
1985 South American Championships in Athletics
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The 33rd South American Championships in Athletics
were held in Santiago, Chile
in September 1985.
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 Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
in September 1985.
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... |
Arnaldo da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Arnaldo de Oliveira da Silva is a former Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time Olympian .... ![]() |
10.39 | Robson da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest... ![]() |
10.45 | Enrique Canavire![]() |
10.69 |
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... |
Robson da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest... ![]() |
20.70 | Oscar Barrionuevo![]() |
21.42 | Sérgio Menezes![]() |
21.47 |
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... |
Héctor Daley![]() |
46.06 CR | Sérgio Menezes![]() |
46.53 | Aaron Phillips![]() |
46.66 |
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... |
Luis Migueles![]() |
1:46.90 CR | Igor Costa![]() |
1:47.61 | Rinaldo Gomes![]() |
1:49.35 |
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... |
Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* *... ![]() |
3:42.16 CR | 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:* * *... ![]() |
3:43.63 | Ricardo Vera Ricardo Vera Ricardo Cirilo Vera Rebollo is a retired long-distance runner from Uruguay.Vera competed for his native country in the men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.... ![]() |
3:46.87 |
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... |
Omar Aguilar Omar Aguilar Domingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988.... ![]() |
13:53.69 CR | Silvio Salazar![]() |
14:03.18 | João de Souza![]() |
14:09.43 |
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... |
Omar Aguilar Omar Aguilar Domingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988.... ![]() |
28:39.90 CR | João de Souza![]() |
29:02.34 | Silvio Salazar![]() |
29:03.34 |
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... |
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.... ![]() |
2:22:13 | José San Martín![]() |
2:24:10 | Mauricio Arancibia![]() |
2:26:41 |
3000 metres steeplechase | Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* *... ![]() |
8:44.38 CR | Ricardo Vera Ricardo Vera Ricardo Cirilo Vera Rebollo is a retired long-distance runner from Uruguay.Vera competed for his native country in the men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.... ![]() |
8:44.85 | 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:* * *... ![]() |
8:45.27 |
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... |
Pedro Chiamulera![]() |
13.87 CR | Joilto Bonfim![]() |
14.21 | George Biehl![]() |
14.40 |
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... |
Pedro Chiamulera![]() |
49.71 CR | Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Euzébio Díaz Ferreira is a retired Brazilian hurdler.He won the 400 m hurdles bronze medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade... ![]() |
50.36 | Wilfredo Ferrer![]() |
51.36 |
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.... |
Milton Riitano Francisco![]() |
2.17 CR | Fernando Pastoriza![]() |
2.11 | Cláudio Freire![]() |
2.08 |
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... |
Oscar Veit![]() |
4.90 =CR | Jaime Silva![]() |
4.80 | Elson de Souza![]() |
4.80 |
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 Canavire![]() |
7.54 | Olivier Cadier![]() |
7.46 | Sergio Roh![]() |
7.20 |
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... |
Francisco dos Santos![]() |
16.87 | Jailto Bonfim![]() |
16.06 | Roberto Audain![]() |
15.62 |
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.... |
Gert Weil Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games... ![]() |
20.14 CR | Adilson Oliveira![]() |
17.13 | José Jara![]() |
16.20 |
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... |
José de Souza José de Souza José Teles de Souza is a Brazilian long-distance runner. He finished eighteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*10,000 metres - 28:46.6 min... ![]() |
53.10 | Carlos Brynner![]() |
51.60 | Otmar Welsch![]() |
50.92 |
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 Daniel Gomez is a French footballer. He last played for Doxa Katokopias.-External links:... ![]() |
60.26 | Celso de Moraes![]() |
60.20 | Pedro Rivail Atílio![]() |
60.04 |
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... |
Juan Garmendia![]() |
75.10 CR | Luis Lucumí![]() |
70.64 | Gustavo Wielandt![]() |
70.30 |
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... |
