Football – Men's tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Presidente Perón
Dates27 February – 7 March
Medalists
Gold medal  Argentina
Silver medal  Costa Rica
Bronze medal  Chile
1955»

The first edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 25 to March 8, 1951. Five teams did compete, after Brazil withdrew on February 16, 1951.[1][2]

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).[3]

Competition

Final table

The Argentina squad, champions
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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

Match results

Argentina 5–0 Venezuela
Pellejero 13', 22'
Intini 48'
Baiocco 		Report
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Alfredo Rossi (ARG)
Costa Rica 2–2 Chile
Zeledón 5'
Armijo 62'
 Esquivel 15'
Apiolaza 75'
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Wally Muller (AUT)
Argentina 7–1 Costa Rica
Intini 10', 17'
Cupo 35', 39', 85'
Pellejero 41'
Baiocco 81'		 Zeledón 27'
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Ernest Wilbraham (ENG)
Paraguay 2–3 Venezuela
Vaccaro 16'
Insfrán 81'		 Díaz 50'
Monterola 69' (pen.)
Olivares 74'
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Luis Ventre
Paraguay 0–1 Costa Rica
Herrera
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: José Yacovino (ARG)
Argentina 2–1 Chile
Martínez 64'
Cupo 67' (pen.)		 Apiolaza
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Wally Muller
Venezuela 1–3 Costa Rica
Díaz 38' Armijo 55'
Murillo 67'
Zeledón
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Alfredo Rossi (ARG)
Chile 1–1 Paraguay
Villablanca Cabrera
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Ernest Wilbraham (ENG)
Chile 4–1 Venezuela
Saavedra 17', 23', 46'
Araya 66'		 Rodríguez 79'
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Robert Aldrige (ENG)
Argentina 2–0 Paraguay
Cupo 43'
Martínez 67'
Racing Club Stadium, Avellaneda
Referee: Ernest Wilbraham (ENG)


 1951 Pan American Games winners 

Argentina
First title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football[4]  Argentina [5]

Ángel Ambrosini (DF)
Miguel Ángel Baiocco (FW)
Roberto Comaschi (MF)
Ángel Cuccero (FW)
Norberto Cupo (FW)
Rogelio Domínguez (GK)
José Giarrizo (FW)
Carlos Glini (DF)
Roberto Infantino (MF)
Juan Intini (FW)
Carmelo Longo (FW)
Alfredo Martínez (FW)
Juan Carlos Mendiburu (FW)
Manuel Miranda (FW)
Carlos Mousegne (DF)
Enrique Olivero (DF)
José Pellejero (DF)
Arturo Rodenak (GK)
René Segini (FW)
Perfecto Seijo (DF)
Alejandro Simion (DF)
Osvaldo Vallone (MF)

Guillermo Stábile (Head coach)

 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[6]
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)

Goalscorers

Norberto Cupo, top scorer with 5 goals

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

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Sports 123: Football: Pan American Games". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Soccer Medalists". Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "1951 Pan Am Games football competition". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  4. ^ "I PANAMERICAN GAMES 1951 (Avellaneda) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019
  6. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. ^ Aquella vez que Costa Rica se dividió en dos equipos by Rodrigo Calvo, 27 Feb 2021
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