1961 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1961 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, between 20 and 28 May. ^{[1] [2]} Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for field events.

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Luis Vienna   Argentina 10.8 Q 2 1 Alberto Keitel   Chile 10.8 Q 3 1 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 11.2 Q 4 1 Noel Revello   Uruguay 11.4 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.6 Q 2 2 Juan Stocker   Argentina 10.8 Q 3 2 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 11.0 Q 4 2 Iván Moreno   Chile 11.1 5 2 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 11.3 1 3 Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 10.6 Q 2 3 João Pires Sobrinho   Brazil 11.2 Q 3 3 Roberto Ferrario   Argentina 11.2 Q 4 3 Manuel Monforte   Peru 11.3 1 4 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 10.6 Q 2 4 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 10.7 Q 3 4 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 11.2 Q 4 4 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 11.3

Semifinals – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 10.4 Q 2 1 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 10.5 Q 3 1 Luis Vienna   Argentina 10.8 Q 4 1 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 10.9 5 1 Roberto Ferrario   Argentina 11.1 1 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay ? 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.7 Q 2 2 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 10.8 Q 3 2 Alberto Keitel   Chile 10.8 Q 4 2 Juan Stocker   Argentina 11.1 5 2 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 11.1 6 2 João Pires Sobrinho   Brazil 11.6 Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.6 Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 10.6 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 10.7 4 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 10.9 5 Luis Vienna   Argentina 10.9 6 Alberto Keitel   Chile 10.9

200 metres

Heats – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 21.9 Q 2 1 João Pires Sobrinho   Brazil 22.5 Q 3 1 Guillermo Bahler   Argentina 22.6 Q 4 1 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 22.8 1 2 Juan Stocker   Argentina 21.9 Q 2 2 Alberto Keitel   Chile 22.0 Q 3 2 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 22.3 Q 4 2 Eulogio Gomes   Peru 22.5 1 3 Luis Vienna   Argentina 21.7 Q 2 3 Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 21.8 Q 3 3 Iván Moreno   Chile 22.3 Q 4 3 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 22.5 5 3 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 22.9 1 4 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 21.6 Q 2 4 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 22.3 Q 3 4 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 22.9 Q 4 4 Moisés Chávez   Chile 23.0

Semifinals – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 21.0 Q 2 1 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 21.6 Q 3 1 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 21.6 Q 4 1 Juan Stocker   Argentina 21.8 5 1 Iván Moreno   Chile 22.5 6 1 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 22.9 1 2 Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 21.6 Q 2 2 Alberto Keitel   Chile 21.7 Q 3 2 Luis Vienna   Argentina 21.8 Q 4 2 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 22.5 5 2 Guillermo Bahler   Argentina 22.6 6 2 João Pires Sobrinho   Brazil 22.7 Final – 25 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Horacio Esteves   Venezuela 21.3 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 21.6 Luis Vienna   Argentina 21.8 4 Alberto Keitel   Chile 22.1 5 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 22.1 6 Rafael Romero   Venezuela 22.8

400 metres

Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Emilio Romero   Venezuela 21.5 (?) Q 2 1 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 51.3 Q 3 1 Raúl Zabala   Argentina 51.9 Q 4 1 Moisés Chávez   Chile 52.1 5 1 Jorge Canales   Peru 52.4 1 2 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 51.4 Q 2 2 Peter Ostemeier   Brazil 51.6 Q 3 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 51.7 Q 4 2 Mario Gastelú   Peru 53.6 1 3 Juan Stocker   Argentina 51.3 Q 2 3 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 51.4 Q 3 3 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 51.5 Q 4 3 Hugo Krauss   Chile 51.6 5 3 Carlos Pereyra   Uruguay 52.3 1 4 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 49.9 Q 2 4 Julio León   Chile 50.2 Q 3 4 Hortensio Fusil   Venezuela 50.5 Q 4 4 Eulogio Gómez   Peru 50.7 5 4 Jorge Vilaboa   Uruguay 51.9

