador	DNS
	3	Lloyd Bacchus	British Guiana	DNS
	3	José Manuel Luna	Mexico	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Don Bertoia	Canada	1:48.46
	Siegmar Ohlemann	Canada	1:48.63
	Ernie Cunliffe	United States	1:48.92
4	Paulo de Araújo	Brazil	1:52.82
5	Bill Dotson	United States	1:57.40
	Leslie Mentor	Venezuela	DQ