Athletics at the 1965 Bolivarian Games

Athletics at the V Bolivarian Games
Host city	Quito, Ecuador
Venue	Estadio Universitario
Level	Senior
Events	30 (21 men, 9 women)
Participation	6 nations
← 1961 Barranquilla 1970 Maracaibo → 1965 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1965 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio Universitario ^[1] in Quito, Ecuador.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR. ^[2] Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano. ^[3]

A total of 30 events were contested, 21 by men and 9 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published. ^[4]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Arquímedes Herrera  (VEN)	10.4 A	Manuel Planchart  (VEN)	10.7 A	Gerardo Di Tolla  (PER)	10.7 A
200 metres	Pedro Grajales  (COL)	20.9 A	Manuel Planchart  (VEN)	21.2 A	Arquímedes Herrera  (VEN)	21.5 A
400 metres	Pedro Grajales  (COL)	46.9 A	Manuel Planchart  (VEN)	47.7 A	Miguel Villacres  (ECU)	48.0 A
800 metres	Hugo Burgos  (COL)	1:52.3 A	Mario Zambrano  (ECU)	1:55.7 A	Alejandro Arroyo  (ECU)	1:56.7 A
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía  (COL)	3:57.2 A	Hugo Burgos  (COL)	4:03.2 A	Mario Zambrano  (ECU)	4:04.2 A
5000 metres	Álvaro Mejía  (COL)	15:00.9 A	Manuel Cabrera  (COL)	16:08.4 A	Fernando Sevilla  (ECU)	16:20.6 A
10,000 metres	Álvaro Mejía  (COL)	32:22.5 A	Manuel Cabrera  (COL)	33:16.7 A	José Peredo  (BOL)	34:03.6 A
Half marathon	Manuel Cabrera  (COL)	1:11:14 A	Gustavo Gutiérrez  (ECU)	1:12:25 A	Pedro Cárdenas  (COL)	1:13:17 A
110 metres hurdles	Hernando Arrechea  (COL)	14.5 A	Bob Lancelot  (VEN)	14.9 A	Juan Muñoz  (VEN)	15.4 A
400 metres hurdles	Arístides Pineda  (VEN)	53.2 A	Antonio Medina  (VEN)	55.1 A	Jorge Almeida  (ECU)	55.8 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Colombia Ahumada Miguel Carabacho Diego Pedro Grajales	40.8 A	Panama Sydney Dobbs Gilberto Ansell Fermín Garibaldi Carl Edmund	41.6 A	Venezuela Alberto Marchán Horacio Estéves Manuel Planchart Arquímedes Herrera	41.6 A
4 x 400 metres relay	Colombia Ahumada Hugo Burgos Migdonio Palacios Pedro Grajales	3:09.4 A	Venezuela Aristides Pineda José Jacinto Hidalgo Hortensio Fusil Víctor Maldonado	3:12.3 A	Peru Jorge Alemán Humberto Reyes V. Ibáñez Jorge Canales	3:14.0 A
High Jump	Roberto Abugattás  (PER)	1.95 A	Oscar Canqui  (PER)	1.90 A	Luis Planchart  (VEN)	1.90 A
Pole Vault	Parmenio Restrepo  (COL)	4.10 A	César Quintero  (COL)	4.10 A	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	4.10 A
Long Jump	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	7.48 A	Juan Muñoz  (VEN)	7.07 A	Roberto Caravaca  (VEN)	6.93 A
Triple Jump	Clevis Fuentes  (VEN)	14.91 A	Iván Baldayo  (VEN)	14.88 A	José López  (VEN)	14.41 A
Shot Put	Dagoberto González  (COL)	14.75 A	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	14.12 A	Jaime Paz  (ECU)	13.64 A
Discus Throw	Dagoberto González  (COL)	49.75 A	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	42.57 A	Wenceslao Lamas  (ECU)	42.35 A
Hammer Throw	Daniel Cereali  (VEN)	51.89 A	Marcelino Borrero  (COL)	51.18 A	Paul Hurtado  (PER)	48.79 A
Javelin Throw	Jesús Rodríguez  (VEN)	62.62 A	Ramón Rodríguez  (VEN)	61.99 A	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	60.56 A
Pentathlon	Héctor Thomas  (VEN)	3376 A	Roberto Carbalo  (VEN)	3262 A	Ramón Iriarte  (VEN)	3075 A

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Sandra Sealy  (PAN)	12.3 A	Omaira Villalobos  (VEN)	12.5 A	Gisela Vidal  (VEN)	12.5 A
200 metres	Sandra Sealy  (PAN)	25.3 A	Gisela Vidal  (VEN)	25.6 A	Fabiola Quiñónez  (ECU)	26.1 A
80 metres hurdles	Gisela Vidal  (VEN)	11.8 A	Elvira Quiñonez  (ECU)	12.1 A	Gloria Aguirre  (COL)	12.9 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Venezuela Doris Rivas Zaffis Aponte Omaira Villalobos Gisela Vidal	48.8 A	Colombia Flor Blanca Umana Elsy Rivas Gallo Gloria Aguirre	49.8 A	Ecuador Hernández Cristina Infante Elvira Quiñónez Fabiola Quiñónez	49.8 A
High Jump	Julia Barrera  (PER)	1.45 A	Flora Cosier  (VEN)	1.45 A	Patricia Montero  (PER)	1.45 A
Long Jump	Gisela Vidal  (VEN)	5.67 A	Omaira Villalobos  (VEN)	5.47 A	Cristina Infante  (ECU)	5.42 A
Shot Put	Francisca Roberts  (VEN)	12.26 A	María Luz Cabezas  (ECU)	11.52 A	Delia Vera  (PER)	11.46 A
Discus Throw	Isolina Vergara  (COL)	38.60 A	Beverly Eloisa Oglivie de James (PAN) [5] [6] [7]	33.36 A	Patricia Andrus  (VEN)	32.45 A
Javelin Throw	Delia Vera  (PER)	39.08 A	Flor Umaña  (COL)	38.04 A	Patricia Andrus  (VEN)	34.21 A

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Ecuador)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia  (COL)	14	7	2	23
2	Venezuela  (VEN)	11	16	12	39
3	Peru  (PER)	3	1	5	9
4	Panama  (PAN)	2	2	0	4
5	Ecuador  (ECU)*	0	4	10	14
6	Bolivia  (BOL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		30	30	30	90

References

1. Jaimes C., Humberto (November 21, 1965), Programa (in Spanish), El Tiempo, p. 9 (original page no.: 17), retrieved January 13, 2013
2. Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012
3. CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2012, retrieved June 28, 2012
4. BOLIVARIAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 27, 2012
5. Anthony C. MacLean H., La Historia Paralela: Cronologia Antillana Panameña 1821-1999, pp. 18–20 in Presencia Panameña 11/15 , November 2009. Also available at .
6. N.N. (November 22, 1965), Resultados de Atletismo (in Spanish), El Tiempo, p. 17, retrieved December 17, 2013
7. N.N. (November 29, 1965), Subcampeones en Femenino (in Spanish), El Tiempo, p. 17, retrieved December 17, 2013. Photo of the podium with Isolina Vergara the gold medalist and the silver medalist from Panama.