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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | 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
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 nations) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |
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