Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games
The Athletics Competition at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  Argentina (ARG) |
7 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 |  Chile (CHI) |
3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Brazil (BRA) |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Peru (PER) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Colombia (COL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ecuador (ECU) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  Guatemala (GUA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
