1951 Pan American Games

Host City Buenos Aires
Country ARG
Held 25 February – 9 March 1951
Competitors 281
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 1
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
10 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 40 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 9 6
10 m Platform Men — Medal 6 4
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 6 5
10 m Platform Women — Medal 6 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Men — Medal 3 3
Team Men — Medal 10 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 9 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 30 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 33 24 13 70
2 Argentina ARG 11 16 19 46
3 Brazil BRA 4 7 8 19
4 Mexico MEX 4 2 7 13
5 Chile CHI 3 6 3 12
6 Cuba CUB 2 2 3 7
7 Peru PER 1 2 0 3
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 2 0 3
9 Colombia COL 1 0 0 1
= Ecuador ECU 1 0 0 1
11 Guatemala GUA 0 0 3 3
= Jamaica JAM 0 0 3 3
13 Haiti HAI 0 0 1 1
= Panama PAN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Rafael Fortún CUB Art Bragg USA Herb McKenley JAM
200 m, Men Rafael Fortún CUB Art Bragg USA Herb McKenley JAM
400 m, Men Mal Whitfield USA Hugo Maiocco USA Herb McKenley JAM
800 m, Men Mal Whitfield USA Bill Brown USA Hugo Maiocco USA
1,500 m, Men Browning Ross USA Guillermo Solá CHI John Twomey USA
5,000 m, Men Ricardo Bralo ARG John Twomey USA Gustavo Rojas CHI
10,000 m, Men Curt Stone USA Ricardo Bralo ARG Ezequiel Bustamente ARG
Marathon, Men Delfo Cabrera ARG Reinaldo Gorno ARG Luis Velásquez GUA
110 m Hurdles, Men Dick Attlesey USA Estanislao Kocourek ARG Samuel Andersón CUB
400 m Hurdles, Men Jaime Aparicio COL Wilson Carneiro BRA Don Halderman USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Curt Stone USA Browning Ross USA Pedro Caffa ARG
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Argentina ARG
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Chile CHI Argentina ARG
10 km Walk, Men Henry Laskau USA Luis Turza ARG Martín Casas ARG
50 km Walk, Men Sixto Ibáñez MEX James Jackson USA Amando González ARG
High Jump, Men Virgil Severns USA Cal Clark USA Adilton De Almeida Luz BRA
Pole Vault, Men Bob Richards USA Jaime Piqueras PER Sinibaldo Gerbasi BRA
Long Jump, Men Gay Bryan USA Albino Geist ARG Jim Holland USA
Triple Jump, Men Adhemar da Silva BRA Hélio da Silva BRA Bruno Witthaus ARG
Shot Put, Men Jim Fuchs USA Juan Kahnert ARG Nadim Marreis BRA
Discus Throw, Men Jim Fuchs USA Dick Doyle USA Elvio Porta ARG
Hammer Throw, Men Emilio Ortiz ARG Manuel Etchepare ARG Arturo Melcher CHI
Javelin Throw, Men Ricardo Héber ARG Steve Seymour USA Horst Walter ARG
Decathlon, Men Hernán Figueroa CHI Hernán Alzamora PER Enrique Salazar GUA
100 m, Women Julia Sánchez PER Jean Patton USA Lilián Heinz ARG
200 m, Women Jean Patton USA Nell Jackson USA Adriana Millard CHI
80 m Hurdles, Women Eliana Gaete CHI Marion Huber CHI Nancy Cowperthwaite-Phillips USA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Chile CHI Argentina ARG
High Jump, Women Jacinta Sandiford ECU Luci López CHI Elizabeth Müller BRA
Long Jump, Women Betty Kretschmer CHI Lisa Peters CHI Wanda dos Santos BRA
Shot Put, Women Ingeborg Mello ARG Vera Trezoitko BRA Ingeborg Pfüller ARG
Discus Throw, Women Ingeborg Mello ARG Ingeborg Pfüller ARG Frances Kaszubski USA
Javelin Throw, Women Hortensia López MEX Amelia Wershoven USA Berta Chiú MEX
Basketball, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
3 m Springboard, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Miller Anderson USA Sammy Lee USA
10 m Platform, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Sammy Lee USA Miller Anderson USA
3 m Springboard, Women Mary Cunningham USA Pat McCormick USA Dolores Castillo GUA
10 m Platform, Women Pat McCormick USA Carlota Ríos MEX Mary Cunningham USA
Individual, Men Eric Marques BRA James Thompson USA Enrique Rettberg ARG
Team, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Argentina ARG
100 m Freestyle, Men Dick Cleveland USA Ronald Gora USA Nicasio Silverio CUB
400 m Freestyle, Men Tetsuo Okamoto BRA Bill Heusner USA Tonatiuh Gutiérrez MEX
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Tetsuo Okamoto BRA Tonatiuh Gutiérrez MEX Efrén Fierro MEX
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Argentina ARG
100 m Backstroke, Men Allen Stack USA Pedro Galvão ARG Bumpy Jones USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Héctor Domínguez ARG Willy Otto Jordan BRA Bowen Stassforth USA
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
100 m Freestyle, Women Sharon Geary USA Jackie LaVine USA Ana María Schultz ARG
200 m Freestyle, Women Ana María Schultz ARG Betty Brey USA Eileen Holt ARG
400 m Freestyle, Women Ana María Schultz ARG Carolyn Green USA Piedade Coutinho-Tavares BRA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
100 m Backstroke, Women Maureen O'Brien USA Sheila Donahue USA Magda Bruggemann MEX
200 m Breaststroke, Women Dorotea Turnbull ARG Beatriz Rohde ARG Penny Pence USA
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Water Polo, Men Argentina ARG Brazil BRA United States USA
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Joe DePietro USA José Crespo CUB Marcelio Salas MEX
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rodney Wilkes TTO Richard Greenawalt USA Joseph Charlot HAI
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Joe Pitman USA Carl De Souza TTO Hugo D'Atri ARG
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Pete George USA Ángel Sposato ARG Emerson Holder PAN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Stan Stanczyk USA Osvaldo Forte ARG Orlando Garrido CUB
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men John Davis USA Lennox Kilgour TTO Norberto Ferreira ARG