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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games

International sporting event

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.

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Medal summary

Men's events

Mal Whitfield won the 400 m
Cuban Rafael Fortún won the 200 m
US athletes Bill Brown, Hugo Maiocco, and Mal Whitfield
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Women's events

Peruvian athlete Julia Sánchez
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  • nb 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.[1] Some sources still list García's preliminary round mark of 32.68m as her final result.[2]

Medal table

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Participating nations

References

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    Óscar I. Guevara (14 October 2011). "Ad Hominem Deportivus". Televisa Sports (in Spanish).
  2. [2]
    I Pan American Game, Buenos Aires 1951 Women, Field. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
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