Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 2 September.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Hayes Jones Robert Poynter William Woodhouse Ray Norton	Venezuela Emilio Romero Lloyd Murad Clive Bonas Rafael Romero	British West Indies Dennis Johnson Clifton Bertrand Wilton Jackson Mike Agostini

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Hayes Jones, Robert Poynter, William Woodhouse, Ray Norton	40.1	Q
2	1	Venezuela	Emilio Romero, Lloyd Murad, Clive Bonas, Rafael Romero	41.1	Q
3	1	Brazil	Affonso da Silva, Paulo da Fonseca, Jorge de Barros, José da Conceição	41.3	Q
4	1	Cuba	Lázaro Betancourt, Evaristo Iglesias, Emigdio Torres, Enrique Figuerola	42.5
5	1	Dominican Republic	Alberto Torres, Domingo García, Salvador Rivas, Lionel James	43.1
1	2	British West Indies	Dennis Johnson, Clifton Bertrand, Wilton Jackson, Mike Agostini	42.1	Q
2	2	Canada	Lynn Eves, George Short, Gordon Thorlaksson, Harry Jerome	42.1	Q
3	2	Puerto Rico	Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez, Ramón Vega, Rubén Díaz	43.0	Q
	2	Ecuador		DNS

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Hayes Jones, Robert Poynter, William Woodhouse, Ray Norton	40.4
	Venezuela	Emilio Romero, Lloyd Murad, Clive Bonas, Rafael Romero	41.1
	British West Indies	Dennis Johnson, Clifton Bertrand, Wilton Jackson, Mike Agostini	41.1
4	Brazil	Affonso da Silva, Paulo da Fonseca, Jorge de Barros, José da Conceição	41.6
5	Puerto Rico	Manuel Rivera, Iván Rodríguez, Ramón Vega, Rubén Díaz	41.7
6	Canada	Lynn Eves, George Short, Gordon Thorlaksson, Harry Jerome	41.9