1963 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1963 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July. ^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 29 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.2w Q 2 1 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 10.3w Q 3 1 Roberto Alvarado   Peru 10.7w Q 4 1 Carlos Vampoecke   Argentina 10.7w 1 2 José Thomas   Venezuela 10.5w Q 2 2 Miguel Corvacho   Colombia 10.8w Q 3 2 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 10.8w Q 4 2 Mauro Acosta   Ecuador 11.3w 1 3 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 10.5w Q 2 3 Joel da Costa   Brazil 10.6w Q 3 3 Clive Bonas   Venezuela 10.7w Q 4 3 Carlos Biondi   Argentina 10.8w 1 4 Joe Satow   Brazil 10.1w Q 2 4 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 10.3w Q 3 4 Francisco Gutiérrez   Colombia 10.7w Q 4 4 Noel Revello   Uruguay 10.9w

Semifinals – 29 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Joe Satow   Brazil 10.3w Q 2 1 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 10.5w Q 3 1 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 10.6w Q 4 1 José Thomas   Venezuela 10.7w 5 1 Francisco Gutiérrez   Colombia 10.7w 1 Joel da Costa   Brazil DQ 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.0w Q 2 2 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 10.4w Q 3 2 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 10.5w Q 4 2 Miguel Corvacho   Colombia 10.5w 5 2 Roberto Alvarado   Peru 10.5w 6 2 Clive Bonas   Venezuela 10.5w Final – 30 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 10.2 CR Joe Satow   Brazil 10.4 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 10.7 4 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 10.7 5 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 10.8 6 Juan Hasegawa   Peru 10.9

200 metres

Heats – 2 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 21.1 Q 2 1 Joel da Costa   Brazil 22.2 Q 3 1 Miguel Corvacho   Colombia 22.3 Q 4 1 Noel Revello   Uruguay 22.7 1 2 Hortensio Fucil   Venezuela 21.9 Q 2 2 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 22.0 Q 3 2 Carlos Biondi   Argentina 22.3 Q 4 2 Roberto Alvarado   Peru 22.5 1 3 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 21.7 Q 2 3 Guillermo Vallania   Argentina 22.3 Q 3 3 Pedro Grajales   Colombia 22.3 Q 4 3 António Carlos da Silva   Brazil 22.7 5 3 Mauro Acosta   Ecuador 23.8 1 4 Juan Stocker   Argentina 21.6 Q 2 4 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 22.0 Q 3 4 Emilio Romero   Venezuela 22.0 Q 4 4 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 22.3 5 4 Víctor Ibáñez   Peru 22.7

Semifinals – 2 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 21.2 Q 2 1 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 21.5 Q 3 1 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 21.9 Q 4 1 Emilio Romero   Venezuela 22.2 5 1 Guillermo Vallania   Argentina 22.2 6 1 Pedro Grajales   Colombia 22.3 1 2 Hortensio Fucil   Venezuela 21.1 Q 2 2 Juan Stocker   Argentina 21.6 Q 3 2 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 22.0 Q 4 2 Carlos Biondi   Argentina 22.0 5 2 Joel da Costa   Brazil 22.3 6 2 Miguel Corvacho   Colombia 22.6 Final – 4 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Arquímedes Herrera   Venezuela 20.8 CR Hortensio Fucil   Venezuela 21.0 Gerardo Di Tolla   Peru 21.2 4 Affonso da Silva   Brazil 21.6 5 Jaime Uribe   Colombia 21.6 6 Juan Stocker   Argentina 21.6

400 metres

Heats – 29 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Hortensio Fucil   Venezuela 47.2 Q, AR 2 1 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 48.3 Q 3 1 Juan Stocker   Argentina 48.6 4 1 Pedro Grajales   Colombia 49.1 1 José Cruz   Peru DQ 1 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 47.6 Q 2 2 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 48.1 Q 3 2 Joel Rocha   Brazil 49.2 4 2 Moisés Pimentel   Peru 49.9 5 2 César Zapata   Colombia 50.2 6 2 Jorge Vilaboa   Uruguay 50.9 1 3 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 47.4 Q 2 3 Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela 48.2 Q 3 3 Óscar Rivera   Colombia 48.5 4 3 Mario Rivet   Argentina 49.5 5 3 Víctor Ibáñez   Peru 50.6 6 3 Mario Zambrano   Ecuador 50.6

