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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw at the Pan American Games

The women's javelin throw event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 28 February.[1][2]

Hortensia López García finished 5th in the preliminary round and advanced to the final, winning the women's javelin throw with a distance of 39.45m. Her performance was challenged that same day by the Panama athletics delegation, which claimed that only the top 4 athletes should have advanced to the final instead of the top 6. García's finals performance was briefly discounted, moving Judith Caballero of Panama up to the bronze medal position, but it was reinstated the next day.[3] Some sources still list García's preliminary round mark of 32.68m as her final result.[4]

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hortensia López  Mexico 39.45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amelia Bert  United States 38.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bertha Chiú  Mexico 37.97
4 Judith Caballero  Panama 37.78
5 Ursula Holle  Chile 35.26
6 Anneliese Schmidt  Brazil 33.30
7 Vera Trezoitko  Brazil 29.57

References

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  1. ^ Full results
  2. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Óscar I. Guevara (14 October 2011). "Ad Hominem Deportivus". Televisa Sports (in Spanish).
  4. ^ I Pan American Game, Buenos Aires 1951 Women, Field. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.