1961 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1961 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	10.6	Horacio Esteves Venezuela	10.6	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.7
200 metres	Horacio Esteves Venezuela	21.3	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	21.6	Luis Vienna Argentina	21.8
400 metres	Anubes da Silva Brazil	48.8	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	49.3	Eulogio Gomes Peru	50.0
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:51.2	José Neira Colombia	1:52.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:53.3
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:51.2	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	3:53.5	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:54.6
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:54.7	Luis Sandoval Argentina	14:55.5	Alberto Ríos Argentina	15:02.6
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:18.1	Luis Sandoval Argentina	31:13.9	Luis Campusano Chile	31:27.3
Marathon	Juan Silva 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 Argentina	9:23.4
110 metres hurdles	Carlos Mossa Brazil	14.5 =CR	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	14.7	Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela	15.0
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	52.3	Anubes da Silva Brazil	52.8	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	54.0
High jump	Eugenio Velasco Chile	1.95	Eleuterio Fassi Argentina	1.95	Horacio Martínez Argentina	1.95
Pole vault	Marcelo de Souza Brazil	3.90	Tomatsu Nishida Brazil	3.90	Brígido Iriarte Venezuela	3.80
Long jump	Juan Muñoz Venezuela	7.13	Newton de Castro Brazil	7.06	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	6.92
Triple jump	Arnoldo Devonish Venezuela	14.68	Sylvio Moreira Brazil	14.52	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil	14.42
Shot put	Enrique Helf Argentina	15.86 CR	Luis Di Cursi Argentina	15.69	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	14.58
Discus throw	Günther Kruse Argentina	48.57	Enrique Helf Argentina	46.98	Héctor Menacho Peru	46.97
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	52.55	Roberto Chapchap Brazil	50.81	Carlos Marzo Argentina	50.50
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	64.25	Orlando Garrido Brazil	63.56	Luis Zárate Peru	61.40
Decathlon	Bernabé Souza Brazil	5662	Tito Bracho Venezuela	5587	Cleomenes da Cunha Brazil	5502
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela	41.0	Brazil	41.5	Argentina	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela	3:16.0	Argentina	3:16.9	Brazil	3:18.1

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Edith Berg Argentina	12.4	Nancy Correa Chile	12.4	Marisol Massot Chile	12.5
200 metres	Edith Berg Argentina	25.7	Ada Brener Argentina	25.8	Marta Buongiorno Argentina	26.0
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brazil	11.9	Maria Teixeira Brazil	12.0
High jump	Aída dos Santos Brazil	1.60 =CR	Nelly Gómez Chile	1.55	Maria José de Lima Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.38	Ada Brener Argentina	5.32	Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina	5.21
Shot put	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	12.41	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	12.16	Pradelia Delgado Chile	11.81
Discus throw	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	41.92	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.78	Sumiko Yamakawa Brazil	38.89
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	42.85	Mercedes García Venezuela	37.45	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	37.29
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	48.9	Argentina	48.9	Chile	49.2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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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