1949 South American Championships in Athletics

1949 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	16 April–3 May
Host city	Lima, Peru
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The 1949 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Peruvian capital, Lima, between 16 and 24 April.

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
4 × 100 metres relay	Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Miguel León Pizzarro Santiago Ferrando	42.3	Argentina Gerardo Bönnhoff Fernando Lapuente Alberto Biedermann Adelio Marquez	42.3	Chile Alberto Labarthe José López Carlos Silva Raúl Dassori	42.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil João de Oliveira Rosalvo Ramos Agenor da Silva Argemiro Roque	3:19.7	Argentina Antonio Pocovi Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Julio Ferreyra	3:20.1	Chile Víctor Henríquez Reinaldo Martín Müller Gustavo Ehlers Hugo Nuttini	3:24.5
Cross country	Adán Zárate   Peru	36:51.4	Oscar Moreira   Uruguay	36:53.7	Pedro Caffa   Argentina	36:56.0
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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julia Sánchez   Peru	12.7	Adriana Millard   Chile	12.8	Benedicta de Oliveira   Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Adriana Millard   Chile	25.8 CR	Melania Luz   Brazil	25.9	Benedicta de Oliveira   Brazil	26.5
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos   Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber   Chile	12.2	Eliana Gaete   Chile	12.3
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Melânia Luz Elizabeth Müller Lucila Pini Benedita de Oliveira	49.2 CR	Chile Adriana Millard Annegret Weller Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas	50.8	Argentina Lilia Menendez Nelida Cajide Irma Lavaglia Teresa Carvajal	51.0
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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina  (ARG)	14	10	11	35
2	Brazil  (BRA)	6	7	8	21
3	Chile  (CHI)	5	10	6	21
4	Peru  (PER)	4	1	4	9
5	Uruguay  (URU)	3	4	3	10
Totals (5 entries)		32	32	32	96

External links

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