Shooting at the 1951 Pan American Games

Shooting at the 1951 Pan American Games
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At the 1951 Pan American Games a men's sport shooting competition was held. Events were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Tiro Federal Argentino - Buenos Aires between 25 February and 3 March. There were several disciplines, including individual and team events.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Huelet Benner  United States	578 pts	Enrique Díaz  Argentina	566 pts	Oscar Cervo  Argentina	564 pts
50 metre pistol	Edwin Vásquez Cam  Peru[1]	549 pts	Huelet Benner  United States	547 pts	Rafael Bermejo  Mexico	543 pts
50 metre rifle three positions	Arthur Jackson  United States	1125 pts	Arthur Cook  United States	1119 pts	Julio Silva  Argentina	1118 pts
50 metre rifle prone	Arthur Jackson  United States	591 pts	Pedro Postigo  Argentina	590 pts	Augusto Cires  Ecuador	589 pts
Skeet	Pablo Grossi  Argentina	289 pts	Fulvio Rocchi  Argentina	287 pts	Aroldo Pienovi  Argentina	285 pts
Military rifle three positions	Pablo Cagnasso  Argentina	522 pts	Antonio Ando  Argentina		Ramón Hagen  Argentina
Military rifle standing	Pablo Cagnasso  Argentina	419 pts	Antonio Ando  Argentina	412 pts	Ramón Hagen  Argentina	409 pts
50 metre high power rifle three positions	Pablo Cagnasso  Argentina	1090 pts	Arthur Jackson  United States	1088 pts	David Schiaffino  Argentina	1073 pts
25 metre rapid fire pistol team	Dionisio Fernández Enrique Díaz Ernesto Guillón Oscar Cervo  Argentina	2247 pts	Ademar Onéssimo Faller Adhaury da Costa Rocha Allan Sobocinski Pedro Simão  Brazil[2]	2166 pts	Ernesto Montemayor José Reyes Manuel Larrañaga Miguel Lambarri  Mexico	2114 pts
25 metre pistol team	José Reyes Miguel Lambarri Pedro Avilés Rafael Bermejo Raúl Ibarra  Mexico	2683 pts	Alberto Martijena Ángel Manelli Antonio Cannavo Oscar Bidegain Pablo Cagnasso  Argentina	2633 pts	César Injoque Edwin Vásquez Cam Pedro Puente Vicente Portaro Wenceslao Salgado  Peru	2632 pts
50 metre rifle three positions team	David Schiaffino Fernando Potente Julio Silva Oscar Olmos Rubén Longhi  Argentina	5540 pts	Gustavo Rojas Juan Bizama Julio Arriagada Miguel Niño Vicente Herrera  Chile	5456 pts	Enrique Baldwin Guillermo Baldwin Luis Albornoz Luis Mantilla Rubén Váldez  Peru	5435 pts
Skeet team	Aroldo Pienovi Fulvio Rocchi Geronimo Cosoli Pablo Grossi  Argentina	756 pts	Antônio Snizeck Edimar Eichemberg Guido Albertini Max Schrappe  Brazil[3]	747 pts
50 metre high power rifle three positions team	David Schiaffino Juan Martino Julio Silva Pablo Cagnasso Pablo Pedotti  Argentina	5355 pts	Antonio Mendoza Joel Gálvez José G. de la Torre José Nosari Sebastián de la Cerda  Mexico	4885 pts	Gregorio Moya José Landín Juan Chávez Rafael Rodríguez Rufino Gutiérrez  Cuba	4399 pts
Military rifle three positions team	Argentina	2548 pts	Peru	2410 pts	Chile	2408 pts
Military rifle prone team	Cirillo Nassiff Delmo Remy Pedro Postigo Roberto Salvagno Rúben Longhi  Argentina	2918 pts[4]	Elías Benavides Enrique Baldwin Guillermo Baldwin Julio Poggi Rubén Váldez  Peru	2896 pts	Allan Sobocinski Alberto Pereira Braga Antônio Martins Guimarães Ernani Martins Neves João Sobocinski  Brazil	2895 pts
Military rifle standing team	Argentina	1634 pts	Peru	1569 pts	Chile	1544 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina*	11	6	6	23
2	United States	3	3	0	6
3	Peru	1	3	2	6
4	Mexico	1	1	2	4
5	Brazil	0	2	1	3
6	Chile	0	1	2	3
7	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		16	16	15	47

References

1. "Les premiers Jeux Panaméricains" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-15.
2. UOL (2007). "Amador, esporte deu 1ª medalha olímpica ao Brasil". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. UOL (2007). "Medalhistas brasileiros - buenos aires-1951". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
4. Correio da Manhã (1959-08-27). "Jogos Pan-Americanos em retrospecto (IV)". Retrieved 2017-12-15.

• Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.
• Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Medalists in Shooting at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-12-16)
• Sports 123: Shooting at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-07)