1933 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1933 South American Championships in Athletics
South American Championships in Athletics
The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries , but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held...

were held in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	José de Almeida Brazil	10.6 CR	Juan Maglio Argentina	10.6	José Vicente Salinas Chile	11.0
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	José Vicente Salinas Chile	21.7 CR	José de Almeida Brazil		Antonio Sande Argentina
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	José Vicente Salinas Chile	48.4 CR	Héctor Domínguez Uruguay	49.2	Juan Anderson Argentina	49.2
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Juan Anderson Argentina	1:57.8	Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina	1:58.6	Carlos Gallardo Argentina	1:59.6
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Belisario Alarcón Chile	4:02.6	Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina	4:05.2	Juan Carballeira Argentina	4:06.4
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Luis Oliva Luis Oliva Luis Oliva was an Argentine athlete who competed in two Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936. He was born in Córdoba, Argentina and was discovered while fulfilling military service in Argentina... Argentina	8:51.6	?. Martínez Argentina	9:12.2	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Roger Ceballos Argentina	15:14.6	Luis Oliva Luis Oliva Luis Oliva was an Argentine athlete who competed in two Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936. He was born in Córdoba, Argentina and was discovered while fulfilling military service in Argentina... Argentina	15:17.6	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	33:08.0	Belisario Alarcón Chile	33:23.6	Roger Ceballos Argentina
Road race	Manuel Plaza Manuel Plaza Manuel Plaza Reyes was an athlete from Chile, who won the country's first ever Olympic medal by finishing second at the Men's Marathon in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He clocked 2 hours, 33 minutes and 23 seconds.-References:*... Chile	1:59:15	José Ribas Argentina	2:02:39	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	14.8 CR	Miguel Aldatz Argentina	14.8	Juan Lavenás Argentina
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	54.0 CR	Gerardo Lorenzo Argentina	55.4	Héctor Domínguez Uruguay	56.2
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Alfonso Burgos Chile	1.85	Luis Bosetti Argentina	1.80	Julio Bastón Uruguay	1.80
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Diego Pajmaevich Argentina	3.95 CR	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.80	Pedro Furné Argentina	3.30
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Héctor Berra Argentina	7.26 CR	Mario Cardoso Mário Cardoso Mário Cardoso , born Mario Manuel Cardoso de Araújo is a Portuguese actor, voice actor and dubbing director.... Uruguay	6.47	Ramón Quesada Argentina	6.46
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Tomás Diz Argentina	13.80	Pedro Aizcorbe Argentina	13.75	Julio Bastón Uruguay	13.66
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Rodolfo Butori Argentina	14.15 CR	Héctor Benapres Chile	13.52	Antônio Lyra Brazil	13.49
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Héctor Benapres Chile	43.88	Pedro Elsa Argentina	40.93	Bento Barros Brazil	40.15
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Federico Kleger Argentina	53.51 CR	Antonio Barticevic Chile	45.53	Juan Fusé Argentina	45.00
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	58.10 CR	Julio Diturbide Argentina	56.58	José Pergañeda Argentina	56.10
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Diego Pajmaevich Argentina	5759.23	Raimundo Guiñazu Argentina	4724.58
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Uruguay	44.0	Brazil	45.5
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Argentina	3:25.0	Uruguay	3:27.2
3000 metres team race 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...	Manuel Plaza Manuel Plaza Manuel Plaza Reyes was an athlete from Chile, who won the country's first ever Olympic medal by finishing second at the Men's Marathon in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He clocked 2 hours, 33 minutes and 23 seconds.-References:*... Chile	39:11.6	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina	39:16.4	Belisario Alarcón Chile

Medal table

1	Argentina	12	14	13	39
2	Chile	8	3	2	13
3	Brazil	3	3	2	8
4	Uruguay	1	4	3	8

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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