1951 Pan American Games / Athletics
At the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) in 1951, 33 athletics competitions were held, 24 of them for men and nine for women.
Men
100 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rafael Fortun | CUB | 10.6 |
2 | Art Bragg | United States | 10.6 |
3 | Herb McKenley | JAM | 11.0 |
4th | Helio da Silva | BRA | 11.0 |
5 | Fernando Salinas | CHI | 11.1 |
6th | Gerardo Salazar | BY | 11.1 |
200 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rafael Fortun | CUB | 21.3 |
2 | Art Bragg | United States | 21.4 |
3 | Herb McKenley | JAM | 21.5 |
4th | Gerardo Bönnhoff | ARG | 21.9 |
5 | Raúl Mazorra | CUB | |
6th | Fernando Lapuente | ARG |
400 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Times Whitfield | United States | 47.8 |
2 | Hugo Maiocco | United States | 48.0 |
3 | Herb McKenley | JAM | 48.2 |
4th | John Voight | United States | 48.3 |
5 | Angel García | CUB | 48.4 |
6th | Gustavo Ehlers | CHI | 49.4 |
800 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Times Whitfield | United States | 1: 53.2 |
2 | Bill Brown | United States | 1: 53.3 |
3 | Hugo Maiocco | United States | 1: 53.6 |
4th | Julio Ferreyra | ARG | 1: 53.6 |
5 | Argemiro Roque | BRA | 1: 54.6 |
6th | Eduardo Balducci | ARG | 1: 54.7 |
7th | Evelio Planas | CUB | 1: 55.6 |
8th | Adolfo Agustin | ARG | 1: 56.0 |
1500 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Browning Ross | United States | 4: 00.4 |
2 | Guillermo Solá | CHI | 4: 00.5 |
3 | John Twomey | United States | 4: 02.0 |
4th | Curtis Stone | United States | 4: 03.7 |
5 | Oscar Gauharou | ARG | 4: 04.2 |
6th | Luís Rodrigues | BRA | 4: 05.5 |
5000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricardo Bralo | ARG | 14: 57.2 |
2 | John Twomey | United States | 14: 57.5 |
3 | Gustavo Rojas | CHI | 15: 06.4 |
4th | Browning Ross | United States | 15: 11.5 |
5 | Raúl Inostroza | CHI | |
6th | Gilberto Miori | ARG |
10,000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Curtis Stone | United States | 31: 08.6 |
2 | Ricardo Bralo | ARG | 31: 09.4 |
3 | Ezequiel Bustamente | ARG | 32: 31.8 |
4th | Jesse Van Zant | United States | 33: 10.3 |
5 | Doroteo Flores | GUA | 33: 14.0 |
6th | José Soares | BRA | 33: 43.5 |
marathon
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Delfo Cabrera | ARG | 2:35:01 |
2 | Reinaldo Gorno | ARG | 2:45:00 |
3 | Luis Velásquez | GUA | 2:46:03 |
4th | Luis Lagoa | ARG | 2:51:11 |
5 | Enrique Inostroza | CHI | 2:53:01 |
6th | David Penden | CHI | 2:53:58 |
7th | Gustavo Ramírez | COL | 3:02:11 |
8th | Carlos Yoc | GUA | 3:05:06 |
6th March
10,000 m walking
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Laskau | United States | 50: 26.8 |
2 | Luis Turza | ARG | 52: 27.5 |
3 | Martín Casas | ARG | 52: 59.6 |
4th | Aldo Ramírez | ARG | 53: 37.2 |
5 | James Jackson | United States | 57: 31.0 |
50 km of walking
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sixto Ibañez | ARG | 5:06:07 |
2 | James Jackson | United States | 5:21:13 |
3 | Armando González | ARG | 5:27:01 |
4th | Carmelo Caputto | ARG | 5:28:40 |
110 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dick Attlesey | United States | 14.0 |
2 | Estanislao Kocourek | ARG | 14.2 |
3 | Samuel Anderson | CUB | 14.2 |
4th | Don Halderman | United States | 14.3 |
5 | Wilson Carneiro | BRA | 14.7 |
6th | Vicente Tavarez | MEX |
400 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jaime Aparicio | COL | 53.4 |
2 | Wilson Carneiro | BRA | 53.7 |
3 | Don Halderman | United States | 54.5 |
