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Wrestling at the 1951 Pan American Games

Wrestling at the 1951 Pan American Games
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The first Pan American Games in Buenos Aires in 1951 included men's freestyle wrestling competitions in various weight categories. Events were held between 25 February and 3 March.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
– 52 kg[1] Hugh Peery[2]
 United States
Manuel Varela
 Argentina
Rodolfo Dávila
 Mexico
– 57 kg Richard LeMeyre
 United States
Adolfo Díaz
 Argentina
Leonardo Basurto
 Mexico
– 62 kg Omar Blebel
 Argentina
Gerald Maurey
 United States
Guillermo Palomino
 Mexico
– 67 kg Newton Copple
 United States
Osvaldo Blasi
 Argentina
José Luis Pérez
 Mexico
– 73 kg Melvin Northrup
 United States
Alberto Longarella
 Argentina
José López
 Cuba
– 79 kg León Genuth
 Argentina
Louis Norton
 United States
Eduardo Assam
 Mexico
– 87 kg Ulises Martorella
 Argentina
Antenor da Silva
 Brazil
Donald McCann
 United States
+ 87 kg Adolfo Ramírez
 Argentina
Ralph Schmidt
 United States
Luis Friedman
 Panama

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina*4408
2 United States4318
3 Brazil0101
4 Mexico0055
5 Cuba0011
 Panama0011
Totals (6 entries)88824

References

  1. ^ Olderr, Steven. The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos. McFarland, 2003
  2. ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2015-10-01). "Obituary: Robert Hugh Peery / Wrestler who became a North Hills dentist 'to help people'". Retrieved 2017-12-07.