Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 1 and 2 September.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
British West Indies Mal Spence Mel Spence Basil Ince George Kerr	United States Eddie Southern Josh Culbreath Jack Yerman Dave Mills	Puerto Rico Ramón Vega Jossué Delgado Manuel Rivera Iván Rodríguez

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Eddie Southern, Josh Culbreath, Jack Yerman, Dave Mills	3:13.6	Q
2	1	Canada	Stan Worsfold, George Shepherd, Allan Andrews, Harry Jerome	3:18.8	Q
3	1	Mexico	José Heredia, Gonzalo Gonzáles, Jorge Terán, Juan Cruz	3:21.8	Q
4	1	Ecuador	José Carrera, Juan Arailio, José Rendón, Arturo Jiménez	3:27.6
1	2	British West Indies	Mal Spence, Mel Spence, Basil Ince, George Kerr	3:15.0	Q
2	2	Puerto Rico	Ramón Vega, Jossué Delgado, Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez	3:15.1	Q
3	2	Brazil	Argemiro Roque, João Pires Sobrinho, Anubes da Silva, Ulysses dos Santos	3:16.1	Q
4	2	Venezuela	Victor Flores, Guillermo Rocca, Hortensio Fucil, Emilio Romero	3:17.8

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	British West Indies	Mal Spence, Mel Spence, Basil Ince, George Kerr	3:05.3
	United States	Eddie Southern, Josh Culbreath, Jack Yerman, Dave Mills	3:05.8
	Puerto Rico	Ramón Vega, Jossué Delgado, Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez	3:12.4
4	Brazil	Argemiro Roque, João Pires Sobrinho, Anubes da Silva, Ulysses dos Santos	3:16.1
5	Mexico	José Heredia, Gonzalo Gonzáles, Jorge Terán, Juan Cruz	3:18.0
6	Canada	Stan Worsfold, Allan Andrews, Harry Jerome, George Shepherd	3:18.3