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	09: 32.0
2	Browning Ross	United States	09: 32.0
3	Pedro Caffa	ARG	09: 44.6
4th	Esteban Fekete	ARG	09: 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