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	Benedita de Oliveira Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Adriana Millard Chile	25.8 CR	Melania Luz Brazil	25.9	Benedita 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	14	10	11	35
2	Brazil	6	7	8	21
3	Chile	5	10	6	21
4	Peru	4	1	4	9
5	Uruguay	3	4	3	10

External links

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