1949 South American Championships in Athletics

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...	Gerardo Salazar Peru	10.7	Aroldo da Silva Aroldo da Silva Aroldo Pereira da Silva is an Brazilian track and field athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.-References:*... Brazil	10.7	Mario Fayos Uruguay	10.8
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...	Mario Fayos Uruguay	21.7	Fernando Lapuente Argentina	22.2	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	22.5
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...	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	49.5	Rosalvo Ramos Brazil	49.8	Antonio Pocovi Argentina	50.0
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...	Hugo Ponce Argentina	1:56.6	Nilo Riveros Argentina	1:56.8	Agenor da Silva Brazil	1:57.2
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...	Hugo Nuttini Chile	4:01.2	Melchor Palmeiro Argentina	4:02.5	Oscar Gauharou Argentina	4:03.3
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 Inostroza Chile	8:49.2	Melchor Palmeiro Argentina	8:50.3	Oscar Moreira Uruguay	8:50.6
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...	Ricardo Bralo Ricardo Bralo Ricardo R. Bralo is a retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.-References:*... Argentina	15:02.8	Oscar Moreira Uruguay	15:04.7	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:18.8
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...	Ricardo Bralo Ricardo Bralo Ricardo R. Bralo is a retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.-References:*... Argentina	31:46.3	Pedro Caffa Argentina	31:47.2	Oscar Moreira Uruguay	31:48.0
20 kilometre race	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	1:06:52	Oscar Moreira Uruguay	1:07:02	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	1:09:11
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...	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	14.5 CR	Manuel Aldunate Chile	14.9	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	14.9
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...	Hermenelindo Alberti Argentina	54.7	Víctor Henríquez Chile	55.4	Carlos Hey Brazil	55.5
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....	Hércules Azcune Uruguay	1.90	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	1.85	Alfredo Jadresic Chile	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...	Eduardo de Oca Argentina	3.90	Luis Ganoza Peru	3.90	Sinibaldo Gerbasi 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...	Enrique Kistenmacher Enrique Kistenmacher Enrique Alberto Kistenmacher is a former Argentine decathlete.At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in decathlon and tenth in long jump. He became South American decathlon champion in 1947 and 1949. In long jump he became South American champion in 1949 and won the bronze medal in 1947.... Argentina	7.37 =CR	Carlos Vera Carlos Vera Carlos Alfredo Vera Rodríguez is an Ecuadorian football referee. He has been an international referee since 2006. He has officiated matches in the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the South American Youth Championship. He was selected as a referee for the 2011... Chile	7.11	Máximo Reyes Peru	7.04
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...	Hélio da Silva Brazil	15.26 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	15.03	Adhemar da Silva Adhemar da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva is a former Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records in athletics, the last being 16.56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games.He was born in São Paulo, in a poor family, and began competing in the triple jump... Brazil	14.79
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....	Julián Llorente Argentina	14.44	Nadim Marreis Brazil	14.29	Juan Kahnert Argentina	14.25
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...	Emilio Malchiodi Argentina	45.07	Karsten Brödersen Chile	44.76	Manuel Consiglieri Peru	44.14
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...	Edmundo Zúñiga Chile	50.67	Emilio Ortiz Argentina	48.22	Manuel Etchepare Argentina	48.09
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...	Ricardo Heber Argentina	65.56 CR	Horst Walter Horst Walter Horst Walter is a contemporary German artist.- Life :Born in Berlin during the Nazi regime, he grew up in the western part of the divided Berlin. He produces drawings and modern sculptures. In divided Berlin he potested against the Berlin Wall... Argentina	60.17	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	57.59
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...	Enrique Kistenmacher Enrique Kistenmacher Enrique Alberto Kistenmacher is a former Argentine decathlete.At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in decathlon and tenth in long jump. He became South American decathlon champion in 1947 and 1949. In long jump he became South American champion in 1949 and won the bronze medal in 1947.... Argentina	6853	Hércules Azcune Uruguay	6205	Eduardo Julve Peru	6048
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...	Peru	42.3	Argentina	42.3	Chile	42.5
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...	Brazil	3:19.7	Argentina	3:20.1	Chile	3:24.5
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...	Adán Zárate Peru	36:51.4	Oscar Moreira Uruguay	36:53.7	Pedro Caffa Argentina	36:56.0

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...	Julia Sánchez Peru	12.7	Adriana Millard Chile	12.8	Benedita de Oliveira Brazil	12.8
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...	Adriana Millard Chile	25.8 CR	Melania Luz Brazil	25.9	Benedita de Oliveira Brazil	26.5
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...	Wanda dos Santos Wanda dos Santos Wanda dos Santos is a retired female hurdler from Brazil, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1952. She won a total number of four individual medals at the Pan American Games during her career.... Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber Chile	12.2	Eliana Gaete Eliana Gaete Eliana Gaete is a female former track and field athlete from Chile. She earned gold medals in women's 80m hurdles at the 1951 and 1955 Pan American Games.-References:*... Chile	12.3
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....	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	1.55	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	1.50	Hilda Lasseb Brazil	1.50
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...	Wanda dos Santos Wanda dos Santos Wanda dos Santos is a retired female hurdler from Brazil, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1952. She won a total number of four individual medals at the Pan American Games during her career.... Brazil	5.53 CR	Adriana Millard Chile	5.42	Hilda Yamasaki Peru	5.39
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	11.58	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	11.29	Haydeé Valet Argentina	11.12
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...	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	37.36	Zita Brandt Chile	36.28	Ingeborg Pfüller Ingeborg Pfüller Ingeborg Ella Pfüller was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw. She represented her native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the women's discus throw event at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*... Argentina	36.05
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...	Estrella Puente Uruguay	37.74	Gerda Martín Chile	37.39	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	36.50
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	49.2 CR	Chile	50.8	Argentina	51.0

Medal table

1	Argentina	14	10	11	35
2	Brazil	6	7	8	21
3	Chile	5	10	6	21
4	Peru	4	1	4	9
5	Uruguay	3	4	3	10

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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