Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games
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Swimming at the 1st Pan American Games took place February 26-March 7, 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] Preliminary heats were held February 26–28, with final heats being swum on March 2, 4, 6 and 7.[2][3][4]

Event schedule

Results

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Freestyle
 
Dick Cleveland
   United States
58.8 Ronald Gora
   United States
59.5 Nicasio Silverio
   Cuba
1:00.1
400m Freestyle
 
Tetsuo Okamoto
   Brazil
4:52.4 Bill Heusner
   United States
4:54.5 Tonatiuh Gutiérrez
   Mexico
4:57.2
1500m Freestyle
 
Tetsuo Okamoto
   Brazil
19:23.3 Tonatiuh Gutiérrez
   Mexico
19:24.5 Efrén Fierro
   Mexico
19:57.4
100m Backstroke
 
Allen Stack
   United States
1:08.0 Pedro Galvão
   Argentina
1:08.3 Burwell Jones
   United States
1:09.8
200m Breaststroke
 
Héctor Domínguez
   Argentina
2:43.8 Willy Otto Jordan
   Brazil
2:47.3 Bowen Stassforth
   United States
2:47.6
4 × 200 m
  Freestyle Relay
 
 United States
  Ronald Gora
  Burwell Jones
  Dick Cleveland
  Bill Heusner
9:00.6  Brazil
  Ricardo Capanema
  Aram Boghossian
  João Gonçalves Filho
  Tetsuo Okamoto
9:13.0  Argentina
  Pedro Galvão
  Carlos Alberto Bonacich
  Jorge Vogt
  César Guardo
9:19.5
3×100m
  Medley Relay
 United States
  Allen Stack
  Bowen Stassforth
  Dick Cleveland
3:16.9  Argentina
  Pedro Galvão
  Orlando Cossani
  César Guardo
3:20.7  Mexico
  Alberto Isaac
  Clemente Mejía
  Luis Spamer
3:22.5

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Freestyle
 
Sharon Geary
   United States
1:08:4 Jackie LaVine
   United States
1:09.9 Ana María Schultz
   Argentina
1:10.7
200m Freestyle
 
Ana María Schultz
   Argentina
2:32.4 Betty Brey
   United States
2:33.3 Eileen Holt
   Argentina
2:36.5
400m Freestyle
 
Ana María Schultz
   Argentina
5:26.7 Carolyn Green
   United States
5:33.1 Piedade Coutinho
   Brazil
5:33.6
100m Backstroke
 
Maureen O'Brien
   United States
1:18.5 Sheila Donahue
   United States
1:20.5 Magda Bruggemann
   Mexico
1:21.4
200m Breaststroke
 
Dorotea Turnbull
   Argentina
3:08.4 Beatriz Rohde
   Argentina
3:10.3 Carol Pence
   United States
3:14.7
4 × 100 m
  Freestyle Relay
 
 United States
  Carolyn Green
  Sharon Geary
  Jackie LaVine
  Betty Brey
4:37.1  Argentina
  Ana María Schultz
  Eileen Holt
  Cristina Kujath
  Emma Gondona
4:48.1  Brazil
  Talita Rodrigues
  Idamis Busin
  Ana Lucia Santa Rita
  Piedade Coutinho
5:03.6
3×100m
  Medley Relay
 United States
  Sharon Geary
  Carol Pence
  Maureen O'Brien
3:49.3  Argentina
  Ana María Schultz
  Nélida I. Del Roscio
  Aurora Otero Rey
3:59.7  Mexico
  Magda Bruggemann
  Charlotte Knapp
  Adriana Hernández
4:13.2

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States86317
2 Argentina45312
3 Brazil2226
4 Mexico0156
5 Cuba0011
Totals (5 entries)14141442

References

  1. 1951 Pan Ams Aquatics history Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, published by the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011-10 to mark the 60th anniversary of the games. Retrieved from the ISHOF website on 2011-11-08.
  2. Swimming program from the 1951 Pan American Games, pages 18-19. Published 1951.
  3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 978-8576652809.


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