Wrestling at the 1951 Pan American Games

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.

Wrestling at the 1951 Pan American Games
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 52 kg	Hugh Peery  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)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina*	4	4	0	8
2	United States	4	3	1	8
3	Brazil	0	1	0	1
4	Mexico	0	0	5	5
5	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

References

• Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786443369. ISBN 9780786443369.
• Sports 123: Wrestling at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-07)
• Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Freestyle Wrestling Medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-11-13)