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1981 La Paz ↗ 1985 Santiago All 54 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1919

1983 South American Champs

Santa Fé, Argentina 29 Sep – 2 Oct 1983

events: 39
medals awarded: 118
nations on the podium: 9
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind -0.7

1

Nelson Dos Santos 10.3

2

Paulo Roberto Correia 10.5

3

Giorgino Mautino 10.5

Sprints

200m

wind -1.8

1

Paulo Roberto Correia 21.3

2

Nelson Dos Santos 21.5

3

Jose Maria Beduino 21.7

Sprints

400m

1

Sergio Menezes 46.8

2

Evaldo Da Silva 47.4

3

Wolfman Mena (1957) 47.5

Middle & long

800m

1

Jose Luiz Barbosa 1:49.1

2

Emilio Ulloa 1:49.2

3

Raul Domingo Lopez 1:50.5

Middle & long

1500m

1

Emilio Ulloa 3:48.3

2

Omar Ortega 3:48.9

3

Adauto Domingues 3:50.8

Middle & long

5000m

1

Omar Aguilar 14:00.9

2

Joao De Ataide 14:01.2

3

German Pena 14:03.1

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Omar Aguilar 29:12.1

2

Joao De Ataide 29:13.4

3

Jairo Correa 29:22.7

Road

Marathon

1

Juan Plagman 2:15:50

2

Jairo Correa 2:17:43

3

Rafael Parra 2:19:42

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Emilio Ulloa CR 8:44.6

2

Wilson Parreiras de Santana 8:47.7

3

Adauto Domingues 8:50.8

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +0.9

1

Pedro Chiamulera 14.3

2

Wellington Araujo 14.5

3

Rodolfo Iturraspe 14.9

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Pedro Chiamulera 52.2

2

Rodrigo De la Fuente 52.7

3

Elias De Fonseca 52.8

Jumps

High jump

1

Jorge Archanjo 2.14

2

Fernando Pastoriza 2.14

3

Rodrigo De la Fuente 2.04

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Fernando Hoces 4.70

2

Renato Bortolocci Ferreira 4.60

3

Walter Franzantti 4.50

3

Oscar Veit 4.50

Jumps

Long jump

1

Osvaldo Frigerio 7.51

2

Luiz Favero 7.41

3

Marcus Barros 7.28

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Francisco Pichott 15.64

2

Jose Quinaliza 15.52

3

Jailto Bonfim (1964) 15.44

Throws

Shot put

1

Gert Weil CR 18.29

2

Juan Turri 16.56

3

Adilson Oliveira 15.70

Throws

Discus throw

1

Jose Carlos Jacques 51.86

2

Celso Antonio Da Cunha 50.50

3

Andres Perez 49.24

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Ivan Bertelli 61.16

2

Roberto Olcese 60.56

3

Pedro Rivail Atilio 59.74

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Jose De Souza 74.54

2

Luis Martinez 71.48

3

Amilcar De Barros 71.24

Race walks

20 km race walk

1

Hector Moreno CR 1:24:12

2

Francisco Vargas 1:25:35

3

Osvaldo Morejon 1:32:20

Combined

Decathlon

1

Carlos Rene Gambetta Upd to 84 table: 7052 pts 7252 pts

2

Ronaldo Alcaraz Upd to 84 table: 6936 pts 7096 pts

3

Antonio Balbuena Upd to 84 table: 6781 pts 6959 pts

Relays

4x100m

1

Brazil

Marcus Barros Nelson Dos Santos Paulo Roberto Correia Sergio Menezes

40.7

2

Argentina

Alfredo Manuel Muro Oscar Barrionuevo Hugo Antonio Alzamora Jose Maria Beduino

40.8

3

Uruguay

Luis Cabral Daniel Ipata Ruben Da Cunha Anataniel Guzman

41.4

Relays

4x400m

1

Brazil

Jose Luiz Barbosa Paulo Roberto Correia Sergio Menezes Evaldo Da Silva

3.10.8

2

Chile

Luis Alberto Schneider Mauricio Urquiza (1965) Carlos Contreras Rodrigo De la Fuente

3.13.6

3

Argentina

Eduardo Omar Sandes Daniel Rolando Bambicha Hugo Antonio Alzamora Raul Domingo Lopez

3.14.5

Medal table

9 nations · 118 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Brazil BRA	23	20	12	55
2	Chile CHI	11	7	5	23
3	Argentina ARG	3	6	10	19
4	Colombia COL	1	4	6	11
5	Venezuela VEN	1	0	2	3
6	Uruguay URU	0	1	2	3
7	Ecuador ECU	0	1	0	1
8	Peru PER	0	0	2	2
9	Bolivia BOL	0	0	1	1

Records set

10 CR

CR Emilio Ulloa 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:44.6
CR Gert Weil Shot put · Men 18.29
CR Hector Moreno 20 km race walk · Men 1:24:12
CR Monica Regonesi 3000m · Women 9:57.2
CR Beatriz Capotosto 100m hurdles · Women 13.2
CR Conceicao Geremias 400m hurdles · Women 59.5
CR Maria Fernandes Shot put · Women 15.01
CR Marieta Riera Javelin throw · Women 51.04
CR Conceicao Geremias Heptathlon · Women 5865
CR Brazil 4x400m · Women 3:40.0