1941 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1941 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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	10.8	José Ferraz Brazil	10.9	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	11.1
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 de Assis Brazil	21.4 =CR	Luis Venini Argentina	21.8	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	22.4
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...	Rosalvo Ramos Brazil	50.2	Agenor da Silva Brazil	50.3	Antonio Cuba Peru	50.4
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...	Guillermo García Chile	1:54.2 CR	Isidoro Ferrere Argentina	1:55.7	Roberto Yokota Chile	1:55.7
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...	Guillermo García Chile	3:58.7	Isidoro Ferrere Argentina	4:02.2	Arturo Torres Chile	4:03.1
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...	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	8:39.4 CR	Arturo Torres Chile	8:47.6	Delfo Cabrera Delfo Cabrera Delfo Cabrera Gómez was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history.-Biography:... Argentina	8:48.0
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...	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	14:57.2 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Reinaldo Gorno Reinaldo Berto Gorno was a long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. In 1954 he became the first non-Japanese winner of the Fukuoka Marathon.-References:... Argentina	15:12.1	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:13.3
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...	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	30:45.0 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Reinaldo Gorno Reinaldo Berto Gorno was a long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. In 1954 he became the first non-Japanese winner of the Fukuoka Marathon.-References:... Argentina	31:39.6	René Millas Chile	31:41.8
Road race	Tomás Palomeque Argentina	2:03:16	Saturnino Cuello Argentina	2:03:22	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	2:03:42
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...	Mário da Cunha Brazil	15.1	Hélio Pereira Brazil	15.2	Julio Jaime Uruguay	15.5
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...	Alfonso Hoelzel Chile	56.4	Alfonso Rozas Chile	56.9	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	57.0
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....	Guido Hanning Chile	1.94 CR	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	1.85	Faustino Poyo Argentina	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...	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	4.00 CR	Icaro Mello Brazil	4.00	Erwin Reimer Chile	3.70
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...	Guillermo Dyer Peru	7.20	Ernesto Juárez Argentina	7.05	Mario Quesada Argentina	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...	Carlos Pinto Brazil	15.10	Néstor Tenorio Argentina	14.90	Jorge Richard Brazil	14.59
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....	Ricardo Nitz Brazil	14.62 CR	Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil	13.71	Antônio Lyra Brazil	13.51
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...	Manuel Consiglieri Peru	46.40 CR	Karsten Brödersen Chile	45.05	Bento Barros Brazil	45.02
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	49.71	Juan Fusé Argentina	48.98	Federico Kleger Argentina	46.60
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...	Egon Falkenberg Brazil	59.42	Alberto Becher Argentina	59.05	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	56.37
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...	Emilio Rüegg Brazil	6411	Juan Colín Chile	6315	Karsten Brödersen Chile	6037
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...	Brazil	42.3	Chile	42.7	Argentina	43.4
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...	Chile	3:21.9	Argentina	3:22.3	Uruguay	3:27.8
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	10	Chile	14	Brazil	26
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	36:11.0	Raúl Inostroza Venezuela	37:18.0	René Aldana Chile	37:27.4

Women'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...	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	13.1	María Malvicini Argentina	13.3	Crista Jane Giese Brazil	13.3
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...	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	26.0	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	26.4	Julia Yáñez Peru	27.6
80 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Crista Jane Giese Brazil	12.4 CR	Betty Morales Chile	12.5	Ursula Hennel Brazil	13.0
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....	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	1.55 CR	Ilse Barends Chile	1.50	Crista Jane Giese Brazil Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay Noemi Simonetto Argentina	1.45
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...	Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay	5.12	Ilse Barends Chile	5.03	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	4.96
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....	Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello de Preiss was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan... Argentina	11.81 CR	Edith Klempau Chile	10.74	Julia Iriarte Bolivia	10.45
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...	Christel Balde Chile	35.59 CR	María Boecke Chile	35.04	Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello de Preiss was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan... Argentina	33.80
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...	Ruth Caro Argentina	36.87 CR	Ursula Holle Chile	36.68	Olga Merino Chile	34.63
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	51.2	Chile	51.8	Brazil	52.6

Medal table

1	Argentina	12	12	9	33
2	Brazil	12	7	9	28
3	Chile	6	13	11	30
4	Peru	2	0	2	4
5	Uruguay	1	0	3	4
6	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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