Football – Men's tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Estadio Presidente Perón | ||||||
Dates | 27 February – 7 March | ||||||
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The first edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 25 February to 8 March 1951. Five teams did compete, after Brazil withdrew on 16 February 1951.
Paraguay participated with the club side Club Sport Colombia, strengthened with some guest players from other clubs. Costa Rica and Venezuela entered their full national teams (as they only had amateur football domestically).
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 8 |
Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 |
Chile | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 |
Paraguay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |
Argentina | 5–0 | Venezuela |
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Pellejero 13', 22' Intini 48' Baiocco |
Report |
Costa Rica | 2–2 | Chile |
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Zeledón 5' Armijo 62' |
Esquivel 15' Apiolaza 75' |
Argentina | 7–1 | Costa Rica |
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Intini 10', 17' Cupo 35', 39', 85' Pellejero 41' Baiocco 81' |
Zeledón 27' |
Paraguay | 2–3 | Venezuela |
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Vaccaro 16' Insfrán 81' |
Díaz 50' Monterola 69' (pen.) Olivares 74' |
Paraguay | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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Herrera |
Argentina | 2–1 | Chile |
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Martínez 64' Cupo 67' (pen.) |
Apiolaza |
Venezuela | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
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Díaz 38' | Armijo 55' Murillo 67' Zeledón |
Chile | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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Villablanca | Cabrera |
Chile | 4–1 | Venezuela |
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Saavedra 17', 23', 46' Araya 66' |
Rodríguez 79' |
Argentina | 2–0 | Paraguay |
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Cupo 43' Martínez 67' |
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1951 Pan American Games winners |
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Argentina First title |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's football | Argentina Ángel Ambrosini (DF) |
Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Rodolfo Sanabria Mario Cordero Alex Sánchez Nelson Morera José Luis Quesada Léon Alvarado Elías Valenciano Constantino Tulio Quiros Héctor Julio González Evelio Alpizar Sigifrido Alvarado Álvaro Murillo Rodolfo Herrera Miguel Ángel Zeledón José Manuel Retana Rafael Ángel García Alberto Armijo Walker Rodríguez Rafael Campos Jorge Quesada Raúl Jiménez (M – Ricardo Saprissa / Luís Cartín) |
Chile Mario Pizarro Alberto Cerda Óscar Mogollones Domingo Massaro Salvador Arenas Jorge García David Buzada Hugo Núñez Alberto Rojas Javier Briones Roberto Apiolaza Pedro Araya Rubén Esquivel Isaac Carrasco Gerardo Valenzuela Orlando Labbé Arnoldo Weber Ernesto Saavedra Jorge Villablanca Sergio González (M – Luis Tirado) |
There were 40 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: RSSSF
Football at the Pan American Games | |||||
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Events at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
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