1977 South American Championships in Athletics
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 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
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, 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...

 from November 4 to November 6, 1977.

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...

Rui da Silva
 Brazil
10.3 Katsuhiko Nakaia
 Brazil
10.4 Miguel Sulbarán
 Venezuela
10.6
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...

Rui da Silva
 Brazil
21.3 Katsuhiko Nakaia
 Brazil
21.7 Hipólito Brown
 Venezuela
22.1
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...

Delmo da Silva
 Brazil
47.70 Ariel Santolaya
 Chile
47.71 Djalma de Oliveira
 Brazil
48.24
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...

Agberto Guimarães
Agberto Guimarães
Agberto Conceição Guimarães is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s...


 Brazil
1:52.4 Omar Amdematten
 Argentina
1:52.8 Ricardo Vigo
 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...

José González
José González
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 Venezuela
3:51.7 Emilio Ulloa
Emilio Ulloa
Emilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *...


 Chile
3:51.7 Cosme do Nascimento
 Brazil
3:51.7
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...

Domingo Tibaduiza
Domingo Tibaduiza
Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon...


 Colombia
14:24.4 Darcy Pereira
 Brazil
14:25.4 Jairo Correa
 Colombia
14:26.0
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...

Domingo Tibaduiza
Domingo Tibaduiza
Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon...


 Colombia
29:44.2 Aloisio de Araújo
 Brazil
29:57.0 Carlos Alves
Carlos Alves
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 Brazil
30:12.3
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...

Héctor Rodríguez
 Colombia
2:19:56 Víctor Rodríguez
Víctor Rodríguez
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 Colombia
2:24:48 Elói Schleder
Elói Schleder
Eloi Rodrigues Schleder is a former long-distance runner from Brazil, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 23rd position, clocking 2:16:35....


 Brazil
2:26:48
3000 metres steeplechase Jairo Correa
 Colombia
9:00.5 Lucirio Garrido
 Venezuela
9:01.5 Abel Córdoba
 Argentina
9:13.0
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...

Oscar Marín
 Venezuela
15.0 Jesús Villegas
 Colombia
15.0 Carlos dos Santos
 Brazil
15.2
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...

Moisés Zambrano
 Venezuela
53.7 Donizete Soares
 Brazil
54.1 Joelmerson de Carvalho
 Brazil
54.4
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....

Iraja Cecy
 Brazil
2.05 Luis Arbulú
 Peru
2.00 Luis Barrionuevo
 Argentina
2.00
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...

Renato Bortolocci
 Brazil
4.40 Tito Steiner
Tito Steiner
Tito Steiner is a retired decathlete of German descent, who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. He set the national record in 1981, collecting 8,279 points at a meet in Baton Rouge, United States . He improved himself with a score of 8,291 points, set on June 23, 1983, which still is the...


 Argentina
4.30 Fernando Hoces
 Chile
4.10
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...

João Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump....


 Brazil
7.95 CR Hugo Meriano
 Argentina
7.31 Ronald Raborg
 Peru
7.22
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 Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump....


 Brazil
16.40 Ángel Gagliano
 Argentina
15.15 Francisco Pichott
 Chile
14.87
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....

José Carbolante
 Brazil
16.83 José Carreño
Jose Carreño
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 Venezuela
15.70 José Jacques
 Brazil
15.62
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...

Sérgio Thomé
 Brazil
52.24 Modesto Barreto
 Colombia
50.64 José Jacques
 Brazil
46.42
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 Gómez
Daniel Gomez
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 Argentina
64.66 CR Celso de Moraes
 Brazil
63.52 Ivam Bertelli
 Brazil
63.40
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...

Mario Sotomayor
 Colombia
66.96 Paulo de Faría
Paulo de Faria
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 Brazil
66.50 Ramón Ángel Garmendia
 Argentina
65.72
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...

Tito Steiner
Tito Steiner
Tito Steiner is a retired decathlete of German descent, who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. He set the national record in 1981, collecting 8,279 points at a meet in Baton Rouge, United States . He improved himself with a score of 8,291 points, set on June 23, 1983, which still is the...


 Argentina
7411 Renato Bortolocci
 Brazil
7076 Ramón Montezuma
 Venezuela
6976
20 kilometres road walk Enrique Peña
Enrique Peña
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 Colombia
1:37:21 CR Osvaldo Morejón
 Bolivia
1:39:23 Rafael Vega
 Colombia
1:40:14
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 41.4  Venezuela 41.7  Uruguay 42.1
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 3:15.1  Venezuela 3:17.4  Chile 3:23.1

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...

Beatriz Allocco
 Argentina
11.97 Beatriz Capotosto
 Argentina
12.20 Carmela Bolívar
 Peru
Carla Herencia
 Chile
12.27
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...

Beatriz Allocco
 Argentina
24.7 Sueli Machado
 Brazil
25.2 Flavia Villar
 Chile
25.3
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...

Eucaris Caicedo
 Colombia
55.3 Adriana Marchena
 Venezuela
56.48 Marcela López Espinosa
 Argentina
56.69
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...

Alejandra Ramos
Alejandra Ramos
Alejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in...


 Chile
2:12.3 Adriana Marchena
 Venezuela
2:15.8 Aparecida Adão
 Brazil
2:15.8
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...

Alejandra Ramos
Alejandra Ramos
Alejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in...


 Chile
4:39.8 Maria Dias
 Brazil
4:46.8 Mery Rojas
 Bolivia
4:46.8
100 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...

Edith Noeding
Edith Noeding
Edith Noeding is a retired female track and field athlete from Peru, who competed in the hurdles event during her career. She won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the women's 100 metres hurdles event. There Noeding set her personal best in the women's 100 metres hurdles event on...


 Peru
14.47 Themis Zambrzycki
 Brazil
14.76 Maria Luisa Betioli
 Brazil
14.80
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....

Maria Luisa Betioli
 Brazil
1.80 CR Beatriz Bonfim
 Brazil
1.70 Beatriz Arancibia
 Chile
1.60
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...

Yvonne Neddermann
 Argentina
5.65 Themis Zambrzycki
 Brazil
5.49 Conceição Geremias
Conceição Geremias
Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:...


 Brazil
5.49
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....

Maria Boso
 Brazil
13.80 Lorena Prado
 Chile
13.26 Marinalva dos Santos
 Brazil
12.59
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...

Odete Domingos
 Brazil
51.56 CR Thea Reinhardt
 Brazil
49.68 Patricia Andrus
 Venezuela
40.86
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...

Patricia Guerrero
 Peru
45.46 Neuza Trolezzi
 Brazil
42.92 Magali Lopes
 Brazil
41.18
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...

Conceição Geremias
Conceição Geremias
Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:...


 Brazil
3863 Themis Zambrzycki
 Brazil
3856 Yvonne Neddermann
 Argentina
3425
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 46.7  Chile 47.8  Brazil 47.8
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 3:49.7  Argentina 3:53.4  Venezuela 3:55.2

Medal table

1  Brazil 17 16 15 48
2  Colombia 7 3 2 12
3  Argentina 6 6 6 18
4  Venezuela 3 6 5 14
5  Chile 2 4 6 12
6  Peru 2 1 2 5
7  Bolivia 0 1 1 2
8  Uruguay 0 0 1 1

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