4th | Reinaldo Martín Müller | CHI | 55.2 |
5 | Eduardo Laca | BY | |
6th | Samuel Anderson | CUB |
3000 meter obstacle course
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Curtis Stone | United States | 9: 32.0 |
2 | Browning Ross | United States | 9: 32.0 |
3 | Pedro Caffa | ARG | 9: 44.6 |
4th | Esteban Fekete | ARG | 9: 51.3 |
5 | Guillermo Solá | CHI | 10: 10.3 |
6th | Efraín Recinos | GUA | 10: 38.7 |
7th | Guillermo Rojas | GUA |
4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Donald Campbell Art Bragg Dick Attlesey John Voight |
41.0 |
2 | Cuba |
Raúl Mazorra Angel García Jesús Farrés Rafael Fortún |
41.2 |
3 | Argentina |
Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Márquez Fernando Lapuente Mariano Acosta |
41.8 |
4th | Chile | 42.3 | |
5 | Colombia | 42.8 | |
6th | Peru |
4 x 400 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Bill Brown Mal Whitfield John Voight Hugo Maiocco |
3: 09.9 |
2 | Chile |
Jaime Itlmann Reinaldo Martín Müller Gustavo Ehlers Jörn Gevert |
3: 17.7 |
3 | Argentina |
Guido Veronese Máximo Guerra Julio Ferreyra Eduardo Balducci |
3: 18.4 |
4th | Cuba | 3: 20.0 | |
5 | Mexico | ||
6th | Paraguay |
high jump
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Virgil Severns | United States | 1.95 |
2 | Cal Clark | United States | 1.90 |
3 | Adilton de Almeida Luz | BRA | 1.90 |
4th | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 1.85 |
5 | Ernesto Lagos | CHI | 1.85 |
6th | Carlos Puebla | CHI | 1.80 |
7th | José Valero | CUB | 1.70 |
8th | Edgar Andrade | ECU | 1.70 |
Pole vault
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Richards | United States | 4.50 |
2 | Jaime Piqueras | BY | 3.90 |
3 | Sinibaldo Gerbasi | BRA | 3.90 |
4th | Raimundo Rodrigues | BRA | 3.70 |
5 | Jorge Aguilera | MEX | 3.70 |
6th | Hernán Ortíz | PAR | 3.50 |
7th | Luis Barja | ARG | 3.50 |
8th | Luis Ganoza | BY | 3.50 |
Long jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gay Bryan | United States | 7.14 |
2 | Albino ghost | ARG | 7.09 |
3 | Jim Holland | United States | 6.95 |
4th | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 6.93 |
Carlos Vera | CHI | 6.93 | |
6th | Bruno Witthaus | ARG | 6.90 |
7th | Alberto Eggeling | CHI | 6.87 |
8th | Álvaro Parra | COL | 6.36 |
Triple jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 15.19 |
2 | Helio da Silva | BRA | 15.17 |
3 | Bruno Witthaus | ARG | 14.34 |
4th | Gay Bryan | United States | 14.21 |
5 | Jorge Aguirre | MEX | 13.92 |
6th | Edgar Andrade | ECU | 13.83 |
7th | Juan Guerrero | ARG | 13.75 |
8th | Udo Martín | CHI | 13.68 |
Shot put
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Fox | United States | 17.25 |
2 | Juan Kahnert | ARG | 14.27 |
3 | Nadim Marreis | BRA | 14.07 |
4th | Julián Llorente | ARG | 13.55 |
5 | Gerardo de Villiers | CUB | 13.50 |
6th | Fernando Ferrero | ARG | 12.73 |
7th | Mauricio Rodríguez | VEN | 11.97 |
Discus throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Fox | United States | 48.91 |
2 | Dick Doyle | United States | 47.28 |
3 | Elbio Porta | ARG | 44.93 |
4th | Hernán Haddad | CHI | 44.20 |
5 | Emilio Malchiodi | ARG | 44.16 |
6th | Nadim Marreis | BRA | 43.92 |
7th | Karsten Brodersen | CHI | 42.20 |
8th | Mauricio Rodríguez | VEN | 40.85 |
Hammer throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Emilio Ortiz | ARG | 48.04 |
2 | Manuel Etchepare | ARG | 46.12 |
3 | Arturo Melcher | CHI | 45.70 |
4th | Juan Fusé | ARG | 45.35 |
5 | Gil Borjeson | United States | 43.78 |
6th | Vicente Lagoyete | COL | 38.73 |
Javelin throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricardo Héber | ARG | 68.08 |
2 | Steve Seymour | United States | 67.08 |
3 | Horst Walter | ARG | 66.33 |
4th | Gerardo Mielke | ARG | 64.94 |
5 | Hernán Ortíz | PAR | 46.89 |
Decathlon
space | athlete | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hernán Figueroa | CHI | 6610 |
2 | Hernán Alzamora | BY | 6063 |
3 | Enrique Salazar | GUA | 4380 |
Women
100 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julia Sánchez | BY | 12.2 |
2 | Jean Patton | United States | 12.3 |
3 | Lilián Heinz | ARG | 12.7 |
4th | Janet Moreau | United States | 12.7 |
5 | Adriana Millard | CHI | 12.8 |
6th | Evelyn Lawler | United States | 12.9 |
Olga Bianchi | ARG | 12.9 |
200 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jean Patton | United States | 25.3 |
2 | Nell Jackson | United States | 25.7 |
3 | Adriana Millard | CHI | 26.1 |
4th | Beatriz Kretschmer | CHI | 26.7 |
5 | Cecilia Navarrete | COL | 26.9 |
6th | Dolores Dwyer | United States | 27.7 |
80 meter hurdles
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eliana Gaete | CHI | 11.9 |
2 | Marion Huber | CHI | 12.0 |
3 | Nancy Phillips | United States | 12.1 |
4th | Wanda dos Santos | BRA | 12.2 |
5 | Elisa Kaczmarek | ARG | 12.4 |
4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Nell Jackson Jean Patton Dolores Dwyer Janet Moreau |
48.7 |
2 | Chile |
Adriana Millard Hildegard Kreft Beatriz Kretschmer Eliana Gaete |
49.3 |
3 | Argentina |
Olga Bianchi Teresa Carvajal Lilián Heinz Ana María Fontán |
49.8 |
4th | Brazil | 50.5 | |
5 | Ecuador | 53.3 |
high jump
space | Athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacinta Sandiford | ECU | 1.45 |
2 | Lucy Lopez | CHI | 1.45 |
3 | Elizabeth Mueller | BRA | 1.45 |
4th | Julia Alfisi | ARG | 1.45 |
5 | Gladys Erbetta | ARG | 1.45 |
6th | Evelyn Lawler | United States | 1.45 |
7th | Lucia García | ARG | 1.40 |
8th | Nancy Phillips | United States | 1.35 |
Long jump
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Beatriz Kretschmer | CHI | 5.42 |
2 | Lisa Peter | CHI | 5.20 |
3 | Wanda dos Santos | BRA | 5.18 |
4th | Olga Bianchi | ARG | 5.12 |
5 | Lilián Buglia | ARG | 5.08 |
6th | Nancy Phillips | United States | 5.03 |
7th | Elena Hoss | ARG | 4.99 |
8th | Evelyn Lawler | United States | 4.93 |
Shot put
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 12.45 |
2 | Vera Trezoitko | BRA | 11.59 |
3 | Ingeborg Pfüller | ARG | 11.58 |
4th | Frances Kaszubski | United States | 11.34 |
5 | Amelia Bert | United States | 10.83 |
6th | Julia Huapaya | BY | 10.39 |
7th | Ursula Holle | CHI | 10.08 |
8th | Haydée Valet | ARG | 10.06 |
Discus throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 38.55 |
2 | Ingeborg Pfüller | ARG | 37.19 |
3 | Frances Kaszubski | United States | 35.84 |
4th | Daisy Hoffmann | CHI | 35.49 |
5 | Zulema Bonaparte | ARG | 33.52 |
6th | Leni de Freese | CHI | 33.40 |
7th | Concepción Villanueva | MEX | 33.10 |
8th | Vera Trezoitko | BRA | 32.27 |
Javelin throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hortensia López García | MEX | 39.45 |
2 | Amelia Bert | United States | 38.08 |
3 | Berta Chiú | MEX | 37.97 |
4th | Judith Caballero | PAN | 37.78 |
5 | Ursula Holle | CHI | 35.26 |
6th | Anneliese Schmidt | BRA | 33.30 |
7th | Vera Trezoitko | BRA | 29.57 |
Web links
- I Pan American Game, Buenos Aires 1951 on trackfield.brinkster.net
- United States Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report, US Olympic Committee, 1953 , (PDF file; 30.7 MB), pp. 337-345