Semifinals – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 49.9 Q 2 1 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 50.4 Q 3 1 Peter Ostemeier   Brazil 51.0 Q 4 1 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 51.4 5 1 Emilio Romero   Venezuela 52.4 6 1 Raúl Zabala   Argentina 53.1 1 2 Julio León   Chile 50.6 Q 2 2 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 50.8 Q 3 2 Eulogio Gómez   Peru 50.9 Q 4 2 Juan Stocker   Argentina 51.1 5 2 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 51.3 6 2 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 53.1 Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Anubes da Silva   Brazil 48.8 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 49.3 Eulogio Gómez   Peru 50.0 4 Peter Ostemeier   Brazil 50.6 5 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 50.7 6 Julio León   Chile 1:01.8

800 metres

Heats – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ramón Sandoval   Chile 1:56.6 Q 2 1 José Neira   Colombia 1:56.7 Q 3 1 Paulo de Araújo   Brazil 1:56.8 Q 4 1 Harvey Borrero   Colombia 1:56.8 Q 5 1 Silverio da Silva   Brazil 1:57.0 6 1 Víctor Lozano   Argentina 1:57.5 1 Rodolfo Antelo   Argentina NT 1 2 Eduardo Balducci   Argentina 1:57.7 Q 2 2 Álvaro Mejía   Colombia 1:58.1 Q 3 2 Odilon Dias Neto   Brazil 1:58.3 Q 4 2 Enrique Alfonso   Venezuela 1:58.7 Q 5 2 Jacinto Farías   Uruguay 1:58.7 6 2 Hugo Krauss   Chile 1:59.8 2 Raúl Pereira   Peru NT 2 Armin Oswald   Chile NT

Final – 25 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval   Chile 1:51.2 José Neira   Colombia 1:52.6 Eduardo Balducci   Argentina 1:53.3 4 Paulo de Araújo   Brazil 1:54.8 5 Harvey Borrero   Colombia 1:55.3 6 Silverio da Silva   Brazil 1:56.2 7 Álvaro Mejía   Colombia NT 8 Enrique Alfonso   Venezuela NT

1500 metres

21 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ramón Sandoval	Chile	3:51.2
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	3:53.5
	Eduardo Balducci	Argentina	3:53.6
4	Ricardo Vidal	Chile	3:55.5
5	Domingo Amaizón	Argentina	3:56.3
6	Belchior Gomes	Brazil	3:56.0

5000 metres

20 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	14:54.7
	Luis Sandobal	Argentina	14:55.5
	Alberto Ríos	Argentina	15:02.6
4	Luis Campusano	Chile	15:18.1
5	Jorge González	Chile	15:24.7
6	João dos Santos Filho	Brazil	15:29.9
7	José Primo	Brazil	NT
8	Francisco Allen	Chile	NT

10,000 metres

25 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	30:18.1
	Luis Sandobal	Argentina	31:13.9
	Luis Campusano	Chile	31:27.3
4	Gumersindo Gómez	Argentina	31:27.8
5	Jorge González	Chile	32:01.8
6	Ricardo Vidal	Chile	32:21.7
7	Hugo Domínguez	Uruguay	NT
8	João dos Santos Filho	Brazil	NT

Marathon

28 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juan Silva	Chile	2:39:36	CR
	Ricardo Vidal	Chile	2:41:16
	Armando Pino	Argentina	2:42:21
4	José Marcelo Canelo	Peru	2:45:02
5	Alejandro Montaño	Bolivia	2:46:12
6	Gumersindo Gómez	Argentina	NT
7	Luis Navas	Bolivia	NT
8	Luis Molina	Peru	NT
9	Waldir Nascimento	Brazil	NT
	Robustiano Larrea	Argentina	NT
	João dos Santos Filho	Brazil	NT
	Eugenio Rivera	Chile	NT
	Walter Torres	Uruguay	NT
	Germán Lozano	Colombia	NT
	Manuel Caberra	Colombia	NT
	Daniel García	Peru	NT
	José Campos	Brazil	DQ

