Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games
{{main|1951 Pan American Games}}
{{Infobox Pan American Games event
| event = Swimming
| games = 1951
| image = Swimming pictogram.svg
| image_size = 80
| next = 1955
}}
{{Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games}}
Swimming at the 1st Pan American Games took place February 26-March 7, 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[http://www.ishof.org/pdf/panam_games.pdf 1951 Pan Ams Aquatics history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510024646/http://www.ishof.org/pdf/panam_games.pdf |date=2012-05-10 }}, 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. Preliminary heats were held February 26–28, with final heats being swum on March 2, 4, 6 and 7.Swimming program from the 1951 Pan American Games, pages 18-19. Published 1951.[http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925223500/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |date=2013-09-25 }}{{cite book|author=Odir Cunha|title=Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos|publisher=Editora Planeta |year=2007|isbn=978-8576652809}}
Event schedule
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Results
=Men's events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle}} | Dick Cleveland | 58.8
| Ronald Gora | 59.5
| Nicasio Silverio | 1:00.1 |
| 400m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle}} | Tetsuo Okamoto | 4:52.4
| Bill Heusner | 4:54.5
| Tonatiuh Gutiérrez | 4:57.2 |
| 1500m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}} | Tetsuo Okamoto | 19:23.3
| Tonatiuh Gutiérrez | 19:24.5
| Efrén Fierro | 19:57.4 |
| 100m Backstroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke}} | Allen Stack | 1:08.0
| Pedro Galvão | 1:08.3
| Burwell Jones | 1:09.8 |
| 200m Breaststroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}} | Héctor Domínguez | 2:43.8
| Willy Otto Jordan | 2:47.3
| Bowen Stassforth | 2:47.6 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}} | {{flagIOC2|USA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 9:00.6
| {{flagIOC2|BRA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 9:13.0
| {{flagIOC2|ARG|1951 Pan American Games}} | 9:19.5 |
| 3×100m Medley Relay | {{flagIOC2|USA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 3:16.9
| {{flagIOC2|ARG|1951 Pan American Games}} | 3:20.7
| {{flagIOC2|MEX|1951 Pan American Games}} | 3:22.5 |
=Women's events=
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| 100m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle}} | Sharon Geary | 1:08:4
| Jackie LaVine | 1:09.9
| Ana María Schultz | 1:10.7 |
| 200m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle}} | Ana María Schultz | 2:32.4
| Betty Brey | 2:33.3
| Eileen Holt | 2:36.5 |
| 400m Freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle}} | Ana María Schultz | 5:26.7
| Carolyn Green | 5:33.1
| Piedade Coutinho | 5:33.6 |
| 100m Backstroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke}} | Maureen O'Brien | 1:18.5
| Sheila Donahue | 1:20.5
| Magda Bruggemann | 1:21.4 |
| 200m Breaststroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}} | Dorotea Turnbull | 3:08.4
| Beatriz Rohde | 3:10.3
| Carol Pence | 3:14.7 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}} |{{flagIOC2|USA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 4:37.1
|{{flagIOC2|ARG|1951 Pan American Games}} | 4:48.1
|{{flagIOC2|BRA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 5:03.6 |
| 3×100m Medley Relay |{{flagIOC2|USA|1951 Pan American Games}} | 3:49.3
|{{flagIOC2|ARG|1951 Pan American Games}} | 3:59.7
|{{flagIOC2|MEX|1951 Pan American Games}} | 4:13.2 |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = FlagPASO
| event = 1951
| team =
| gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 3
| gold_ARG = 4 | silver_ARG = 5 | bronze_ARG = 3
| gold_BRA = 2 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 2
| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 1 | bronze_MEX = 5
| gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 1
}}
References
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- {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20121205080750/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panamwswim.shtml |title=Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003122739/http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |title=Sports 123: Swimming}}
- [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2007/jogospanamericanos/medalhistas_brasileiros-1951.shtml Folha Online]
- {{Cite book |title=The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXIwCgAAQBAJ |last=Olderr |first=Steven |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786443369}} {{ISBN|9780786443369}}.
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