Basketball at the 1951 Pan American Games

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Basketball at the 1951 Pan American Games
Basketball pictogram.svg
Venues Luna Park
Start dateFebruary 28, 1951 (1951-02-28)
End dateMarch 8, 1951 (1951-03-08)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg  Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg  Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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The men's basketball tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Luna Park in Buenos Aires, [1] from February 28 to March 8, 1951. [2]

Contents

Participating nations

Matches

2 March
United States  Flag of the United States.svg77–59Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2 March
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg58–47Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4 March
United States  Flag of the United States.svg90–55Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
4 March
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg72–56Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
4 March
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg58–39Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
5 March
United States  Flag of the United States.svg69–50Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:79–41
5 March
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg57–46Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5 March
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg65–54Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
6 March
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg73–67Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
6 March
United States  Flag of the United States.svg74–42Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
6 March
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg54–47Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
6 March
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg70–51Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
8 March
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg51–57Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 23–29

Final ranking

1951 usa basketball team.jpg
Argentina v usa panamerican 1951.jpg
(Left): USA basketball team, gold medal; (right): A moment of the Argentina (wearing blue) v USA match
Rank.Team
1.Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2.Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
3.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4.Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5.Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
6.Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
7.Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
8.Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
9.Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
10.Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

Awards

 1951 Pan American Games winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
First title

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Sports 123: Basketball: Pan American Games - Men". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2019-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Todor66: Men's Basketball Pan American Games 1951". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2016-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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