1952 South American Championships in Athletics

1952 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	3–11 May
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 3 and 11 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Gerardo Salazar   Peru	10.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff   Argentina	10.8	José Telles da Conceição   Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff   Argentina	21.5	Fernando Lapuente   Argentina	22.0	Gustavo Ehlers   Chile	22.0
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers   Chile	48.7	Argemiro Roque   Brazil	49.1	Mário do Nascimento   Brazil	49.7
800 metres	Argemiro Roque   Brazil	1:53.3 CR	Waldomiro Monteiro   Brazil	1:53.9	Carlos Gajardo   Chile	1:55.3
1500 metres	Nilo Riveros   Argentina	3:58.5	Guillermo Solà   Chile	3:59.6	Luís Rodrigues   Brazil	4:00.3
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza   Chile	14:59.8	Reinaldo Gorno   Argentina	15:05.5	Juan Miranda   Argentina	15:09.0
10,000 metres	Delfo Cabrera   Argentina	31:05.7	Raúl Inostroza   Chile	31:26.9	Corsino Fernández   Argentina	31:32.3
Half marathon	Delfo Cabrera   Argentina	1:09:19 CR	Reinaldo Gorno   Argentina	1:11:28	Corsino Fernández   Argentina	1:11:28
3000 metres steeplechase	Guillermo Solà   Chile	9:32.0 CR	Edgard Mitt   Brazil	9:34.6	Haroldo Gallardo   Chile	9:38.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jörn Gevert   Chile	14.9	Estanislao Kocourek   Argentina	15.0	Wilson Carneiro   Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro   Brazil	52.7 CR	Jörn Gevert   Chile	53.5	Pedro Yoma   Chile	54.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Mariano Acosta Enrique Becles Gerardo Bönnhoff Romeo Galán	41.4 CR	Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Armando Zapata	42.0	Brazil Gastão Mesquita Neto Rui Lima Geraldo Murgel Ary de Sá	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Wilson Carneiro Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Maranhão Argemiro Roque	3:17.5	Argentina Máximo Guerra Enrique Kistenmacher Adan Torres Gerardo Bönnhoff	3:18.0	Chile Ramón Sandoval Carlos Gajardo Reinaldo Martín Gustavo Ehlers	3:18.1
High jump	José Telles da Conceição   Brazil	1.90	Ernesto Lagos   Chile	1.85	Alberto Bacán   Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Hélio da Silva   Brazil	4.00 =CR	Jaime Piqueras   Peru	3.90	Luis Ganoza   Peru	3.90
Long jump	Ary de Sá   Brazil	7.39 CR	Carlos Vera   Chile	7.13	Ahylton da Conceição   Brazil	7.08
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva   Brazil	15.39 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira   Brazil	15.11	Jorgely Figueira   Brazil	14.75
Shot put	Reidar Soerlie   Argentina	14.44	Augusto Maalstein   Chile	13.86	Emilio Stelig   Brazil	13.77
Discus throw	Reidar Soerlie   Argentina	47.72 CR	Elvio Porta   Argentina	45.27	Hernán Haddad   Chile	45.15
Hammer throw	Arturo Melcher   Chile	50.75	Elvio Porta   Argentina	49.73	Emilio Ortiz   Argentina	49.25
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber   Argentina	67.68 CR	Gerardo Mielke   Chile	63.10	Janis Stendzenieks   Chile	60.51
Decathlon	Hernán Figueroa   Chile	6698	Hernán Alzamora   Peru	5849	Carlos Vera   Chile	5844

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julia Sánchez   Peru	12.2 CR	Adriana Millard   Chile	12.4	Lilián Buglia   Argentina	12.4
200 metres	Deyse de Castro   Brazil	25.5* CR	Adriana Millard   Chile	25.5* CR	Lilián Heinz   Argentina	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos   Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber   Chile	11.7	Adriana Millard   Chile	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Lilian Heinz Lilian Buglia Gladys Erbetta Ana María Fontán	48.8 CR	Brazil Lucila Pini Helene Menezes Deyse de Castro Benedita de Oliveira	48.8	Chile Betty Kretschmer Adriana Millard Norma Díaz Aurora Bianchi	49.1
High jump	Elizabeth Müller   Brazil	1.53	Deyse de Castro   Brazil	1.53	María Cañas   Chile	1.45
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta   Argentina	5.52	Adriana Millard   Chile	5.39	Wanda dos Santos   Brazil	5.26
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello   Argentina	11.48	Ingeborg Pfüller   Argentina	11.35	Ilse Gerdau   Brazil	11.25
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello   Argentina	40.14 CR	Ingeborg Pfüller   Argentina	40.07	Ilse Gerdau   Brazil	36.78
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín   Chile	39.16 CR	Edith Thomas   Chile	38.80	Estrella Puente   Uruguay	37.89

* = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina  (ARG)	12	10	6	28
2	Brazil  (BRA)	10	6	12	28
3	Chile  (CHI)	7	12	11	30
4	Peru  (PER)	2	3	1	6
5	Uruguay  (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		31	31	31	93

External links

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