title: Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault
text: # Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 29 August.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Don Bragg | United States | 4.62 |
  | | Jim Graham | United States | 4.32 |
  | | Rolando Cruz | Puerto Rico | 4.32 |
  | 4 | Ron Morris | United States | 4.32 |
  | 5 | Rubén Cruz | Puerto Rico | 4.25 |
  | 6 | Bob Reid | Canada | 4.05 |
  | 7 | David Linekin | Canada | 4.05 |
  | 8 | José Infante | Chile | 3.80 |
  | 8 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 3.80 |
  | 8 | Miguel Rivera | Puerto Rico | 3.80 |
  | 11 | Fausto de Souza | Brazil | 3.80 |
  | 12 | Tomotsu Nishida | Brazil | 3.80 |
  | | Wilf Foss | Canada | DNS |
  