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Americas Continental championships · since 1959

1962 South American Junior Athletics Champs

Lima, Peru 21–24 Sep 1962

events: 18
medals awarded: 54
nations on the podium: 5
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Juan Byers 10.8

Gerardo Di Tolla 10.8

Julio Veliz 11.0

Sprints

200m

Juan Byers AU20R 21.2

Miguel Gonzalez 21.7

Gerardo Di Tolla 22.0

Sprints

400m

Gilberto de Jesus 49.9

Juan Santiago Gordon 50.0

Jose Holman 50.2

Middle & long

800m

Alejandro Arroyo 1:58.9

Luis Cabrera (1944) 2:00.3

Rodolfo Valdiviezo 2:00.7

Middle & long

1500m

Mario Cutropia CR 4:04.8

Alejandro Arroyo 4:09.6

Rodolfo Valdiviezo 4:12.8

Middle & long

3000m

Mario Cutropia CR 8:47.8

Raul Diaz 8:54.5

Geraldo de Oliveira (II) 9:08.3

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Hildemar Cimolini 15.7

Alfredo Deza (1944) 15.8

Felipe Montero 15.8

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Juan Santiago Gordon 54.9

Oscar Carvalho 55.9

Nelson Amaral 56.9

Jumps

High jump

Roberto Abugattas CR 2.06

Manuel Cesar (1943) 1.95

Cristian Errazuriz 1.90

Jumps

Pole vault

Daniel Argoitia 3.70

Eduardo Nakayama 3.50

Alejandro Avalos 3.40

Jumps

Long jump

Julian Mendez 6.92

Joao Brito (1946) 6.76

Peter Junge 6.61

Jumps

Triple jump

Hugo dos Santos 13.96

Carlos Reyes 13.85

Mario Medran 13.83

Throws

Shot put

Gustavo Fuentes CR 15.08

Alvaro Zucchi 14.92

Jose Carlos Jacques 14.82

Throws

Discus throw

Julio Lagos 47.40

Ubirajara Ramos 46.68

Guillermo Arias 46.20

Throws

Hammer throw

Guillermo Arias 48.79

Paul Hurtado 45.48

Clovis Da Silva (1944) 44.71

Throws

Javelin throw

Patricio Etcheverry CR 58.99

Jose Denis 57.04

Guillermo Reategui 56.15

Relays

4x100m

Peru

Gerardo Di Tolla Miguel Carrasco Felix Garibaldi Miguel Gonzalez

CR 42.1

Chile

Mario Baeza Joao Brito (1946) Juan Santiago Gordon Juan Byers

43.2

Ecuador

Julio Veliz Fernando Haz Monteiro Luiz Pescarello Rafael Lozano

44.6

Relays

4x400m

Argentina

Hector Rivas Mario Loschiavo Carlos Gutman Juan Holman

3:22.7

Peru

Jorge Canales Miguel Gonzalez Humberto Reyes Gerardo Di Tolla

3:23.5

Brazil

Luis Pimenta Joao Cruz Oscar Prado Fernando Dias

3:26.4

Medal table

5 nations · 54 medals

#	Nation				Total
1	Chile CHI	7	3	7	17
2	Argentina ARG	6	2	2	10
3	Peru PER	2	7	2	11
4	Brazil BRA	2	5	5	12
5	Ecuador ECU	1	1	2	4

Records set

6 CR · 1 AU20R

CR Mario Cutropia 1500m · Men 4:04.8
CR Mario Cutropia 3000m · Men 8:47.8
CR Roberto Abugattas High jump · Men 2.06
CR Gustavo Fuentes Shot put · Men 15.08
CR Patricio Etcheverry Javelin throw · Men 58.99
CR Peru 4x100m · Men 42.1
AU20R Juan Byers 200m · Men 21.2