Final – 30 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hortensio Fucil   Venezuela 46.7 AR Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 47.6 Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela 48.5 4 Juan Francisco Aguilar   Uruguay 48.7 5 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 48.7 6 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 49.2

800 metres

Heats – 2 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Gregorio Neira   Colombia 1:55.8 Q 2 1 José Azevedo   Brazil 1:56.5 Q 3 1 Rafael Melo   Colombia 1:57.0 Q 4 1 Enrique Alfonso   Venezuela 1:57.3 5 1 Raúl Gómez   Argentina 1:57.8 6 1 Mario Zambrano   Ecuador 1:58.0 1 2 Leslie Mentor   Venezuela 1:54.0 Q 2 2 Óscar Rivera   Colombia 1:54.3 Q 3 2 Alejandro Arroyo   Ecuador 1:55.2 Q 4 2 Silvério Silva   Brazil 1:55.2 q 5 2 Paulo de Araújo   Brazil 1:55.8 q 6 2 Mario Rivet   Argentina 1:56.1

Final – 4 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Óscar Rivera   Colombia 1:52.2 José Gregorio Neira   Colombia 1:52.9 Leslie Mentor   Venezuela 1:53.1 4 Paulo de Araújo   Brazil 1:53.2 5 José Azevedo   Brazil 1:54.2 6 Silvério Silva   Brazil 1:54.3 7 Alejandro Arroyo   Ecuador 1:54.9

1500 metres

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Álvaro Mejía	Colombia	3:53.5
	José Gregorio Neira	Colombia	3:54.4
	José Azevedo	Brazil	3:55.9
4	José Primo	Brazil	3:57.8
5	José Sobrinho	Brazil	3:58.2
6	Leslie Mentor	Venezuela	3:59.1
7	Alberto Ríos	Argentina	3:59.9
8	Alejandro Arroyo	Ecuador	4:01.1

5000 metres

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	14:49.8
	Harvey Borrero	Colombia	15:00.5
	Domingo Amaizón	Argentina	15:01.2
4	Manuel Cabrera	Colombia	15:05.8
5	Luis Navas	Colombia	15:06.1
6	Luiz Caetano	Brazil	15:26.4
7	Efrén Castello	Ecuador	15:50.0

10,000 metres

4 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	31:09.6
	Domingo Amaizón	Argentina	31:17.0
	Luiz Caetano	Brazil	31:20.9
4	Eugenio Galviz	Colombia	31:21.98
5	Luis Navas	Colombia	31:55.6
6	Benedito do Amaral	Brazil	32:57.6
7	Efrén Castello	Ecuador	33:16.2

Half marathon

7 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luiz Caetano	Brazil	1:09:41
	Luis Navas	Colombia	1:09:55
	Hernán Barreneche	Colombia	1:11:29
4	Germán Lozano	Colombia	1:11:36
5	Benedito do Amaral	Brazil	1:13:25
6	Alberto Ríos	Argentina	1:13:55
7	Ulises Usuca	Uruguay	1:16:35
8	Luis Altamirano	Argentina	1:17:16
9	Edgar Freire	Brazil	1:19:00
10	Alejandro Flores	Ecuador	1:20:11

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 30 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 15.4 Q 2 1 Manuel Álvarez   Colombia 15.4 Q 3 1 José Cavero   Peru 15.6 4 1 Noel Davis Bell   Venezuela 15.6 5 1 Julio Ibarreche   Argentina 16.7 1 Elbio García   Uruguay DQ 1 2 John Muñoz   Venezuela 15.2 Q 2 2 José Contel   Brazil 15.4 Q 3 2 Hernando Arrechea   Colombia 15.7 1 3 Lancelott Bobb   Venezuela 15.0 Q 2 3 Cleomenes da Cunha   Brazil 15.3 Q 3 3 Guillermo Vallania   Argentina 16.0 4 3 Rodolfo Díaz   Uruguay 16.3 3 Roberto Abugattás   Peru DQ

