1959 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

I South American Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date(s)	April 18–19
Level	Junior
Participation	about 59 athletes from 2 nations
Events	17
1960 Santiago →

The first South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from April 18–19, 1959.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 59 athletes from about 2 countries: Argentina (28), Chile (31)

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men^[2] and women^[3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	10.7	Hervé Dillan (CHI)	10.9	Alberto Keitel (CHI)	10.9
200 metres	Hervé Dillan (CHI)	22.2	Juan Salom (ARG)	22.7	Juan Mouat (CHI)	22.8
400 metres	Fernando Zapeda (CHI)	51.1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	51.7	Jordi Radmilovic (CHI)	51.9
800 metres	Ernesto Díaz (CHI)	1:58.8	Mario Luengo (CHI)	2:00.1	Carlos Crespo (ARG)	2:01.6
1500 metres	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	4:07.1	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	4:09.7	Dagoberto Hernández (CHI)	4:12.4
3000 metres	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	9:05.8	Isay Ramírez (CHI)	9:06.0	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	9:06.2
110 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	16.0	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	16.1	Guillermo Vallanía (ARG)	16.3
High jump	Eugenio Velasco (CHI)	1.80	José Ugarte (CHI)	1.75	Julio Verno (ARG)	1.75
Pole vault	Sergio Opazo (CHI)	3.60	Germán Goddard (CHI)	3.50	Luis Meza (CHI)	3.50
Long jump	Carlos Tornquist (CHI)	6.74	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	6.56	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	6.29
Shot put	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	16.53	Juan Faist (ARG)	15.49	Leonardo Lee (CHI)	15.44
Discus throw	Orlando Guaita (CHI)	40.86	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	39.41	Juan Faist (ARG)	38.40
Hammer throw	Juan Miranda (CHI)	49.80	Héctor Núñez (CHI)	49.23	Mario Cáceras (CHI)	45.83
Javelin throw	Claudio Reinke (ARG)	52.55	Juan Pacella (ARG)	47.37	Alberto Kraeft (ARG)	46.89
Pentathlon	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	2122	Domingo Valenzuela (CHI)	1901	Werner Wischia (CHI)	1884
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile	42.9
1000 metres Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	Chile	2:02.2	Argentina	2:03.4

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile	14	9	9	32
2	Argentina	3	7	6	16

References

1 2 World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011

External links

World Junior Athletics History

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

Senior Championships (records) Cross Country Championships Race Walking Championships Marathon Championships Half Marathon Championships Road Mile Championships Mountain Running Championships Under-23 Championships in Athletics (records) Junior Championships in Athletics Youth Championships in Athletics (records)

Senior	1919 1920 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1952 1954 1956 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Senior (unofficial)	1918 1922 1931 1946 1948 1950 1953 1957

Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Junior	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Youth	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

See also: Athletics at the South American Games

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