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 21 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 14.8 Q 2 1 John Muñoz   Venezuela 15.3 Q 3 1 Carlos Witting   Chile 15.4 4 1 Guillermo Vallania   Argentina 15.6 5 1 Roberto Abugattás   Peru 16.2 1 2 Carlos Mossa   Brazil 15.1 Q 2 2 Teófilo Davis Bell   Venezuela 15.1 Q 3 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 15.2 4 2 Juan Manuel Jordán   Chile 16.3 5 2 Zacarías Durán   Peru 17.3 1 3 José Cavero   Peru 15.7 Q 2 3 Ariel Standen   Chile 16.1 Q 3 3 Ramón Bastardo   Venezuela 16.6

Final – 23 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carlos Mossa   Brazil 14.5 =CR José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 14.7 Teófilo Davis Bell   Venezuela 15.0 4 John Muñoz   Venezuela 15.3 5 Ariel Standen   Chile 15.7 6 José Cavero   Peru 15.9

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 25 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 55.2 Q 2 1 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 55.4 Q 3 1 Raúl Zabala   Argentina 56.4 4 1 Mario Gastelú   Peru 57.0 5 1 Juan Manuel Jordán   Chile 57.6 1 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 54.2 Q 2 2 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 54.3 Q 3 2 Tito Bracho   Venezuela 55.6 1 3 José Cavero   Peru 55.8 Q 2 3 Ariel Standen   Chile 57.0 Q 3 3 Landualdo da Silva   Brazil 57.2

Final – 27 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 52.3 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 52.8 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 54.0 4 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 54.6 5 José Cavero   Peru 54.6 6 Ariel Standen   Chile 1:00.3

3000 metres steeplechase

27 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sebastião Mendes	Brazil	9:14.8
	Domingo Amaizón	Argentina	9:20.6
	Alberto Ríos	Argentina	9:23.4
4	Luis Sandobal	Argentina	9:28.2
5	Francisco Allen	Chile	9:34.6
6	Belchior Gomes	Brazil	9:41.8
7	José Primo	Brazil	NT
8	Luis Campusano	Chile	NT
9	José García	Peru	NT

4 × 100 metres relay

27 May

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Venezuela	Clive Bonas, Arquímedes Herrera, Horacio Esteves, Rafael Romero	41.0
	Brazil	Joel Costa, Jorge de Barros, Affonso da Silva, José da Conceição	41.5
	Argentina	Guillermo Bahler, Juan Stocker, Roberto Ferrairo, Luis Vienna	42.2
4	Chile	Carlos Vera, Alberto Keitel, Iván Moreno, Hugo Krauss	42.5
5	Peru	Gerardo Di Tolla, Manuel Monforte, Juan Hasegawa, Eulogio Gómez	43.8
6	Uruguay	Fermín Donazar, Jorge Vilaboa, Carlos Pereyra, Juan Francisco Aguilar	43.9

4 × 400 metres relay

28 May

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Venezuela	Emilio Romero, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves, Hortensio Fucil	3:16.0
	Argentina	Raúl Zabala, Luis Vienna, Juan Stocker, Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:16.9
	Brazil	Cris Ferreira, Ulisses dos Santos, Peter Ostermeier, Anubes da Silva	3:18.1
4	Peru	Jorge Canales, Eduardo Scamarone, José Cavero, Gerardo Di Tolla	3:22.7	[2]
5	Chile	Moisés Chávez, Armin Oswald, Ramón Sandoval, Alberto Keitel	3:23.8	[2]
6	Uruguay	Juan Francisco Aguilar, Jorge Vilaboa, Jacinto Farías, Carlos Pereyra	3:32.4	[2]

High jump

20 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Eugenio Velasco	Chile	1.95
	Eleuterio Fassi	Argentina	1.95
	Horacio Martínez del Sel	Argentina	1.95
4	Paulo da Silva	Brazil	1.90
5	Alfredo Lopes	Brazil	1.85
6	Ramón Bastardo	Venezuela	1.85

Pole vault

23 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marcelo de Souza	Brazil	3.90
	Tomatsu Nishida	Brazil	3.90
	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	3.80
4	José Infante	Chile	3.80
5	Cristian Raab	Chile	3.80
6	Luis Meza	Chile	3.80

