1949 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1949 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Peruvian capital, Lima.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gerardo Salazar  Peru	10.7	Aroldo da Silva  Brazil	10.7	Mario Fayos  Uruguay	10.8
200 metres	Mario Fayos  Uruguay	21.7	Fernando Lapuente  Argentina	22.2	Alberto Triulzi  Argentina	22.5
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers  Chile	49.5	Rosalvo Ramos  Brazil	49.8	Antonio Pocovi  Argentina	50.0
800 metres	Hugo Ponce  Argentina	1:56.6	Nilo Riveros  Argentina	1:56.8	Agenor da Silva  Brazil	1:57.2
1500 metres	Hugo Nuttini  Chile	4:01.2	Melchor Palmeiro  Argentina	4:02.5	Oscar Gauharou  Argentina	4:03.3
3000 metres	Raúl Inostroza  Chile	8:49.2	Melchor Palmeiro  Argentina	8:50.3	Oscar Moreira  Uruguay	8:50.6
5000 metres	Ricardo Bralo  Argentina	15:02.8	Oscar Moreira  Uruguay	15:04.7	Raúl Inostroza  Chile	15:18.8
10,000 metres	Ricardo Bralo  Argentina	31:46.3	Pedro Caffa  Argentina	31:47.2	Oscar Moreira  Uruguay	31:48.0
20 kilometre race	Delfo Cabrera  Argentina	1:06:52	Oscar Moreira  Uruguay	1:07:02	Eusebio Guiñez  Argentina	1:09:11
110 metres hurdles	Alberto Triulzi  Argentina	14.5 CR	Manuel Aldunate  Chile	14.9	Wilson Carneiro  Brazil	14.9
400 metres hurdles	Hermenelindo Alberti  Argentina	54.7	Víctor Henríquez  Chile	55.4	Carlos Hey  Brazil	55.5
High jump	Hércules Azcune  Uruguay	1.90	Geraldo de Oliveira  Brazil	1.85	Alfredo Jadresic  Chile	1.85
Pole vault	Eduardo de Oca  Argentina	3.90	Luis Ganoza  Peru	3.90	Sinibaldo Gerbasi  Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Enrique Kistenmacher  Argentina	7.37 =CR	Carlos Vera  Chile	7.11	Máximo Reyes  Peru	7.04
Triple jump	Hélio da Silva  Brazil	15.26 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira  Brazil	15.03	Adhemar da Silva  Brazil	14.79
Shot put	Julián Llorente  Argentina	14.44	Nadim Marreis  Brazil	14.29	Juan Kahnert  Argentina	14.25
Discus throw	Emilio Malchiodi  Argentina	45.07	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	44.76	Manuel Consiglieri  Peru	44.14
Hammer throw	Edmundo Zúñiga  Chile	50.67	Emilio Ortiz  Argentina	48.22	Manuel Etchepare  Argentina	48.09
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber  Argentina	65.56 CR	Horst Walter  Argentina	60.17	Efraín Santibáñez  Chile	57.59
Decathlon	Enrique Kistenmacher  Argentina	6853	Hércules Azcune  Uruguay	6205	Eduardo Julve  Peru	6048
4 × 100 metres relay	Peru	42.3	Argentina	42.3	Chile	42.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:19.7	Argentina	3:20.1	Chile	3:24.5
Cross country	Adán Zárate  Peru	36:51.4	Oscar Moreira  Uruguay	36:53.7	Pedro Caffa  Argentina	36:56.0

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julia Sánchez  Peru	12.7	Adriana Millard  Chile	12.8	Benedicta de Oliveira  Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Adriana Millard  Chile	25.8 CR	Melania Luz  Brazil	25.9	Benedicta de Oliveira  Brazil	26.5
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos  Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber  Chile	12.2	Eliana Gaete  Chile	12.3
High jump	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	1.55	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	1.50	Hilda Lassen  Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Wanda dos Santos  Brazil	5.53 CR	Adriana Millard  Chile	5.42	Hilda Yamasaki  Peru	5.39
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	11.58	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	11.29	Haydeé Valet  Argentina	11.12
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	37.36	Zita Brandt  Chile	36.28	Ingeborg Pfüller  Argentina	36.05
Javelin throw	Estrella Puente  Uruguay	37.74	Gerda Martín  Chile	37.39	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	36.50
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	49.2 CR	Chile	50.8	Argentina	51.0

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	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
Totals (5 nations)		32	32	32	96

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics