1961 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...	Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Herrera claimed three medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.... Venezuela	10.6	Horacio Esteves Horacio Esteves Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela was a Venezuelan sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964-8. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas , matching the time set by Armin Hary in 1960 and Harry Jerome in 1962... Venezuela	10.6	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.7
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...	Horacio Esteves Horacio Esteves Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela was a Venezuelan sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964-8. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas , matching the time set by Armin Hary in 1960 and Harry Jerome in 1962... Venezuela	21.3	Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Herrera claimed three medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.... Venezuela	21.6	Luis Vienna Argentina	21.8
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...	Anubes da Silva Brazil	48.8	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	49.3	Eulogio Gomes Peru	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...	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:51.2	José Neira José Neira José Gregorio Neira Carvajal is a retired track and field athlete from Colombia. He competed in the middle-distances, and represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.-References:*... Colombia	1:52.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:53.3
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...	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:51.2	Osvaldo Suárez Osvaldo Suárez Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez is a long-distance runner from Argentina who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964. After his active career, he became a professional athletics coach.-References:... Argentina	3:53.5	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:54.6
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...	Osvaldo Suárez Osvaldo Suárez Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez is a long-distance runner from Argentina who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964. After his active career, he became a professional athletics coach.-References:... Argentina	14:54.7	Luis Sandoval Argentina	14:55.5	Alberto Ríos Alberto Ríos Alberto Álvaro Ríos is an American author of nine books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. He is a Regents' professor of English at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona... Argentina	15:02.6
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...	Osvaldo Suárez Osvaldo Suárez Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez is a long-distance runner from Argentina who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964. After his active career, he became a professional athletics coach.-References:... Argentina	30:18.1	Luis Sandoval Argentina	31:13.9	Luis Campusano Chile	31:27.3
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Juan Silva Juan Silva Juan Silva Cardenas is a Chilean footballer who plays is playing at Ñublense.-Club Career:Juan Silva is a player of 20 years who have not matured by many acts of indicipline has had especially in the club starting Santiago Wanderers. In 2006 he made his debut with Silva shirt Wanderers in a match... Chile	2:39:36 CR	Ricardo Vidal Chile	2:41:16	Armando Pino Argentina	2:42:21
3000 metres steeplechase	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:14.8	Domingo Amaisón Argentina	9:20.6	Alberto Ríos Alberto Ríos Alberto Álvaro Ríos is an American author of nine books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. He is a Regents' professor of English at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona... Argentina	9:23.4
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...	Carlos Mossa Brazil	14.5 =CR	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	14.7	Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela	15.0
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...	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	52.3	Anubes da Silva Brazil	52.8	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	54.0
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....	Eugenio Velasco Chile	1.95	Eleuterio Fassi Argentina	1.95	Horacio Martínez Horacio Martinez Horacio Martinez was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He would play infielder and played from 1935 to 1947.-References:*... Argentina	1.95
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...	Marcelo de Souza Marcelo de Souza Marcelo de Souza , commonly known as Marcelinho, is a Brazilian football offensive midfielder, who currently plays for Necaxa in the Primera División de México.... Brazil	3.90	Tomatsu Nishida Brazil	3.90	Brígido Iriarte Venezuela	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...	Juan Muñoz Juan Muñoz Juan Muñoz was a Spanish sculptor, working primarily in paper maché, resin and bronze. He was also interested in the auditory arts and created compositions for the radio. He was a self-described "storyteller"... Venezuela	7.13	Newton de Castro Brazil	7.06	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	6.92
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...	Arnoldo Devonish Arnoldo Devonish Arnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero was a track and field athlete from Venezuela, who won the first Olympic medal for his native country from South America.... Venezuela	14.68	Sylvio Moreira Brazil	14.52	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil	14.42
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....	Enrique Helf Argentina	15.86 CR	Luis Di Cursi Argentina	15.69	Héctor Thomas Héctor Thomas Héctor Thomas Martínez is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the decathlon. He represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960. Thomas twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during the 1960s.-References:*... Venezuela	14.58
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...	Günther Kruse Argentina	48.57	Enrique Helf Argentina	46.98	Héctor Menacho Peru	46.97
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...	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	52.55	Roberto Chapchap Brazil	50.81	Carlos Marzo Argentina	50.50
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	64.25	Orlando Garrido Brazil	63.56	Luis Zárate Peru	61.40
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...	Bernabé Souza Brazil	5662	Tito Bracho Venezuela	5587	Cleomenes da Cunha Brazil	5502
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...	Venezuela	41.0	Brazil	41.5	Argentina	42.2
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...	Venezuela	3:16.0	Argentina	3:16.9	Brazil	3:18.1

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...	Edith Berg Argentina	12.4	Nancy Correa Chile	12.4	Marisol Massot Chile	12.5
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...	Edith Berg Argentina	25.7	Ada Brener Argentina	25.8	Marta Buongiorno Argentina	26.0
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	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brazil	11.9	Maria Teixeira Brazil	12.0
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....	Aída dos Santos Brazil	1.60 =CR	Nelly Gómez Chile	1.55	Maria José de Lima 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	5.38	Ada Brener Argentina	5.32	Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina	5.21
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 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	12.41	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	12.16	Pradelia Delgado Chile	11.81
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 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	41.92	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.78	Sumiko Yamakawa Brazil	38.89
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...	Marlene Ahrens Marlene Ahrens Marlene Ahrens Ostertag is a female Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She remains the only Chilean woman to have won an Olympic medal. She is the mother of the journalist Karin Ebensperger.-References:... Chile	42.85	Mercedes García Venezuela	37.45	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	37.29
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	48.9	Argentina	48.9	Chile	49.2

Medal table

1	Argentina	10	12	11	33
2	Brazil	9	10	9	28
3	Venezuela	7	4	3	14
4	Chile	5	4	4	13
5	Colombia	0	1	0	1
6	Peru	0	0	3	3
7	Uruguay	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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