1937 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1937 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 São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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 Assis Brazil	10.6 =CR	José Ferraz Brazil	10.8	Roberto Cavanna Argentina
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...	Carlos Hoffmeister Argentina	21.6 CR	Aloisio Queiroz Telles Brazil	21.7	Roberto Cavanna 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...	Antônio Damaso Brazil	50.0	Roberto González Roberto Gonzalez For the Puerto Rican Roman Catholic archbishop, see Roberto González Nieves.Roberto González was a Mexican Champ Car driver from Monterrey. He competed briefly in the 2003 season and for all of 2004. In 2003, he made his debut in the race at St.Petersburg in Florida for Dale Coyne Racing failing... Argentina	50.1	Ciro de Andrade Brazil	50.1
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...	Inocencio Di Pino Argentina	1:56.2	Roberto Gregg Argentina	1:56.4	Floriano de Souza Brazil
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...	Néstor Gomes Brazil	4:04.4	Floriano de Souza Brazil	4:08.6	Luis Elorga Argentina	4:10.6
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...	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	8:53.6	Carmelo Di Gaeta Uruguay	8:54.6	Néstor Gomes Brazil	8:54.6
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	15:41.8	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	15:52.8	Mário de Oliveira Brazil	16:23.4
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...	Mário de Oliveira Brazil	33:02.6	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	33:56.8	José dos Santos Brazil
Road race	Saturnino Cuello Argentina	2:07:35	José Farías José Farías José Farías was an Argentine football player and manager. He played and coached in France.Farias played for Boca Juniors, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Club Atlético Lanús, Los Andes, Club Atlético Huracán, RC Paris, RC Strasbourg, Red Star and Toulouse FC.He then enjoyed a coaching career... Peru	2:11:21	Genésio da Silva Brazil	2:14:30
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...	Juan Lavenás Argentina	15.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	15.3	Alfredo Mendes Brazil
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...	Roberto González Roberto Gonzalez For the Puerto Rican Roman Catholic archbishop, see Roberto González Nieves.Roberto González was a Mexican Champ Car driver from Monterrey. He competed briefly in the 2003 season and for all of 2004. In 2003, he made his debut in the race at St.Petersburg in Florida for Dale Coyne Racing failing... Argentina	55.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	56.1	Guillermo Sayán Peru
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....	Julio Mera Peru	1.85	José Castro Peru	1.85	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	1.85
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...	Walter Rehder Brazil	3.90	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.90	Luís Taliberti Brazil	3.80
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...	Márcio de Oliveira Brazil	7.37 CR	João Rehder Netto Brazil	7.31	Gualberto Castilla Uruguay	6.94
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...	João Rehder Netto Brazil	14.59	Néstor Tenorio Argentina	14.56	Carlos Pinto Brazil	14.28
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....	Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil	14.14	Héctor Berra Argentina	14.04	Rodolfo Butori Argentina	13.78
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...	Antônio Giusfredi Brazil	44.32 CR	Bento Barros Brazil	42.10	Argos Fiaccadori Argentina	41.25
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...	Assis Naban Brazil	51.39	Federico Kleger Argentina	48.85	Juan Fusé Argentina	48.38
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...	Luís Pagliari Brazil	55.47	João Vizzone Brazil	53.62	Juan Urbán Argentina	52.40
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...	João Rehder Netto Brazil	6260	Pedro Furné Argentina	6139	José de Souza Filho Brazil	6015
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...	Argentina	42.5	Brazil	42.6	Peru
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...	Brazil	3:20.6 CR	Argentina	3:20.8	Uruguay
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...	Brazil		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...	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	57:45.2	José Farías José Farías José Farías was an Argentine football player and manager. He played and coached in France.Farias played for Boca Juniors, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Club Atlético Lanús, Los Andes, Club Atlético Huracán, RC Paris, RC Strasbourg, Red Star and Toulouse FC.He then enjoyed a coaching career... Peru	59:09.8	Eugenio Andrade Brazil	59:48.0

Medal table

1	Brazil	14	10	12	36
2	Argentina	9	10	7	26
3	Peru	1	3	2	6
4	Uruguay	0	1	3	4

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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