Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 30 and 31 August.

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Dave Edstrom	United States	11.2	7.06	14.26	1.79	49.4	15.0	45.59	3.70	55.82	4:51.2	7254
	Phil Mulkey	United States	12.1	6.63	14.26	1.76	53.6	15.7	37.56	4.00	43.25	4:51.3	6062
	George Stulac	Canada	11.5	6.44	12.92	1.73	51.9	16.6	39.74	3.70	45.53	4:39.9	5989
4	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	11.2	7.05	12.67	1.73	55.5	17.1	38.28	3.10	55.44	5:16.7	5625
5	Emir Martínez	Argentina	11.7	6.20	12.98	1.65	53.7	16.7	38.48	3.25	45.07	4:35.2	5489
6	Juris Laipenieks	Chile	11.7	6.73	13.24	1.65	53.4	17.5	40.67	2.90	54.96	5:01.5	5472
7	Rodolfo Mijares	Mexico	11.3	6.44	10.89	1.60	51.6	16.7	36.96	3.20	35.36	4:52.8	5213
8	Leopoldo Vásquez	Mexico	12.1	6.42	10.30	1.79	54.2	16.4	31.77	3.10	42.71	4:54.2	4969
	Mike Herman	United States	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNS