1951 Pan American Games

Host City Buenos Aires
Country ARG
Held 25 February – 9 March 1951
Competitors 729
Countries 16

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 3
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 3
Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 1
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 2
Rings Men — Medal 3 1
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Men — Medal 24 3
Floor Exercise Team Men — Medal 24 3
Vault Team Men — Medal 24 3
Parallel Bars Team Men — Medal 24 3
Horizontal Bar Team Men — Medal 24 3
Rings Team Men — Medal 24 3
Pommelled Horse Team Men — Medal 24 3
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
Baseball Men — Medal 46 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 40 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-51 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-63.5 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-67 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-81 kg Men — Medal 3 3
+81 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Road Race Individual Men — Medal 3 1
Road Race Team Men — Medal 12 3
Time Trial Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Sprint Men — Medal 3 2
Individual Pursuit Men — Medal 3 2
Individual Pursuit Men — Medal 3 2
Team Pursuit Men — Medal 12 3
1 km Time Trial Men — Medal 3 2
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 dressage Open — Medal 3 2
Team dressage Open — Medal 6 2
Individual eventing Open — Medal 3 2
Team eventing Open — Medal 6 2
Individual jumping Open — Medal 4 2
Team jumping Open — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Épée individual Men — Medal 3 3
Épée team Men — Medal 17 3
Foil individual Men — Medal 3 2
Foil team Men — Medal 16 3
Sabre individual Men — Medal 3 2
Sabre team Men — Medal 16 3
Foil individual Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Football Men — Medal 64 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Men — Medal 3 3
Team Men — Medal 10 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Single Sculls Men — Medal 1 1
Coxless Pairs Men — Medal 4 2
Coxed Pairs Men — Medal 3 1
Double Sculls Men — Medal 2 1
Coxless Fours Men — Medal 8 2
Coxed Fours Men — Medal 15 3
Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Snipe Men — Medal 4 2
Star Men — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Free rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 1
Military rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle standing 300 m Men — Medal 3 1
Military rifle standing team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Free pistol team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 2
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 12 3
Skeet Men — Medal 3 1
Skeet team Men — Medal 9 2
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
Singles Men — Medal 3 2
Doubles Men — Medal 6 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 2
Doubles Women — Medal 6 3
Doubles Mixed — Medal 6 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 30 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Freestyle -52 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -62 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -67 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -73 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -79 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -87 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle +87 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Argentina ARG 66 47 37 150
2 United States USA 45 35 19 99
3 Cuba CUB 9 9 10 28
4 Chile CHI 8 19 13 40
5 Mexico MEX 6 7 28 41
6 Brazil BRA 5 15 12 32
7 Peru PER 2 5 6 13
8 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 2 0 3
9 Ecuador ECU 1 0 1 2
10 Colombia COL 1 0 0 1
11 Venezuela VEN 0 1 1 2
12 Costa Rica CRC 0 1 0 1
13 Guatemala GUA 0 0 3 3
= Jamaica JAM 0 0 3 3
15 Panama PAN 0 0 2 2
16 Haiti HAI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Bill Roetzheim USA Rafael Lecuona CUB Juan Caviglia ARG
Floor Exercise, Men Juan Caviglia ARG Bill Roetzheim USA Francisco Cascante CUB
Vault, Men Ángel Aguiar CUB Rafael Lecuona CUB Ovidio Ferrari ARG
Parallel Bars, Men Pedro Lonchibuco ARG Enrique Rapesta ARG Juan Caviglia ARG
Horizontal Bar, Men Bill Roetzheim USA Juan Caviglia ARG César Bonoris ARG
Rings, Men Ángel Aguiar CUB Rafael Lecuona CUB Roberto Villacián CUB
Pommelled Horse, Men Rafael Lecuona CUB Bill Roetzheim USA Ovidio Ferrari ARG
Team All-Around, Men Argentina ARG Cuba CUB Mexico MEX
Floor Exercise Team, Men Argentina ARG Cuba CUB Mexico MEX
Vault Team, Men Cuba CUB Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Parallel Bars Team, Men Cuba CUB Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Horizontal Bar Team, Men Argentina ARG Mexico MEX Cuba CUB
Rings Team, Men Cuba CUB Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Pommelled Horse Team, Men Argentina ARG Cuba CUB Mexico MEX
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 Gomes 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 Maríon 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
Baseball, Men Cuba CUB United States USA Mexico MEX
Basketball, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
-51 kg, Men Alberto Barenghi ARG Germán Pardo CHI Raúl Macías MEX
-54 kg, Men Ricardo Gonzales ARG Ali Martucci VEN Juan Rodríguez CHI
-57 kg, Men Francisco Núñez ARG Augusto Cárcamo CHI Juan Alvarado MEX
-60 kg, Men Óscar Galardo ARG Fernando Araneda CHI Willie Hunter USA