Final – 2 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Muñoz   Venezuela 15.0 José Telles da Conceição   Brazil 15.2 Cleomenes da Cunha   Brazil 15.5 4 Manuel Álvarez   Colombia 15.5 5 Lancelott Bobb   Venezuela 15.5 6 José Contel   Brazil 15.6

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 4 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela 52.4 Q 2 1 José Cavero   Peru 52.5 Q 3 1 Ulisses dos Santos   Brazil 55.4 1 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 52.7 Q 2 2 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 53.8 Q 3 2 Guaracy da Silva   Brazil 54.9 4 2 Manuel Álvarez   Colombia 59.8 1 3 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 52.6 Q 2 3 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 57.0 Q

Final – 4 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juan Carlos Dyrzka   Argentina 51.0 CR Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela 51.5 Anubes da Silva   Brazil 51.8 4 José Cavero   Peru 52.1 5 Arístides Pineda   Venezuela 52.2 6 Leonel Pedroza   Colombia 56.8

3000 metres steeplechase

6 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Domingo Amaizón	Argentina	9:13.0
	Sebastião Mendes	Brazil	9:28.7
	José Primo	Brazil	9:29.7
4	Alberto Ríos	Argentina	9:36.1
5	Edgar Freire	Brazil	9:44.5
6	Manuel Cabrera	Colombia	9:46.3
7	Albertino Etchechury	Uruguay	9:46.6
8	Hernando Ruiz	Colombia	9:56.7

4 × 100 metres relay

6 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Joe Satow, Joel Costa, Affonso da Silva, José Telles da Conceição	40.9
	Colombia	Jaime Uribe, Francisco Gutiérrez, Pedro Grajales, Leonel Pedroza	41.2
	Argentina	Carlos Vampoecke, Juan Carlos Dyrzka, Guillermo Vallania, Carlos Biondi	41.6
4	Peru	Moisés Pimentel, Roberto Alvarado, Juan Hasegawa, Gerardo di Tolla	42.0
	Venezuela		DQ

4 × 400 metres relay

7 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Venezuela	Aristides Pineda, Leslie Mentor, Víctor Maldonado, Hortensio Fucil	3:13.0	CR
	Brazil	Inanadir da Silva, Joel Rocha, Geraldo Costa, Anubes da Silva	3:14.7
	Argentina	Mario Rivet, Guillermo Vallania, Juan Stocker, Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:15.3
4	Colombia	Leonel Pedroza, Óscar Rivera, Miguel Zapata, Pedro Grajales	3:15.9
5	Peru	Gerardo Di Tolla, Jorge Cruz, Moisés Pimentel, José Cavero	3:20.1

High jump

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Roberto Abugattás	Peru	1.97
	Eleuterio Fassi	Argentina	1.94
	Manoel Cezar	Brazil	1.88
4	Cristián Errazuriz	Chile	1.88
5	Aquino dos Santos	Brazil	1.88
6	Roberto Pozzi	Argentina	1.85

Pole vault

2 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mario Eleusippi	Argentina	4.10	CR
	César Quintero	Colombia	3.80
	Marcelo de Souza	Brazil	3.70
4	Marseno Martins	Brazil	3.70
5	Parmenio Restrepo	Colombia	3.70
6	Enrique Cajigas	Colombia	3.70

Long jump

2 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	7.22
	John Muñoz	Venezuela	7.16
	Roberto Caravaca	Venezuela	6.97
4	Hernando Gutiérrez	Colombia	6.81
5	Joel Costa	Brazil	6.72
6	Julio Ibarreche	Argentina	6.69

