1919 South American Championships in Athletics

1919 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	11–13 April
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
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The 1919 South American Championships in Athletics was the inaugural South American Championships and was contested by Uruguay and Chile were held in Montevideo, Uruguay between 11 and 13 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Henry Bowles Uruguay	11.8	Marcelo Uranga Chile	12.0	Ricardo Müller Chile	12.1
200 metres	Isabelino Gradín Uruguay	23.2	Julio Gorlero Uruguay	23.4	Ricardo Müller Chile	23.8
400 metres	Isabelino Gradín Uruguay	52.4	Armando Camus Chile	53.0	Carlos Stevens Chile	54.6
800 metres	Juan Campos Uruguay	2:04.8	Armando Camus Chile	2:06.4	Carlos Stevens Chile	2:07.0
1500 metres	Juan Baeza Chile	4:29.8	Manuel Moraga Chile	4:30.0	Enrique Calderón Chile	4:31.4
10,000 metres	Gilberto Martínez Uruguay	33:57.0	Juan Baeza Chile	34:41.2	Enrique Calderón Chile	34:55.6
110 metres hurdles	Harold Rosenqvist Chile	17.0	Julio Kilián Chile	17.2	Adolfo Reccius Chile	18.0
200 metres hurdles	Julio Kilián Chile	27.2	Adolfo Reccius Chile	-	Harold Rosenqvist Chile	28.0
400 metres hurdles	Julio Kilián Chile	59.2	Adolfo Reccius Chile	61.4	Andrés Mazzali Uruguay	62.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile Julio Killian Armando Camus Ricardo Müller Carlos Stevens	3:39.0	Uruguay Julio Gorlero Mario Herrera Eduardo Venancio Flores Isabelino Gradín	3:39.4
High jump	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	1.72	Hernán Orrego Chile	1.70	Arturo Filloy Uruguay	1.68
Standing high jump	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	1.40	Carlos Fernández Uruguay	1.38	Arturo Filloy Uruguay	1.38
Pole vault	Eugen Fonck Chile	3.20	José Amejeiras Uruguay	3.15	Héctor Berruti Uruguay	3.15
Long jump	Ricardo Müller Chile	6.68	Adolfo Reccius Chile	6.53	Ricardo Filloy Uruguay	6.47
Standing long jump	Hugo Krumm Chile	3.07	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	2.95	Ernesto Ramón Uruguay	2.91
Shot put	Teodoro Scheihing Chile	11.47	Víctor Zaragoza Uruguay	11.22	Harold Rosenqvist Chile	10.95
Discus throw	Alberto Warnken Chile	35.80	Leonardo de Lucca Uruguay	33.68	Fernando Capellini Uruguay	33.44
Hammer throw	Leonardo de Lucca Uruguay	32.57	Evaldo Homberg Chile	31.97	Teodoro Scheihing Chile	30.40
Javelin throw	Arturo Medina Chile	45.95	Fernando Capellini Uruguay	43.27	Evaldo Homberg Chile	40.50

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile  (CHI)	11	11	11	33
2	Uruguay  (URU)	8	8	7	23
Totals (2 entries)		19	19	18	56

External links

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