-63.5 kg, Men Óscar Pietta ARG Cristóbal Hernández CUB José Noriega MEX
-67 kg, Men Ubaldo Pereira ARG Paulo Sacoman BRA Manuel Vargas CHI
-81 kg, Men Rinaldo Ansaloni ARG El Tigre BRA John Stewart USA
+81 kg, Men Jorge Vertone ARG Víctor Bignon CHI Norvel Lee USA
Road Race Individual, Men Óscar Muleiro ARG Óscar Pezoa ARG Humberto Varisco ARG
Road Race Team, Men Argentina ARG Mexico MEX Peru PER
Time Trial Individual, Men Óscar Giacché ARG Héctor Rojas CHI Rodolfo Caccavo ARG
Sprint, Men Antonio Giménez ARG Carlos Martínez ARG Mario Massanés CHI
Individual Pursuit, Men Jorge Vallmitjana ARG Pedro Salas ARG Hernán Llerena PER
Individual Pursuit, Men Exequiel Ramírez CHI Alfredo Hersch ARG Elvio Giacche ARG
Team Pursuit, Men Argentina ARG Chile CHI Venezuela VEN
1 km Time Trial, Men Clodomiro Cortoni ARG Hernán Masanés CHI Jorge Sobrevila ARG
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 dressage, Open José Larraín CHI Héctor Clavel CHI Justo Iturralde ARG
Team dressage, Open Chile CHI Argentina ARG
Individual eventing, Open Julio César Sagasta ARG Fernando Urdapilleta ARG Hernán Vigil CHI
Team eventing, Open Argentina ARG Chile CHI
Individual jumping, Open Alberto Larraguibel
Jalepe 		CHI Carlos D'Elia
El Linyera 		ARG Ricardo Echeverría
Bambi
Joaquín Larraín Gana
Pillán 		CHI
CHI
Team jumping, Open Chile CHI Argentina ARG Mexico MEX
Épée individual, Men Antonio Villamil ARG Benito Ramos MEX Ed Vebell USA
Épée team, Men Argentina ARG United States USA Cuba CUB
Foil individual, Men Félix Galimi ARG José Rodríguez ARG Nat Lubell USA
Foil team, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Cuba CUB
Sabre individual, Men Tibor Nyilas USA George Worth USA Estevão Molnar BRA
Sabre team, Men United States USA Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
Foil individual, Women Elsa Irigoyen ARG Irma de Antequeda ARG Lilia Rositto ARG
Football, Men Argentina ARG Costa Rica CRC Chile CHI
Individual, Men Eric Marques BRA James Thompson USA Enrique Rettberg ARG
Team, Men United States USA Brazil BRA Argentina ARG
Single Sculls, Men Roberto Alfieri ARG
Coxless Pairs, Men Alberto Madero / Óscar Almirón ARG Walter Karl / Henrique Fuskini BRA
Coxed Pairs, Men Argentina ARG
Double Sculls, Men Adolfo Yedro / Mario Güerci ARG
Coxless Fours, Men Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
Coxed Fours, Men Argentina ARG Chile CHI Peru PER
Eights, Men Argentina ARG Chile CHI Peru PER
Snipe, Men Carlos Vilar / Jorge Vilar ARG Jean Robert Maligo / Gerardo Queiros Matoso BRA
Star, Men Roberto Bueno / Gastão Pereira BRA Jorge Brauer / Emilio Homps ARG Adolfo Hurtado / Kurt Angelbeck CHI
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men Pablo Cagnasso ARG Art Jackson USA David Schiaffino ARG
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Argentina ARG Mexico MEX Cuba CUB
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Art Jackson USA Art Cook USA Julio Nolasco ARG
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men Argentina ARG Chile CHI Peru PER
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m, Men Art Jackson USA Pedro Postigo ARG Augusto Cires ECU
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m, Men Argentina ARG Peru PER Brazil BRA
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men Pablo Cagnasso ARG Antonio Andó ARG Ramón Hagen ARG
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Argentina ARG Peru PER Chile CHI
Military rifle standing 300 m, Men Pablo Cagnasso ARG Antonio Andó ARG Ramón Hagen ARG
Military rifle standing team 300 m, Men Argentina ARG Peru PER Chile CHI
Free pistol 50 m, Men Edwin Vásquez PER Joe Benner USA Rafael Bermejo MEX
Free pistol team 50 m, Men Mexico MEX Argentina ARG Peru PER
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Joe Benner USA Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente ARG Óscar Cervo ARG
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men Argentina ARG Brazil BRA Mexico MEX
Skeet, Men Pablo Grossi ARG Fulvio Rocchi ARG Aroldo Vienobi ARG
Skeet team, Men Argentina ARG Brazil BRA
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 Bo 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 Mullen 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 Brüggemann 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
Singles, Men Enrique Morea ARG Alejo Russell ARG Gustavo Palafox MEX
Doubles, Men Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell ARG Carlos Sanhueza / Luis Ayala CHI Gustavo Palafox / Anselmo Puente MEX
Doubles, Mixed Imelda Ramírez / Gustavo Palafox MEX Felisa Pedroia / Enrique Morea ARG María Terán / Alejo Russell ARG
Singles, Women María Terán ARG Felisa Pedroia ARG Imelda Ramírez MEX
Doubles, Women María Terán / Felisa Pedroia ARG Hilde Heyn / Imelda Ramírez MEX Silvia Villari / Helena Stark BRA
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
Freestyle -52 kg, Men Hugh Peery USA Manuel Varela ARG Rodolfo Dávila MEX
Freestyle -57 kg, Men Richard Lemeyre USA Adolfo Díaz ARG Leonardo Basurto MEX
Freestyle -62 kg, Men Omar Blebel ARG Gerald Maurey USA Guillermo Palomino MEX
Freestyle -67 kg, Men Newton Copple USA Osvaldo Blasi ARG José Luis Pérez MEX
Freestyle -73 kg, Men Melvin Northrup USA Alberto Longarella ARG José López CUB
Freestyle -79 kg, Men León Genuth ARG Louis Holland USA Eduardo Assam MEX
Freestyle -87 kg, Men Ulises Martorella ARG Da Silva Athenor BRA Donald McCann USA
Freestyle +87 kg, Men Adolfo Ramírez ARG Ralph Schmidt USA Luis Friedman PAN