Paulo Lima![]() |
7341 | Carlos Martín![]() |
6770 | Claudio Escauriza![]() |
6599 |
20 kilometres road walk | Jorge Yannone![]() |
1:39:04 | Juan Yanes![]() |
1:42:23 | Jorge Torrealba![]() |
1:45:41 |
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... |
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40.00 | ![]() |
40.69 | ![]() |
40.87 |
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... |
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3:07.96 CR | ![]() |
3:10.21 | ![]() |
3:11.29 |
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... |
Patricia Pérez![]() |
11.78 | Cláudia Santos![]() |
12.02 | Daisy Salas![]() |
12.11 |
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... |
Claudileia dos Santos![]() |
23.99 | Patricia Pérez![]() |
24.13 | Liliana Chalá Liliana Chalá Elsa Liliana Chalá Mejía is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the 400 m hurdling and sprints events. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992.-Achievements:-References:*... ![]() |
24.26 |
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... |
Norfalia Carabalí![]() |
53.25 CR | Elba Barbosa![]() |
54.36 | Margarita Grün![]() |
54.39 NR |
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... ![]() |
2:03.5 CR | Soraya Telles Soraya Telles Soraya Vieira Telles is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.... ![]() |
2:06.3 | Elba Barbosa![]() |
2:09.2 |
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... |
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... ![]() |
4:20.16 CR | Monica Regonesi Monica Regonesi Mónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988... ![]() |
4:22.45 | Fabiola Rueda![]() |
4:22.63 |
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... |
Monica Regonesi Monica Regonesi Mónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988... ![]() |
9:29.67 CR | Carmen de Oliveira![]() |
9:30.37 | Fabiola Rueda![]() |
9:31.10 |
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... |
Monica Regonesi Monica Regonesi Mónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988... ![]() |
34:31.37 CR | Carmen de Oliveira![]() |
34:47.02 | Margot Vargas![]() |
36:16.80 |
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... |
Beatriz Capotosto![]() |
13.87 | Susana Jenkins![]() |
13.94 | Juraciara da Silva![]() |
13.97 |
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... |
Maria do Carmo Fialho![]() |
59.45 CR | Cornelia Holzinger![]() |
60.28 | Claudia Oxman![]() |
61.42 |
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.... |
Ana Maria Marcón![]() |
1.88 CR | Carmen Garib![]() |
1.76 | 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:... ![]() |
1.73 |
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... |
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:... ![]() |
6.04 | Silvia Murialdo![]() |
5.81 | Graciela Acosta![]() |
5.81 |
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 Fernandes![]() |
14.89 | Jazmín Cirio![]() |
14.50 | Marinalva dos Santos![]() |
14.44 |
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... |
Márcia Barbosa Marcia Barbosa Marcia C. Barbosa is a Brazilian physicist. Barbosa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, did her high school at Colégio Marechal Rondon in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, undergraduate and graduate studies at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil... ![]() |
46.16 | Marinalva dos Santos![]() |
43.50 | Daphne Birnios![]() |
42.20 |
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... |
Mônica Rocha![]() |
52.08 CR | Sueli dos Santos Sueli dos Santos Sueli Pereira dos Santos is a retired female javelin thrower from Brazil. She set her personal best on May 6, 2000 in Bogotá.-Achievements:-References:*... ![]() |
51.52 | Patricia Guerrero![]() |
45.38 |
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... |
Ana María Comaschi![]() |
4866 | Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the hurdling events and the heptathlon. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... ![]() |
4865 | Rita Geremias![]() |
4710 |
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... |
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45.80 | ![]() |
46.09 | ![]() |
46.80 |
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... |
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3:39.77 CR | ![]() |
3:41.49 | ![]() |
3:43.85 |
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
21 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
2 | ![]() |
9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
3 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
External links
- Men Results - GBR Athletics
- Women Results - GBR Athletics