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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]
Results
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m Freestyle | Dick Cleveland .svg.png){kind=small} United States | 58.8 | Ronald Gora United States | 59.5 | Nicasio Silverio  Cuba | 1:00.1 |
| 400m Freestyle | Tetsuo Okamoto .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil | 4:52.4 | Bill Heusner United States | 4:54.5 | Tonatiuh Gutiérrez .svg.png){kind=small} 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Swimming program from the 1951 Pan American Games, pages 18-19. Published 1951.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.
- Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-05)
- Sports 123: Swimming at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-03)
- Folha Online
- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.