1947 Rio de Janeiro 1952 Buenos Aires All 54 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1919

1949 South American Champs

Lima, Peru 16–24 Apr 1949

events: 32
medals awarded: 96
nations on the podium: 5
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Gerardo Salazar 10.7

Aroldo Da Silva (1929) 10.7

Mario Fayos 10.8

Sprints

200m

Mario Fayos 21.7

Fernando Lapuente 22.2

Alberto Triulzi 22.5

Sprints

400m

Gustavo Ehlers 49.5

Rosalvo Ramos 49.8

Antonio Pocovi 50.0

Middle & long

800m

Hugo Ponce 1:56.6

Nilo Riveros 1:56.8

Agenor Da Silva 1:57.2

Middle & long

1500m

Hugo Nutini 4:01.2

Melchor Palmeiro 4:02.5

Oscar Gohuarou 4:03.3

Middle & long

3000m

Raul Inostroza 8:49.2

Melchor Palmeiro 8:50.3

Oscar Moreira 8:50.6

Middle & long

5000m

Ricardo Bralo 15:02.8

Oscar Moreira 15:04.7

Raul Inostroza 15:18.8

Middle & long

10,000m

Ricardo Bralo 31:46.3

Pedro Caffa (1922) 31:47.2

Oscar Moreira 31:48.0

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Alberto Triulzi CR 14.5

Manuel Aldunate 14.9

Wilson Carneiro 14.9

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Hermenelindo Alberti 54.7

Victor Henriquez 55.4

Carlos Heinz Hey 55.5

Jumps

High jump

Hercules Azcune 1.90

Geraldo De Oliveira 1.85

Alfredo Jadresic 1.85

Jumps

Pole vault

Eduardo Montes de Oca 3.90

Luis Ganoza 3.90

Sinibaldo Gerbasi (1922) 3.80

Jumps

Long jump

Enrique Kistenmacher CR= 7.36 ,5

Carlos Vera 7.11

Maximo Reyes 7.03 ,5

Jumps

Triple jump

Helio Da Silva CR 15.26

Geraldo De Oliveira 15.02 ,5

Adhemar Da Silva 14.79

Throws

Shot put

Julian Llorente 14.43 ,5

Nadim Marreis 14.29

Juan Kahnert 14.24 ,5

Throws

Discus throw

Emilio Malchiodi 45.06 ,5

Karsten Brodersen 44.75 ,5

Manuel Consiglieri 44.14

Throws

Hammer throw

Edmundo Zuniga 50.66 ,5

Emilio Ortiz 48.21 ,5

Manuel Etchepare 48.08 ,5

Throws

Javelin throw

Ricardo Heber CR 65.56

Horst Walter (1930) 60.16 ,5

Efrain Santibanez 57.59

Road

20 km road race

Delfo Cabrera 1:06:52

Oscar Moreira 1:07:02

Eusebio Guinez 1:09:11

Combined

Decathlon

Enrique Kistenmacher Upd to 84 table: 6506 pts 6853 pts

Hercules Azcune Upd to 84 table: 5958 pts 6205 pts

Eduardo Julve Upd to 84 table: 5785 pts 6048 pts

Relays

4x100m

Peru

Gerardo Salazar Maximo Reyes Miguel Leon Pizzarro Santiago Ferrando

42.3

Argentina

Gerardo Bönnhoff Fernando Lapuente Alberto Biedermann Adelio Marquez

42.3

Chile

Alberto Labarthe Jose Lopez Testa Carlos Silva Anguita Raul Dassori

42.5

Relays

4x400m

Brazil

Joao de Oliveira Rosalvo Ramos Agenor Da Silva Argemiro Roque

3.19.7

Argentina

Antonio Pocovi Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Julio Ferreyra

3.20.1

Chile

Victor Henriquez Reinaldo Martin Müller Gustavo Ehlers Hugo Nutini

3.24.5

Cross country

Adan Zarate Distance 12,000m 36:51

Oscar Moreira Distance 12,000m 36:53

Pedro Caffa (1922) Distance 12,000m 36:56

Medal table

5 nations · 96 medals

#	Nation				Total
1	Argentina ARG	14	10	11	35
2	Brazil BRA	6	7	8	21
3	Chile CHI	5	10	6	21
4	Peru PER	4	1	4	9
5	Uruguay URU	3	4	3	10

Records set

7 CR · 1 AR

CR Alberto Triulzi 110m hurdles · Men 14.5
CR= Enrique Kistenmacher Long jump · Men 7.36
CR Helio Da Silva Triple jump · Men 15.26
CR Ricardo Heber Javelin throw · Men 65.56
CR Adriana Millard 200m · Women 25.8
CR Wanda Dos Santos Long jump · Women 5.53
AR Brazil 4x100m · Women 49.2
CR Brazil 4x100m · Women 49.2