1979 South American Championships in Athletics

1979 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	31 October–4 November
Host city	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo
Events	37
Participation	240 athletes from 10 nations
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The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

It was the last edition to feature women's pentathlon before replacing it with the heptathlon.

Medal summary

Further information: 1979 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Altevir de Araújo   Brazil	10.1 CR	Manuel Ramírez   Colombia	10.4	Reinaldo Lizardi   Venezuela	10.6
200 metres	Altevir de Araújo   Brazil	20.5 CR	Katsuhiko Nakaia   Brazil	20.8	Héctor Daley   Panama	21.1
400 metres	Geraldo José Pegado   Brazil	46.20 CR	Antônio Dias Ferreira   Brazil	46.90	Héctor Daley   Panama	47.40
800 metres	Cristián Molina   Chile	1:47.8 CR	William Wuycke   Venezuela	1:47.9	Pedro Cáceres   Argentina	1:48.5
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa   Chile	3:47.0 CR	José Velásquez   Venezuela	3:47.5	Wilson de Santana   Brazil	3:47.9
5000 metres	Alejandro Silva   Chile	13:57.2 CR	Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia	14:03.4	Johnny Pérez   Bolivia	14:16.1
10,000 metres	Silvio Salazar   Colombia	28:50.4	Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia	28:51.2	Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela	29:37.3
Marathon †	Luis Barbosa   Colombia	1:56:12	Alfonso Torres   Colombia	1:57:25	Lucirio Garrido   Venezuela	1:59:30
3000 metres steeplechase	Germán Aranda   Colombia	8:52.3	Elói Schleder   Brazil	8:57.4	Johnny Pérez   Bolivia	8:58.6 (NR)
110 metres hurdles	Wellington da Nóbrega   Brazil	14.4	Carlos dos Santos   Brazil	14.6	Andrés Lyon   Chile	14.9
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira   Brazil	50.7 CR	Donizete Soares   Brazil	51.1	José Davis   Venezuela	51.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Reinaldo Lizardi Ely Zabala Esteban Briceño Miguel Condé	40.0 CR	Brazil Milton de Castro Geraldo Pegado Katsuhiko Nakaya Altevir de Araújo	40.2	Argentina Angel Gagliano Gustavo Dubarbier Carlos Gambetta Ricardo Donda	40.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Alexis Herrera Oswaldo Zea William Wuycke	3:09.8	Argentina Gabriel Castellá Carlos Gambetta Pedro Cáceres Angel Gagliano	3:10.5	Brazil Donizete Soares Wilson dos Santos Antônio Ferreira Geraldo Pegado	3:10.5
20 kilometres road walk †	Ernesto Alfaro   Colombia	1:29:31	Waldemar da Silva   Brazil	1:29:37	Jorge Quiñones   Colombia	1:29:51
High jump	Daniel Mamet   Argentina	2.12 CR	Geraldo Rodrigues   Brazil	2.09	Iraja Cecy   Brazil	2.09
Pole vault	Fernando Ruocco   Uruguay	4.70 CR	Tito Steiner   Argentina	4.60	Henry Gómez   Chile	4.45
Long jump	Oswaldo Torres   Venezuela	7.67	Carlos Gambetta   Argentina	7.58	Francisco de Oliveira   Brazil	7.57
Triple jump	José Salazar   Venezuela	16.23	Francisco de Oliveira   Brazil	16.15	Celso Pereira   Brazil	15.83
Shot put	Gert Weil   Chile	16.42	Jesús Ramos   Venezuela	16.22	José Jacques   Brazil	16.20
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé   Brazil	56.10*	Luis Palacios   Venezuela	54.42*	José Jacques   Brazil	53.10*
Hammer throw	José Vallejo   Argentina	63.44	Celso de Moraes   Brazil	61.44	Daniel Gómez   Argentina	57.60
Javelin throw	Angel Garmendia   Argentina	72.32 CR	Orángel Rodríguez   Venezuela	70.32	Paulo Hasse   Brazil	68.84
Decathlon	Alfredo Silva   Chile	6991	Ramón Montezuma   Venezuela	6964	Claudio Escauriza   Paraguay	6791

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Allocco   Argentina	11.7 =CR	Carmela Bolívar   Peru	11.8	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia   Brazil	11.8
200 metres	Beatriz Allocco   Argentina	23.5	Tânia Miranda   Brazil	24.1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia   Brazil	24.1
400 metres	Tânia Miranda   Brazil	54.2 CR	Margarita Grün   Uruguay	54.8	Miriam Rojas   Colombia	54.8
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos   Chile	2:04.2 AR	Nancy González   Chile	2:09.8	Adriana Marchena   Venezuela	2:10.4
1500 metres	Alejandra Ramos   Chile	4:23.2 CR	Teresa Rodríguez   Colombia	4:32.6	Monica Regonesi   Chile	4:36.1
100 metres hurdles	Yvonne Neddermann   Argentina	14.2	Olga Verissimo   Brazil	14.4	Beatriz Capotosto   Argentina	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Marisol Besada Belkis Fava Yvonne Neddermann Beatriz Allocco	46.0	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Olga Verissimo Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Sheila de Oliveira	46.1	Venezuela Glennis Báez Adriana Marchena Elsa Antúnez Yaneris Guerra	46.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Joyce Felipe dos Santos Conceição Geremias Tânia Miranda	3:42.0 AR	Chile María Eugenia Guzmán Carla Herencia Nancy González Alejandra Ramos	3:44.6	Colombia Ángela Mancilla Luz Villa Maŕia Ocoro Miriam Rojas	3:45.1
High jump	Ana Maria Marcon   Brazil	1.75	Liliana Arigoni   Argentina	1.75	Beatriz Bonfim   Brazil	1.70
Long jump	Themis Zambrzycki   Brazil	6.03	Conceição Geremias   Brazil	5.95	Yvonne Neddermann   Argentina	5.92
Shot put	Magdalena Gómez   Colombia	13.94	Themis Zambrzycki   Brazil	13.84	Maria Boso   Brazil	13.24
Discus throw	Sandra Peres   Brazil	46.11	Maria Boso   Brazil	42.54	Selene Saldarriaga   Colombia	41.78
Javelin throw	Marli dos Santos   Brazil	50.92 CR	Neuza Trolezzi   Brazil	45.07	Ana María Campillay   Argentina	42.30
Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki   Brazil	4117	Conceição Geremias   Brazil	3880	Yvonne Neddermann   Argentina	3833

† = short course (c37km)
* = light implement (1.75 kg)
† = short course

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil  (BRA)	13	18	12	43
2	Argentina  (ARG)	7	4	7	18
3	Chile  (CHI)	7	2	3	12
4	Colombia  (COL)	5	5	4	14
5	Venezuela  (VEN)	4	6	6	16
6	Uruguay  (URU)	1	1	0	2
7	Peru  (PER)	0	1	0	1
8	Bolivia  (BOL)	0	0	2	2
	Panama  (PAN)	0	0	2	2
10	Paraguay  (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		37	37	37	111

Participating nations

•   Argentina (36)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Brazil (49)
•   Chile (41)
•   Colombia (40)
•   Panama (9)
•   Paraguay (1)
•   Peru (15)
•   Uruguay (5)
•   Venezuela (43)

External links

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