Sailing at the 1951 Pan American Games

Sailing at the I Pan American Games

Sailing at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at Buenos Aires in March 1951. Equipment classes were the Snipe dinghy and the Star keelboat.^[1] Argentina and Brazil finished one-two in the Snipe class, and the order was reversed for the Stars.^[2] The United States did not compete in the regatta.^[1]

Open events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snipe class	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Vilar Jorge Vilar	Brazil (BRA) Jean Maligo Gerald Queiros	not awarded
Star class	Brazil (BRA) Roberto Bueno Gastao Pereira	Argentina (ARG) Jorge Brauer Emilio Momps	Chile (CHI) Adolfo Hurtado Kurt Angelbeck

References

1. Henderson, Richard (1971). Encyclopedia of Sailing. Harper and Row. pp. 400–401. ISBN 978-0-06-013292-7. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
2. Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999. McFarland. pp. 187–189. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9. Retrieved 22 July 2015.