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.
Medal summary Men's events
Rafael Fortún 10.6Art Bragg 10.6Herb McKenley 11.0Rafael Fortún 21.3Art Bragg 21.4Herb McKenley 21.5Mal Whitfield 47.8Hugo Maiocco 48Herb McKenley 48.2Mal Whitfield 1:53.2Bill Brown 1:53.3Hugo Maiocco 1:53.6Browning Ross 4:00.4Guillermo Solá 4:00.5John Twomey 4:02.0Ricardo Bralo 14:57.2John Twomey 14:57.5Gustavo Rojas 15:06.4Curt Stone 31:08.6Ricardo Bralo 31:09.4Ezequiel Bustamente 32:31.8Delfo Cabrera 2:35:01Reinaldo Gorno 2:45:00Luis Velásquez 2:46:03Dick Attlesey 14.0Estanislao Kocourek 14.2Samuel Anderson 14.2Jaime Aparicio 53.4Wilson Carneiro 53.7Don Halderman 54.5Curt Stone 9:32.0Browning Ross 9:32.0Pedro Caffa 9:44.6 Donald CampbellArt BraggDick AttleseyJohn Voight 41.0 Raúl MazorraAngel GarcíaJesús FarrésRafael Fortún 41.2 Gerardo BönnhoffAdelio MárquezFernando LapuenteMariano Acosta 41.8 Bill BrownMal WhitfieldJohn VoightHugo Maiocco 3:09.9 Jaime HitelmanReinaldo Martín MullerGustavo EhlersJörn Gevert 3:17.7 Guido VeroneseMáximo GuerraJulio FerreyraEduardo Balducci 3:18.4Henry Laskau 50:26.8Luis Turza 52:27.5Martín Casas 52:59.6Sixto Ibáñez 5:06:07James Jackson 5:21:13Amando González 5:27:01Virgil Severns 1.95Cal Clark 1.90Adilton de Almeida 1.90Bob Richards 4.50Jaime Piqueras 3.90Sinibaldo Gerbasi 3.90Gay Bryan 7.14Albino Geist 7.09Jim Holland 6.95Adhemar da Silva 15.19Hélio da Silva 15.17Bruno Witthaus 14.34Jim Fuchs 17.25Juan Kahnert 14.27Nadim Marreis 14.07Jim Fuchs 48.91Dick Doyle 47.28Elvio Porta 44.93Emilio Ortíz 48.04Manuel Etchepare 46.12Arturo Melcher 45.70Ricardo Héber 68.08Steve Seymour 67.08Horst Walter 66.33Hernán Figueroa 6610Hernán Alzamora 6063Enrique Salazar 4380
Women's events
Julia Sánchez 12.2Jean Patton 12.3Lilián Heinz 12.7Jean Patton 25.3Nell Jackson 25.7Adriana Millard 26.1Eliana Gaete 11.9Marion Huber 12.0Nancy Phillips 12.1 Nell JacksonJean PattonDolores DwyerJanet Moreau 48.7 Adriana MillardHildegard KreftBetty KretschmerEliana Gaete 49.3 Olga BianchiTeresa CarvajalLilián HeinzAna María Fontán 49.8Jacinta Sandiford 1.46Lucy López 1.46Elizabeth Müller 1.46Beatriz Kretschmer 5.42Lisa Peters 5.20Wanda dos Santos 5.18Ingeborg Mello 12.45Vera Trezoitko 11.59Ingeborg Pfüller 11.58Ingeborg Mello 38.55Ingeborg Pfüller 37.19Frances Kaszubski 35.84 Hortensia López García 39.45Amelia Bert 38.08Berta Chiú 37.97
Hortensia López García finished 5th in the preliminary round and advanced to the final, winning the women's javelin throw with a distance of 39.45m. Her performance was challenged that same day by the Panama athletics delegation, which claimed that only the top 4 athletes should have advanced to the final instead of the top 6. García's finals performance was briefly discounted, moving Judith Caballero of Panama up to the bronze medal position, but it was reinstated the next day. Some sources still list García's preliminary round mark of 32.68m as her final result.I Pan American Game, Buenos Aires 1951 Women, Field. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
Medal table
Participating nations
References
. GBR Athletics: Pan American Games