| Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | River Plate Stadium |
| Date | 27 February – 6 March |
| Competitors | 243 from 15 nations |
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The Athletics Competition at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. A total of 15 nations participated, with 243 athletes representing them in 33 athletics events.
Medal summary
Men's events
Mal Whitfield won the 400 m
Cuban Rafael Fortún won the 200 m
US athletes Bill Brown, Hugo Maiocco, and Mal Whitfield
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Rafael Fortún Cuba | 10.6 | Art Bragg United States | 10.6 | Herb McKenley.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jamaica | 11.0 |
| 200 metres |
Rafael Fortún Cuba | 21.3 | Art Bragg United States | 21.4 | Herb McKenley Jamaica | 21.5 |
| 400 metres |
Mal Whitfield United States | 47.8 | Hugo Maiocco United States | 48 | Herb McKenley Jamaica | 48.2 |
| 800 metres |
Mal Whitfield United States | 1:53.2 | Bill Brown United States | 1:53.3 | Hugo Maiocco United States | 1:53.6 |
| 1500 metres |
Browning Ross United States | 4:00.4 | Guillermo Solá Chile | 4:00.5 | John Twomey United States | 4:02.0 |
| 5000 metres |
Ricardo Bralo Argentina | 14:57.2 | John Twomey United States | 14:57.5 | Gustavo Rojas Chile | 15:06.4 |
| 10,000 metres |
Curt Stone United States | 31:08.6 | Ricardo Bralo Argentina | 31:09.4 | Ezequiel Bustamente Argentina | 32:31.8 |
| Marathon |
Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 2:35:01 | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 2:45:00 | Luis Velásquez Guatemala | 2:46:03 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Dick Attlesey United States | 14.0 | Estanislao Kocourek Argentina | 14.2 | Samuel Anderson Cuba | 14.2 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 53.4 | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 53.7 | Don Halderman United States | 54.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Curt Stone United States | 9:32.0 | Browning Ross United States | 9:32.0 | Pedro Caffa Argentina | 9:44.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
United States Donald Campbell Art Bragg Dick Attlesey John Voight | 41.0 | Cuba Raúl Mazorra Angel García Jesús Farrés Rafael Fortún | 41.2 | Argentina Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Márquez Fernando Lapuente Mariano Acosta | 41.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
United States Bill Brown Mal Whitfield John Voight Hugo Maiocco | 3:09.9 | Chile Jaime Hitelman Reinaldo Martín Muller Gustavo Ehlers Jörn Gevert | 3:17.7 | Argentina Guido Veronese Máximo Guerra Julio Ferreyra Eduardo Balducci | 3:18.4 |
| 10,000 metres walk |
Henry Laskau United States | 50:26.8 | Luis Turza Argentina | 52:27.5 | Martín Casas Argentina | 52:59.6 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Sixto Ibáñez Argentina | 5:06:07 | James Jackson.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Trinidad and Tobago | 5:21:13 | Amando González Argentina | 5:27:01 |
| High jump |
Virgil Severns United States | 1.95 | Cal Clark United States | 1.90 | Adilton de Almeida Brazil | 1.90 |
| Pole vault |
Bob Richards United States | 4.50 | Jaime Piqueras Peru | 3.90 | Sinibaldo Gerbasi Brazil | 3.90 |
| Long jump |
Gay Bryan United States | 7.14 | Albino Geist Argentina | 7.09 | Jim Holland United States | 6.95 |
| Triple jump |
Adhemar da Silva Brazil | 15.19 | Hélio da Silva Brazil | 15.17 | Bruno Witthaus Argentina | 14.34 |
| Shot put |
Jim Fuchs United States | 17.25 | Juan Kahnert Argentina | 14.27 | Nadim Marreis Brazil | 14.07 |
| Discus throw |
Jim Fuchs United States | 48.91 | Dick Doyle United States | 47.28 | Elvio Porta Argentina | 44.93 |
| Hammer throw |
Emilio Ortíz Argentina | 48.04 | Manuel Etchepare Argentina | 46.12 | Arturo Melcher Chile | 45.70 |
| Javelin throw |
Ricardo Héber Argentina | 68.08 | Steve Seymour United States | 67.08 | Horst Walter Argentina | 66.33 |
| Decathlon |
Hernán Figueroa Chile | 6610 | Hernán Alzamora Peru | 6063 | Enrique Salazar Guatemala | 4380 |
Women's events
Peruvian athlete Julia Sánchez
- nb Hortensia López García finished 5th in the preliminary round and advanced to the final, winning the women's javelin throw with a distance of 39.45m. Her performance was challenged that same day by the Panama athletics delegation, which claimed that only the top 4 athletes should have advanced to the final instead of the top 6. García's finals performance was briefly discounted, moving Judith Caballero of Panama up to the bronze medal position, but it was reinstated the next day.[1] Some sources still list García's preliminary round mark of 32.68m as her final result.[2]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States | 17 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Argentina | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Peru | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
Participating nations
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games.
- ↑ Óscar I. Guevara (14 October 2011). "Ad Hominem Deportivus". Televisa Sports (in Spanish).
- ↑ I Pan American Game, Buenos Aires 1951 Women, Field. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.
- GBR Athletics: Pan American Games
- Sports 123: Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2011)
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