Regional Regional championships · since 1938 
Baranquilla, Colombia 3–16 Dec 1961
1961 Bolivarian Games
Baranquilla, Colombia 3–16 Dec 1961- events
- 30
- medals awarded
- 90
- nations on the podium
- 4
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Half marathon
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
4x100m
3 Colombia
Colombia 43.8
4x400m
1 
Venezuela
Venezuela 3:21.8
3 
Panama
Panama 3:26.3
Medal table
4 nations · 90 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela VEN | 15 | 15 | 9 | 39 | |
| 2 | Colombia COL | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 | |
| 3 | Panama PAN | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |
| 4 |  Peru PER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Records set
17 CR- CR Horacio Esteves 100m · Men 10.4
- CR Jose Neira 800m · Men 1:53.0
- CR Jose Neira 1500m · Men 4:00.1
- CR Luis Navas Half marathon · Men 1:11:58
- CR Teofilo Davis Bell 110m hurdles · Men 14.8
- CR Victor Maldonado 400m hurdles · Men 54.0
- CR= Cesar Luis Quintero Pole vault · Men 3.80
- CR Jose Bracho Shot put · Men 14.45
- CR Dagoberto Gonzalez (1945) Discus throw · Men 46.05
- CR Daniel Cereali Hammer throw · Men 50.43
- CR Jesus Rodriguez (1941) Javelin throw · Men 67.24
- CR Hector Thomas Pentathlon · Men 3161
- CR Jean Holmes-Mitchell 100m · Women 12.1
- CR Jean Holmes-Mitchell 200m · Women 25.4
- CR Lidia Velasco High jump · Women 1.50
- CR Francisca Roberts Shot put · Women 12.10
- CR Mercedes Garcia Discus throw · Women 35.67