Basketball at the 1951 Pan American Games

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Basketball at the I Pan American Games
Basketball pictogram.svg
VenuesLuna Park
Start dateFebruary 28, 1951 (1951-02-28)
End dateMarch 8, 1951 (1951-03-08)
Medalists
Gold medal  United States
Silver medal  Argentina
Bronze medal  Brazil
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The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Luna Park in Buenos Aires,[1] from February 28 to March 8, 1951.[2]

Participating nations[]

  •  Argentina (ARG)
  •  Brazil (BRA)
  •  Chile (CHI)
  •  Cuba (CUB)
  •  Colombia (COL)
  •  Ecuador (ECU)
  •  Mexico (MEX)
  •  Panama (PAN)
  •  Paraguay (PAR)
  •  United States (USA)

Matches[]

4 March
Argentina  72–56  Cuba
4 March
Brazil  58–39  Chile
5 March
United States  69–50  Chile
Scoring by half: 79–41
5 March
Brazil  57–46  Cuba
6 March
Cuba  73–67  Panama
6 March
Panama  70–51  Brazil
8 March
Argentina  51–57  United States
Scoring by half: 23–29

Final ranking[]

(Left): USA basketball team, gold medal; (right): A moment of the Argentina (wearing blue) v USA match
Rank. Team
1.  United States
2.  Argentina
3.  Brazil
4.  Cuba
5.  Chile
6.  Panama
7.  Paraguay
8.  Mexico
9.  Ecuador
10.  Colombia

Awards[]

 1951 Pan American Games Winners 

United States
First title

Bibliography[]

  • Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.

References[]

  1. ^ "Sports 123: Basketball: Pan American Games - Men". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2019-02-15.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Todor66: Men's Basketball Pan American Games 1951". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2016-10-28.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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