Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games

Swimming at the I Pan American Games
Swimming at the I 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 details	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 details	Allen Stack United States	1:08.0	Pedro Galvão Argentina	1:08.3	Burwell Jones United States	1:09.8
200m Breaststroke details	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	9:19.5
3×100m Medley Relay	United States Allen Stack Bowen Stassforth Dick Cleveland	3:16.9	Argentina Pedro Galvão Orlando Cossani	3:20.7	Mexico Alberto Isaac Clemente Mejía	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 details	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 details	United States	1:18.5	United States	1:20.5	Magda Bruggemann Mexico	1:21.4
200m Breaststroke	Dorotea Turnbull Argentina	3:08.4	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	4:48.1	Brazil Talita Rodrigues Piedade Coutinho	5:03.6
3×100m Medley Relay	United States Sharon Geary Carol Pence	3:49.3	Argentina Ana María Schultz	3:59.7	Mexico Magda Bruggemann	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. . ISBN 978-8576652809.