Regional Regional championships · since 1938 
Lima, Peru 26 Dec 1947 – 8 Jan 1948 1948
1948 Bolivarian Games
Lima, Peru 26 Dec 1947 – 8 Jan 1948 1948- events
- 31
- medals awarded
- 91
- nations on the podium
- 6
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20 km road race
Pentathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
6 nations · 91 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru PER | 16 | 20 | 17 | 53 | |
| 2 |  Bolivia BOL | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
| 3 |  Panama PAN | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Venezuela VEN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Colombia COL | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 |  Ecuador ECU | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Records set
21 CR- CR Lloyd LaBeach 100m · Men 10.5
- CR Lloyd LaBeach 200m · Men 21.0
- CR Jose Tovar 400m · Men 49.5
- CR Antero Mongrut 800m · Men 1:54.9
- CR Antero Mongrut 1500m · Men 4:08.7
- CR Adan Zarate 5000m · Men 15:52.0
- CR Adan Zarate 10,000m · Men 33:15.6
- CR Hernan Alzamora 110m hurdles · Men 15.4
- CR Jaime Aparicio 400m hurdles · Men 55.9
- CR Edmundo Masias High jump · Men 1.86
- CR Luis Ganoza Pole vault · Men 3.80
- CR Leonelo Patino Shot put · Men 14.08
- CR Eduardo Julve Discus throw · Men 44.54
- CR Alberto Peirano Hammer throw · Men 43.16
- CR Jose Romero Javelin throw · Men 53.24
- CR Eduardo Julve Pentathlon · Men 3086
- CR Panama 4x100m · Men 41.6
- CR Panama 4x400m · Men 3:20.4
- CR Julia Sanchez 100m · Women 13.3
- CR Julia Iriarte Discus throw · Women 31.97
- CR Peru 4x100m · Women 52.4