Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 27 and 28 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	Wilson Carneiro  Brazil	Don Halderman  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Don Halderman	United States	53.4	Q
2	1	Reinaldo Martín	Chile	54.3	Q
3	1	Ernesto Igler	Argentina	55.1
4	1	Carlos Monges	Mexico	56.4
1	2	Wilson Carneiro	Brazil	54.9	Q
2	2	Samuel Anderson	Cuba	55.4	Q
3	2	Jörn Gevert	Chile	55.4
4	2	Ernesto Rogg	Argentina	56.6
	2	Dick Attlesey	United States	DNS
1	3	Jaime Aparicio	Colombia	??.?	Q
2	3	Eduardo Laca	Peru	??.?	Q
3	3	Arturo Kuntze	Argentina	??.?
4	3	Udo Martín	Chile	??.?

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jaime Aparicio	Colombia	53.4
	Wilson Carneiro	Brazil	53.7
	Don Halderman	United States	54.5
4	Reinaldo Martín	Chile	55.2
5	Eduardo Laca	Peru	??.?
6	Samuel Anderson	Cuba	??.?