Long jump

21 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	John Muñoz	Venezuela	7.13
	Newton de Castro	Brazil	7.06
	Fermín Donazar	Uruguay	6.92
4	Jorge Castillo	Argentina	6.89
5	Carlos Tornqvist	Chile	6.89
6	Alfredo Lopes	Brazil	6.86

Triple jump

25 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Asnoldo Devonish	Venezuela	14.68
	Sylvio Moreira	Brazil	14.52
	Reinaldo de Oliveira	Brazil	14.42
4	Carlos Vera	Chile	14.24
5	Luis Huarcaya	Peru	14.17
6	Jorge Castillo	Argentina	14.15

Shot put

23 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Enrique Helf	Argentina	15.86	CR
	Luis Di Cursi	Argentina	15.69
	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	14.58
4	Roque Eguillor	Argentina	14.52
5	Osmar Duque	Brazil	14.18
6	Isolino Taborda	Brazil	13.99

Discus throw

27 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Günther Kruse	Argentina	48.57
	Enrique Helf	Argentina	46.98
	Héctor Menacho	Peru	46.97
4	Dieter Gevert	Chile	46.82
5	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	46.71
6	Dagoberto González	Colombia	46.64

Hammer throw

21 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	52.55
	Roberto Chapchap	Brazil	50.81
	Carlos Marzo	Argentina	50.50
4	Walter Rodrigues	Brazil	50.33
5	Alejandro Díaz	Chile	49.80
6	Edmundo Zúñiga	Chile	46.01

Javelin throw

20 May – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ricardo Heber	Argentina	64.25
	Orlando Garrido	Brazil	63.56
	Luis Zárate	Peru	61.40
4	Osmar Duque	Brazil	61.29
5	Antolín Rodríguez	Argentina	61.19
6	Florentino Rodríguez	Colombia	59.81

Decathlon

27–28 May – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Conv.	Notes
	Bernabé Souza	Brazil	11.4	6.57	11.22	1.78	52.0	15.8	27.77	3.30	41.78	4:31.6	5662	6106*
	Tito Bracho	Venezuela	11.1	6.54	10.89	1.78	49.5	16.3	29.36	3.20	43.22	4:57.2	5587	6020*
	Cleomenes da Cunha	Brazil	11.8	5.94	10.22	1.76	54.4	15.7	36.64	3.50	65.81	4:53.3	5502	6000*
4	Héctor González	Argentina	11.4	6.41	11.66	1.73	50.9	16.4	33.89	2.80	45.15	4:47.2	5450	5188*
5	Ramón Bastardo	Venezuela	11.4	6.92	9.81	1.85	52.1	16.3	27.11	3.20	44.85	5:46.6	5164	5697*
6	Luís Fernandes	Brazil	11.8	6.14	10.13	1.60	52.0	15.9	30.90	3.10	42.64	4:32.1	5140	5727*
7	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	11.7	6.17	12.85	1.80	60.1	17.1	42.38	3.00	52.56	5:55.8	4984	5544*
8	Luis Meza	Chile	11.6	5.56	9.71	1.65	51.6	18.4	30.28	3.60	39.49	4:53.1	4723	5363*
9	Andrés Larrain	Chile	11.6	5.62	12.43	1.60	51.8	17.5	34.93	NM	39.98	4:48.0	4580	5197*
	Carlos Monge	Peru	11.4	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
	Roberto Vargas	Peru	12.1	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edith Berg   Argentina 12.7 Q 2 1 Maria Caldeira   Brazil 13.0 Q 3 1 Doris Peter   Chile 13.3 4 1 Juan Ghislieri   Peru 13.3 5 1 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 13.3 1 2 Nancy Correa   Chile 12.0 Q 2 2 Laurete Godoy   Brazil 13.0 Q 3 2 Emilia Dyrzka   Argentina 13.1 4 2 Consuelo Buitron   Peru 13.7 1 3 Marisol Massot   Chile 12.7 Q 2 3 Érica da Silva   Brazil 12.8 Q 3 3 Teresa Toyama   Peru 12.9

Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edith Berg   Argentina 12.4 Nancy Correa   Chile 12.4 Marisol Massot   Chile 12.5 4 Érica da Silva   Brazil 12.7 5 Maria Caldeira   Brazil 12.8 6 Laurete Godoy   Brazil 12.8

200 metres

Heats – 27 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ada Brener   Argentina 26.4 Q 2 1 Laurete Godoy   Brazil 26.5 Q 1 2 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 26.3 Q 2 2 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 26.8 Q 3 2 Maria José Lima   Brazil 26.8 4 2 Aurora Bianchi   Chile 28.1 5 2 Consuelo Buitron   Peru 28.7 1 3 Edith Berg   Argentina 25.6 Q 2 3 Érica da Silva   Brazil 26.1 Q 3 3 Nancy Correa   Chile 26.6 4 3 Juana Ghislieri   Peru 27.3

Final – 28 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edith Berg   Argentina 25.7 Ada Brener   Argentina 25.8 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 26.0 4 Érica da Silva   Brazil 26.1 5 Laurete Godoy   Brazil 26.3 6 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 26.4

80 metres hurdles

Heats – 27 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wanda dos Santos   Brazil 11.7 Q 2 1 Maria José Lima   Brazil 11.8 Q 3 1 Edith Berg   Argentina 11.9 Q 4 1 Elvecia Bauer   Chile 12.4 5 1 Olga Catter   Peru 12.5 1 2 Maria de Lourdes Texeira   Brazil 11.9 Q 2 2 Graciela Paviotti   Argentina 12.1 Q 3 2 Eliana Gaete   Chile 12.2 Q

Final – 28 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wanda dos Santos   Brazil 11.5 Maria José Lima   Brazil 11.9 Maria de Lourdes Texeira   Brazil 12.0 4 Edith Berg   Argentina 12.4 5 Graciela Paviotti   Argentina 12.4 6 Eliana Gaete   Chile 12.7

4 × 100 metres relay

27 May

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Wanda dos Santos, Maria Caldeira, Laurette Godoy, Érica da Silva	48.9
	Argentina	Alicia Kaufmanas, Marta Buongiorno, Ada Brener, Edith Berg	48.9
	Chile	Aurora Bianchi, Marisol Massot, Doris Peter, Nancy Correa	49.2
4	Peru	Consuelo Buitron, Teresa Toyama, Olga Catter, Juana Ghislieri	52.9

High jump

27 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Aída dos Santos	Brazil	1.60	=CR
	Nelly Gómez	Chile	1.55
	Maria José Lima	Brazil	1.50
4	Delcy Marques	Brazil	1.50
5	Deonildes Martins	Uruguay	1.50
6	Elvecia Bauer	Chile	1.45

Long jump

23 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	5.38
	Ada Brener	Argentina	5.32
	Alicia Kaufmanas	Argentina	5.21
4	Laura das Chagas	Brazil	5.06
5	Graciela Paviotti	Argentina	4.92
6	Maria José Lima	Brazil	4.72

Shot put

25 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentina	12.41
	Vera Trezoitko	Brazil	12.16
	Pradelia Delgado	Chile	11.81
4	Martha Miraglia	Brazil	11.66
5	Mabel Dematei	Argentina	11.55
6	Smiliana Dezulovic	Chile	11.32

Discus throw

20 May

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentina	41.92
	Pradelia Delgado	Chile	39.78
	Sumiko Yamakawa	Brazil	38.89
4	Miriam Yutronic	Chile	37.84
5	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	37.22
6	Ludmila Tisinova	Argentina	37.03

Javelin throw

28 May – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marlene Ahrens	Chile	42.85
	Mercedes García	Venezuela	37.45
	Vera Trezoitko	Brazil	37.29
4	Maria Ventura	Brazil	36.35
5	Smiliana Dezulovic	Chile	34.63
6	Magdalena García	Argentina	33.65

References

1. Detailed results (pp 197–204)
2. "Argentina, campeón sudamericano en varones" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). United Press International. 29 May 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2026.