1947 South American Championships in Athletics

1947 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	25 April–3 May
Host city	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The 1947 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 25 April and 3 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff   Argentina	11.0	Santiago Ferrando   Peru	11.2	Carlos Isaack   Argentina	11.3
200 metres	Alberto Triulzi   Argentina	22.0	Gerardo Bönnhoff   Argentina	22.3	Alberto Labarthe   Chile	22.4
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers   Chile	49.0	Antonio Pocovi   Argentina	49.2	Guillermo Avalos   Argentina	49.5
800 metres	Adán Torres   Argentina	1:53.7 CR	Nilo Riveros   Argentina	1:54.3	Alfonso Rozas   Chile	1:54.9
1500 metres	Melchor Palmeiro   Argentina	3:57.8	Nilo Riveros   Argentina	4:00.1	Raúl Inostroza   Chile	4:01.7
3000 metres	Ricardo Bralo   Argentina	8:44.3	Raúl Inostroza   Chile	8:45.0	Delfo Cabrera   Argentina	8:46.9
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza   Chile	15:07.8	Eusebio Guiñez   Argentina	15:14.0	Sebastião Monteiro   Brazil	15:15.2
10,000 metres	João Oitica   Brazil	33:01.2	Sebastião Monteiro   Brazil	33:17.6	Delfo Cabrera   Argentina	33:19.0
Road race	Armando Sensini   Argentina	1:56:23	Eusebio Guiñez   Argentina	1:57:17	Joaquín da Silva   Brazil	1:59:00
110 metres hurdles	Alberto Triulzi   Argentina	14.7 =CR	Hélio Pereira   Brazil	15.3	Jorge Undurraga   Chile	15.4
400 metres hurdles	Sergio Guzmán   Chile	54.8	Hermenelindo Alberti   Argentina	54.9	Víctor Henríquez   Chile	55.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Carlos Isaack Alberto Triulzi Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Marquez	42.3	Uruguay Mario Fayos López Testa Helio Giordano Walter Pérez	42.9	Brazil Rui Moreira Lima Geraldo da Luz Osmar Bruno Romano Guilherme Puschnik	43.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Rodolfo Carrera Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Antonio Pocovi	3:16.0 CR	Chile Jaime Hitelman Jorge Ehlers Sergio Guzmán Gustavo Ehlers	3:17.0	Brazil Benedito Ferreira Osmar Bruno Romano Rosalvo Ramos Bernardo Blover	3:19.9
Cross country	Sebastião Monteiro   Brazil	37:28.9	Reinaldo Gorno   Argentina	38:39.0	Manuel Díaz   Chile	38:48.0
High jump	Alfredo Jadresic   Chile	1.91	Francisco Moura   Brazil	1.91	Carlos Altamirano   Chile	1.88
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro   Brazil	3.90	Federico Horn   Chile	3.80	Sinibaldo Gerbasi   Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Francisco Moura   Brazil	7.10	Guillermo Dyer   Peru	7.08	Enrique Kistenmacher   Argentina	7.07
Triple jump	Geraldo de Oliveira   Brazil	15.16	Carlos Vera   Chile	15.03	Juan Gallo   Chile	14.33
Shot put	Emilio Malchiodi   Argentina	14.30	Nadim Marreis   Brazil	14.05	Julián Llorente   Argentina	13.94
Discus throw	Karsten Brödersen   Chile	45.24	Eduardo Julve   Peru	44.07	Emilio Malchiodi   Argentina	43.92
Hammer throw	Edmundo Zúñiga   Chile	49.07	Juan Fusé   Argentina	47.95	Dário Tavares   Brazil	45.97
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber   Argentina	59.59	Lúcio de Castro   Brazil	57.37	Efraín Santibáñez   Chile	56.59
Decathlon	Enrique Kistenmacher   Argentina	7011	Eduardo Julve   Peru	6460	Raimundo Rodrigues   Brazil	6328

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Noemí Simonetto   Argentina	12.4 =CR	Anegret Weller   Chile	12.7	Melania Luz   Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Anegret Weller   Chile	26.6	Melania Luz   Brazil	26.6	Adriana Millard   Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Noemí Simonetto   Argentina	11.5 CR	Wanda dos Santos   Brazil	12.1	María Spuhr   Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Alicia Gómez María Spuhr Nelida Cajide Noemi Simonetto	49.9	Brazil Stella Ardinghi Melania Luz Lucila Pini Helena de Menezes	50.3	Chile Lucy Lake Norma Díaz Adriana Millard Annegret Weller	50.5
High jump	Ilse Barends   Chile	1.60 CR	Noemí Simonetto   Argentina	1.55	Alice Willhöft   Brazil	1.45
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto   Argentina	5.40	Wanda dos Santos   Brazil	5.16	Eliana Gaete   Chile	5.13
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello   Argentina	11.58	Edith Klempau   Chile	11.27	Elma Klempau   Chile	11.11
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello   Argentina	38.40 CR	Elma Klempau   Chile	36.49	Noemia Assunção   Brazil	34.02
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín   Chile	38.22	Ingeborg Mello   Argentina	36.08	Ursula Holle   Chile	35.87

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina  (ARG)	18	11	8	37
2	Chile  (CHI)	9	7	14	30
3	Brazil  (BRA)	5	9	10	24
4	Peru  (PER)	0	4	0	4
5	Uruguay  (URU)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		32	32	32	96

External links

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