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 |
1955» |
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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Rafael Fortún![]() |
10.6 | Art Bragg![]() |
10.6 | Herb McKenley![]() |
11.0 |
200 metres |
Rafael Fortún![]() |
21.3 | Art Bragg![]() |
21.4 | Herb McKenley![]() |
21.5 |
400 metres |
Mal Whitfield![]() |
47.8 | Hugo Maiocco![]() |
48 | Herb McKenley![]() |
48.2 |
800 metres |
Mal Whitfield![]() |
1:53.2 | Bill Brown![]() |
1:53.3 | Hugo Maiocco![]() |
1:53.6 |
1500 metres |
Browning Ross![]() |
4:00.4 | Guillermo Solá![]() |
4:00.5 | John Twomey![]() |
4:02.0 |
5000 metres |
Ricardo Bralo![]() |
14:57.2 | John Twomey![]() |
14:57.5 | Gustavo Rojas![]() |
15:06.4 |
10,000 metres |
Curt Stone![]() |
31:08.6 | Ricardo Bralo![]() |
31:09.4 | Ezequiel Bustamente![]() |
32:31.8 |
Marathon |
Delfo Cabrera![]() |
2:35:01 | Reinaldo Gorno![]() |
2:45:00 | Luis Velásquez![]() |
2:46:03 |
110 metres hurdles |
Dick Attlesey![]() |
14.0 | Estanislao Kocourek![]() |
14.2 | Samuel Anderson![]() |
14.2 |
400 metres hurdles |
Jaime Aparicio![]() |
53.4 | Wilson Carneiro![]() |
53.7 | Don Halderman![]() |
54.5 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Curt Stone ![]() |
9:32.0 | Browning Ross ![]() |
9:32.0 | Pedro Caffa![]() |
9:44.6 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Donald Campbell Art Bragg Dick Attlesey John Voight |
41.0 | ![]() Raúl Mazorra Angel García Jesús Farrés Rafael Fortún |
41.2 | ![]() Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Márquez Fernando Lapuente Mariano Acosta |
41.8 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
![]() Bill Brown Mal Whitfield John Voight Hugo Maiocco |
3:09.9 | ![]() Jaime Hitelman Reinaldo Martín Muller Gustavo Ehlers Jörn Gevert |
3:17.7 | ![]() Guido Veronese Máximo Guerra Julio Ferreyra Eduardo Balducci |
3:18.4 |
10,000 metres walk |
Henry Laskau![]() |
50:26.8 | Luis Turza![]() |
52:27.5 | Martín Casas![]() |
52:59.6 |
50 kilometres walk |
Sixto Ibáñez![]() |
5:06:07 | James Jackson![]() |
5:21:13 | Amando González![]() |
5:27:01 |
High jump |
Virgil Severns![]() |
1.95 | Cal Clark![]() |
1.90 | Adilton de Almeida![]() |
1.90 |
Pole vault |
Bob Richards![]() |
4.50 | Jaime Piqueras![]() |
3.90 | Sinibaldo Gerbasi![]() |
3.90 |
Long jump |
Gay Bryan![]() |
7.14 | Albino Geist![]() |
7.09 | Jim Holland![]() |
6.95 |
Triple jump |
Adhemar da Silva![]() |
15.19 | Hélio da Silva![]() |
15.17 | Bruno Witthaus![]() |
14.34 |
Shot put |
Jim Fuchs![]() |
17.25 | Juan Kahnert![]() |
14.27 | Nadim Marreis![]() |
14.07 |
Discus throw |
Jim Fuchs![]() |
48.91 | Dick Doyle![]() |
47.28 | Elvio Porta![]() |
44.93 |
Hammer throw |
Emilio Ortíz![]() |
48.04 | Manuel Etchepare![]() |
46.12 | Arturo Melcher![]() |
45.70 |
Javelin throw |
Ricardo Héber![]() |
68.08 | Steve Seymour![]() |
67.08 | Horst Walter![]() |
66.33 |
Decathlon |
Hernán Figueroa![]() |
6610 | Hernán Alzamora![]() |
6063 | Enrique Salazar![]() |
4380 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 17 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |