1941 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1941 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis Brazil	10.8	José Ferraz Brazil	10.9	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	11.1
200 metres	José de Assis Brazil	21.4 =CR	Luis Venini Argentina	21.8	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	22.4
400 metres	Rosalvo Ramos Brazil	50.2	Agenor da Silva Brazil	50.3	Antonio Cuba Peru	50.4
800 metres	Guillermo García Chile	1:54.2 CR	Isidoro Ferrere Argentina	1:55.7	Roberto Yokota Chile	1:55.7
1500 metres	Guillermo García Chile	3:58.7	Isidoro Ferrere Argentina	4:02.2	Arturo Torres Chile	4:03.1
3000 metres	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	8:39.4 CR	Arturo Torres Chile	8:47.6	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	8:48.0
5000 metres	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	14:57.2 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	15:12.1	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:13.3
10000 metres	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	30:45.0 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	31:39.6	René Millas Chile	31:41.8
Road race	Tomás Palomeque Argentina	2:03:16	Saturnino Cuello Argentina	2:03:22	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	2:03:42
110 metres hurdles	Mário da Cunha Brazil	15.1	Hélio Pereira Brazil	15.2	Julio Jaime Uruguay	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Alfonso Hoelzel Chile	56.4	Alfonso Rozas Chile	56.9	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	57.0
High jump	Guido Hanning Chile	1.94 CR	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	1.85	Faustino Poyo Argentina	1.85
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	4.00 CR	Icaro Mello Brazil	4.00	Erwin Reimer Chile	3.70
Long jump	Guillermo Dyer Peru	7.20	Ernesto Juárez Argentina	7.05	Mario Quesada Argentina	6.94
Triple jump	Carlos Pinto Brazil	15.10	Néstor Tenorio Argentina	14.90	Jorge Richard Brazil	14.59
Shot put	Ricardo Nitz Brazil	14.62 CR	Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil	13.71	Antônio Lyra Brazil	13.51
Discus throw	Manuel Consiglieri Peru	46.40 CR	Karsten Brödersen Chile	45.05	Bento Barros Brazil	45.02
Hammer throw	Assis Naban Brazil	49.71	Juan Fusé Argentina	48.98	Federico Kleger Argentina	46.60
Javelin throw	Egon Falkenberg Brazil	59.42	Alberto Becher Argentina	59.05	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	56.37
Decathlon	Emilio Rüegg Brazil	6411	Juan Colín Chile	6315	Karsten Brödersen Chile	6037
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	42.3	Chile	42.7	Argentina	43.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile	3:21.9	Argentina	3:22.3	Uruguay	3:27.8
3000 metres team race	Argentina	10	Chile	14	Brazil	26
Cross country	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	36:11.0	Raúl Inostroza Venezuela	37:18.0	René Aldana Chile	37:27.4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	13.1	María Malvicini Argentina	13.3	Crista Jane Giese Brazil	13.3
200 metres	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	26.0	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	26.4	Julia Yáñez Peru	27.6
80 metres hurdles	Crista Jane Giese Brazil	12.4 CR	Betty Morales Chile	12.5	Ursula Hennel Brazil	13.0
High jump	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	1.55 CR	Ilse Barends Chile	1.50	Crista Jane Giese Brazil Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay Noemi Simonetto Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay	5.12	Ilse Barends Chile	5.03	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	4.96
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	11.81 CR	Edith Klempau Chile	10.74	Julia Iriarte Bolivia	10.45
Discus throw	Christel Balde Chile	35.59 CR	María Boecke Chile	35.04	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	33.80
Javelin throw	Ruth Caro Argentina	36.87 CR	Ursula Holle Chile	36.68	Olga Merino Chile	34.63
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	51.2	Chile	51.8	Brazil	52.6

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	12	12	9	33
2	Brazil	12	7	9	28
3	Chile	6	13	11	30
4	Peru	2	0	2	4
5	Uruguay	1	0	3	4
6	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1

External links

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