Triple jump

4 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Asnoldo Devonish	Venezuela	15.09
	José López	Venezuela	15.01
	Mario Gomes	Brazil	14.90
4	Luis Huarcaya	Peru	14.59
5	Silvio da Silva	Brazil	14.14
6	Alvez Thomas	Venezuela	14.10

Shot put

2 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	José Carlos Jacques	Brazil	15.08
	Luis Di Cursi	Argentina	15.06
	Dagoberto González	Colombia	14.02
4	José Bracho	Venezuela	13.95
5	Darcy Maria	Brazil	13.89
6	José Alberto Vallejo	Argentina	13.69

Discus throw

6 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dagoberto González	Colombia	48.84
	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	47.85
	Luis Di Cursi	Argentina	46.37
4	Héctor Menacho	Peru	46.30
5	João Alexandre	Brazil	44.45
6	Claudio Romanini	Brazil	43.76

Hammer throw

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	56.07	CR
	Roberto Chapchap	Brazil	55.08
	Orlando Guaita	Chile	54.64
4	José Alberto Vallejo	Argentina	54.12
5	Marcelino Borrero	Colombia	53.24
6	Carlos Marzo	Argentina	52.40

Javelin throw

29 June – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	64.79
	Walter de Almeida	Brazil	63.49
	Patricio Etcheverry	Chile	63.18
4	Ricardo Héber	Argentina	63.13
5	Ian Barney	Argentina	62.75
6	Gustavo Morales	Venezuela	51.79

Decathlon

15–16 May – 1962 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
	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	10.4	7.00	14.64	1.75	51.5	16.4	41.89	3.80	54.63	5:26.6	6825	6850*
	Cleomenes da Cunha	Brazil	11.0	6.42	11.55	1.75	51.3	15.3	36.64	3.50	55.69	4:54.0	6269	6532*
	Roberto Caravaca	Venezuela	11.3	6.96	11.90	1.70	51.5	16.1	34.73	3.30	45.60	4:30.4	5991	6383*
4	Marceno Martins	Brazil	10.8	6.19	12.05	1.65	54.3	15.5	34.27	3.50	51.17	5:03.6	5780	6153*
5	Rodolfo Díaz	Uruguay	11.1	5.97	10.77	1.75	51.3	16.4	33.42	3.20	31.68	4:48.2	5272	5785*
6	Arthur Palma	Brazil	11.5	5.45	11.48	1.70	52.8	15.6	39.75	3.00	37.92	4:48.8	5259	5782*
7	Hernando Gutiérrez	Colombia	11.0	6.59	10.91	1.70	56.5	16.8	35.00	2.40	48.56	5:50.2	4763	5421*
8	Julio Ibarreche	Argentina	11.2	6.58	10.85	1.75	54.6	16.6	29.65	2.70	34.08	5:26.5	4698	5371*
9	Abisai Escamilla	Colombia	11.5	5.62	9.25	1.60	54.8	20.9	28.82	3.00	38.44	4:49.0	4005	4823*
	Baby da Silva	Uruguay	11.6	6.55	10.49	1.60	55.0	17.8	24.94	3.40	33.11	DNS	DNF	–
	Tito Bracho	Venezuela	11.0	6.48	10.91	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
	Enrique Figueredo	Uruguay	12.2	5.75	13.37	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 29 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Erica da Silva   Brazil 11.8w Q 2 1 Susana Ritchie   Argentina 12.0w Q 3 1 Amparo Ramos   Colombia 12.5w Q 4 1 Smirna Paz   Colombia 12.5w 5 1 Leontina dos Santos   Brazil 12.5w 1 2 Margarita Formeiro   Argentina 11.7w Q 2 2 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 12.1w Q 3 2 Ines Pimenta   Brazil 12.2w Q 4 2 Gisela Vidal   Venezuela 12.4w 5 2 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 12.7w

Final – 30 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Erica da Silva   Brazil 12.0 CR Margarita Formeiro   Argentina 12.1 Susana Ritchie   Argentina 12.3 4 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 12.3 5 Ines Pimenta   Brazil 12.6 6 Amparo Ramos   Colombia 12.8

