1939 South American Championships in Athletics

1939 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	25–28 May
Host city	Lima, Peru
← São Paulo 1935 Buenos Aires 1941 →

The 1939 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru. This edition marked the introduction of athletic events for women competitors between 25 and 28 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis   Brazil	10.6 =CR	Roberto Valenzuela   Chile	10.8	Eulogio Higueras   Peru	10.9
200 metres	José de Assis   Brazil	21.4 CR	Roberto Valenzuela   Chile	21.9	Jaime Slullitel   Argentina	22.0
400 metres	Sylvio Padilha   Brazil	49.1	Antonio Cuba   Peru	49.4	Raúl Muñoz   Chile	49.6
800 metres	Luis Espinoza   Peru	1:55.6	Luis Elorga   Argentina	1:56.3	Guillermo García   Chile	1:56.3
1500 metres	Miguel Castro   Chile	3:57.6 CR	Guillermo García   Chile	3:58.6	Juan Herrera   Argentina	4:01.8
3000 metres	Miguel Castro   Chile	8:42.4 CR	Ubaldo Ibarra   Argentina	8:44.0	Guillermo García   Chile	8:48.2
5000 metres	Miguel Castro   Chile	15:06.0	Roger Ceballos   Argentina	15:09.8	Ubaldo Ibarra   Argentina	15:12.2
10,000 metres	Roger Ceballos   Argentina	31:48.0	Raúl Ibarra   Argentina	31:53.6	Ezequiel Bustamente   Argentina	31:57.4
Road race	Manuel Ramírez   Chile	1:58:59	Julio Montecinos   Chile	1:59:46	Segundo Rosas   Chile	2:01:10
110 metres hurdles	Alfredo Mendes   Brazil	15.0	Mário da Cunha   Brazil	15.6	Hélio Pereira   Brazil	15.6
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha   Brazil	53.6 CR	Marcelo Julca   Peru	55.0	Roberto González   Argentina	55.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Guilherme Puschnik Márcio de Oliveira Sylvio Padilha José de Assis	42.1 CR	Chile Alejandro González Roberto Valenzuela Alfonso Hoelzel John Sutton	42.4	Argentina Jaime Slullitel Raúl Chane Antonio Fondevilla José Ferraz	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Emilio Antonio Elias Sylvio Padilha José de Assis Antonio Damaso	3:19.0 CR	Argentina Alberto Montana Marino Cid Roberto González José López	3:19.8	Chile Felipe Gamez Roberto Yokota Reyes Raúl Muñoz	3:20.2
3000 metres team race	Chile	10	Argentina	11	Brazil	33
Cross country	Manuel Carreño   Chile	49:56.0	Raúl Ibarra   Argentina	50:16.6	Domingo Ticona   Peru	50:23.4
High jump	Julio Mera   Peru	1.85	Icaro Mello   Brazil	1.85	Carlos Pinto   Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Erwin Reimer   Chile	3.85	Luís Taliberti   Brazil	3.80	Fernando Montero   Chile	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira   Brazil	7.29	Guillermo Dyer   Peru	7.25	Carlos Iturri   Peru	6.97
Triple jump	Oscar Bringas   Peru	15.22 CR	Néstor Tenorio   Argentina	15.19	Carlos Pinto   Brazil	14.40
Shot put	Francisco Scabello   Brazil	13.88	Karsten Brödersen   Chile	13.59	Carmine Di Giorgio   Brazil	13.55
Discus throw	Bento Barros   Brazil	44.47 CR	Karsten Brödersen   Chile	41.55	Antônio Giusfredi   Brazil	41.39
Hammer throw	Juan Fusé   Argentina	49.77	Assis Naban   Brazil	49.05	Antonio Barticevic   Chile	47.74
Javelin throw	Egon Falkenberg   Brazil	62.84 CR	Luís Pagliari   Brazil	60.14	Oswaldo Wenzel   Chile	58.85
Decathlon	Juan Colín   Chile	5932	João Rehder Netto   Brazil	5887	Karsten Brödersen   Chile	5862

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carola Castro   Ecuador	12.6	Lelia Spuhr   Argentina	12.7	Julia Druskus   Argentina	12.7
200 metres	Lelia Spuhr   Argentina	25.9	Carola Castro   Ecuador	26.2	Lily Warch   Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Sofía Dreyer   Argentina	12.5	Rosa Marticorena   Peru	13.1	Olga Tassi   Argentina	13.1
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Elsa Irigoyen Olga Tassi Lelia Spuhr Julia Druskus [1]	49.5	Chile Raquel Martínez Ilse Karlsruher María Boecke Lily Warch	50.8	Peru Ivonne Abdala Julia Yáñez Zoila Garces Flor Benvenuto	50.9
High jump	Ilse Barends   Chile	1.45	Gabriela Sprenger   Chile	1.45	Lelia Spuhr   Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Raquel Martínez   Chile	5.13	Olga Tassi   Argentina	5.12	Zoila Garcés   Peru	4.80
Shot put	Ruth Caro   Argentina	11.22	Edith Klempau   Chile	10.96	Kate Fastner   Argentina	10.71
Discus throw	María Boecke   Chile	32.61	Ernestina Casaverde   Peru	30.61	Edith Klempau   Chile	28.98
Javelin throw	Ruth Caro   Argentina	36.85	Olga Merino   Chile	31.91	Kate Fastner   Argentina	30.28

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile  (CHI)	11	11	11	33
2	Brazil  (BRA)	11	6	6	23
3	Argentina  (ARG)	7	10	11	28
4	Peru  (PER)	3	5	5	13
5	Ecuador  (ECU)	1	1	0	2
Totals (5 entries)		33	33	33	99

References

1. Sport Illustrado - 10 de Abril 1941, p. 29.

External links

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