Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics | |
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Host city | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Level | Senior |
Events | 30 |
Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1950. It is stated that the event was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Uruguayan Athletics Federation. [1] However, the foundation date of the Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU) was already two years earlier on March 1, 1918. [2]
The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries, but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 in an area of 201 square kilometres (78 sq mi). The southernmost capital city in the Americas, Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.44 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.
Medal winners are published. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.7 | |||
200 metres | 26.2 | 27.0 | 27.2 | |||
80 metres hurdles | 11.8 | 13.1 | 13.3 | |||
High jump | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | |||
Long jump | 5.35 | 5.11 | 4.85 | |||
Shot put | 10.59 | 10.37 | 9.68 | |||
Discus throw | 30.01 | 28.72 | ||||
Javelin throw | 41.14 | 39.05 | ||||
4 × 100 metres relay | 52.0 | 52.9 |
* Host nation (Uruguay)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 48 | |
2 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 28 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 30 | 30 | 26 | 86 |
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