200 metres

Heats – 2 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Susana Ritchie   Argentina 25.3 Q 2 1 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 25.4 Q 3 1 Gisela Vidal   Venezuela 26.0 Q 4 1 Ines Pimenta   Brazil 26.0 5 1 Amparo Ramos   Colombia 26.4 1 2 Erica da Silva   Brazil 24.4 Q, AR 2 2 Leontina dos Santos   Brazil 26.0 Q 3 2 Emilia Dyrzka   Argentina 26.4 Q 4 2 Smirna Paz   Colombia 26.6 5 2 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 26.9

Final – 4 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Erica da Silva   Brazil 24.3 AR Susana Ritchie   Argentina 25.2 Marta Buongiorno   Argentina 25.4 4 Emilia Dyrzka   Argentina 25.5 5 Gisela Vidal   Venezuela 25.6 6 Leontina dos Santos   Brazil 25.6

80 metres hurdles

Heats – 6 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Emilia Dyrzka   Argentina 11.5 Q 2 1 Leda dos Santos   Brazil 11.7 Q 3 1 Ana Michelini   Argentina 11.8 Q 4 1 Gisela Vidal   Venezuela 11.9 5 1 Gloria Aguirre   Colombia 12.9 6 1 Alicia Barrera   Peru 13.9 1 2 Iris dos Santos   Brazil 11.6 Q 2 2 Ana María Udini   Uruguay 11.6 Q 3 2 Maria Teixeira   Brazil 12.0 Q 4 2 Ana Alvarado   Colombia 12.8 5 2 Rosa Utria   Colombia 15.2

Final – 7 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Emilia Dyrzka   Argentina 11.5 Leda dos Santos   Brazil 11.5 Maria Teixeira   Brazil 11.7 4 Iris dos Santos   Brazil 11.8 5 Ana María Udini   Uruguay 11.9 6 Ana Michelini   Argentina 11.9

4 × 100 metres relay

6 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Edir Ribeiro, Ines Pimenta, Leda dos Santos, Erica da Silva	47.6	CR
	Argentina	Margarita Formeiro, Marta Buongiorno, Emilia Dyrzka, Susana Ritchie	47.8
	Colombia	Gloria Aguirre, Ana Alvarado, Smirna Paz, Amparo Ramos	49.8
4	Peru	Alicia Barrera, Julia Huapaya, María Solano, Delia Vera	54.1

High jump

6 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Maria Cipriano	Brazil	1.58
	Aída dos Santos	Brazil	1.58
	Irenice Rodrigues	Brazil	1.50
4	Graciela Paviotti	Argentina	1.40
5	Paola Palacios	Colombia	1.40
6	Mabel Farina	Argentina	1.40

Long jump

2 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mabel Farina	Argentina	5.74
	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	5.37
	Gisela Vidal	Venezuela	5.31
4	Alicia Kaufmanas	Argentina	5.26
5	Laura das Chagas	Brazil	5.17
6	Edir Ribeiro	Brazil	5.02

Shot put

4 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentina	12.82	CR
	Vera Trezoitko	Brazil	12.43
	Maria de Lourdes Conceição	Brazil	12.31
4	Francisca Roberts	Venezuela	11.97
5	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	11.42
6	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	11.36

Discus throw

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentina	46.36	CR
	Isolina Vergara	Colombia	39.42
	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	39.05
4	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	38.40
5	Ludmila Tisinova	Argentina	37.66
6	Odete Domingos	Brazil	37.08

Javelin throw

7 July – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marlene Ahrens	Chile	44.67
	Aída dos Santos	Brazil	38.29
	Carmen Brea	Venezuela	37.93
4	Vera Trezoitko	Brazil	37.63
5	Dalia Quintero	Venezuela	34.96
6	Emma Alvear	Colombia	34.19

References

1. Detailed results (pp 204–211)