The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Paulo de Fonseca Brazil |
10.6 | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina |
10.7 | João Pires Sobrinho Brazil |
10.7 |
| 200 metres | João Pires Sobrinho Brazil |
21.5 | Jaime Aparicio Colombia |
21.7 | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina |
21.8 |
| 400 metres | Jaime Aparicio Colombia |
47.7 CR | Zados Guardiola Colombia |
48.2 | Argemiro Roque Brazil |
49.0 |
| 800 metres | Ramón Sandoval Chile |
1:49.0 CR | Eduardo Balducci Argentina |
1:51.5 | Argemiro Roque Brazil |
1:52.4 |
| 1500 metres | Ramón Sandoval Chile |
3:48.4 CR | Eduardo Balducci Argentina |
3:53.4 | Waldo Sandoval Chile |
3:54.5 |
| 5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina |
14:30.8 CR | Jaime Correa Córdoba Chile |
14:47.8 | Walter Lemos Argentina |
14:51.7 |
| 10000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina |
30:12.2 CR | Walter Lemos Argentina |
30:27.4 | Alfredo de Oliveira Brazil |
31:41.0 |
| Half marathon | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina |
1:08:54 CR | Walter Lemos Argentina |
1:09:00 | Juan Silva Chile |
1:10:31 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Santiago Novas Chile |
9:09.0 CR | Sebastião Mendes Brazil |
9:17.4 | Guillermo Solá Chile |
9:25.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ijoel da Silva Brazil |
14.7 | Estanislao Kocourek Argentina |
14.9 | Francisco Bergonzoni Brazil |
15.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio Colombia |
52.0 CR | Zados Guardiola Colombia |
53.1 | Anubes da Silva Brazil |
54.2 |
| High jump | Oscar Bártoli Argentina |
1.93 | Ernesto Lagos Chile |
1.90 | Alberto Bacán Brazil Juan Ruiz Chile |
1.85 |
| Pole vault | José Infante Chile |
3.90 | José Rojas Chile |
3.90 | Fausto de Souza Brazil |
3.90 |
| Long jump | Fermín Donazar Uruguay |
7.23 | Ary de Sá Brazil |
7.14 | Luís Akuta Brazil |
7.10 |
| Triple jump | Jorgely Figueira Brazil |
15.14 | Luis Huarcaya Peru |
14.59 | Carlos Vera Chile |
14.63 |
| Shot put | Alcides Dambrós Brazil |
14.97 | Rubén Scaraffia Argentina |
14.72 | Günther Kruse Argentina |
13.97 |
| Discus throw | Günther Kruse Argentina |
48.57 CR | Hernán Haddad Chile |
47.24 | Pedro Ucke Argentina |
46.56 |
| Hammer throw | Alejandro Díaz Chile |
52.88 | Edmundo Zúñiga Chile |
51.71 | Elvio Porta Argentina |
51.55 |
| Javelin throw | Ricardo Heber Argentina |
64.45 | Néstor Matteucci Argentina |
61.51 | Carlos Monge Peru |
59.20 |
| Decathlon | Héctor Menacho Peru |
5670 | Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile |
5499 | Aldo Ribeiro Brazil |
5401 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Brazil | 41.4 | Argentina | 41.5 | Colombia | 42.6 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Colombia | 3:14.6 CR | Brazil | 3:16.1 | Argentina | 3:16.8 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Gladys Erbetta Argentina |
12.2 =CR | Beatriz Kretschmer Chile |
12.4 | Eliana Gaete Chile |
12.4 |
| 200 metres | Beatriz Kretschmer Chile |
25.5 =CR | Gladys Erbetta Argentina |
25.8 | Martha Huby Peru |
26.1 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos Brazil |
11.5 | Eliana Gaete Chile |
11.6 | Ada Brener Argentina |
11.9 |
| High jump | Nelly Gómez Chile |
1.50 | Elizabeth Müller Brazil |
1.50 | María Cañas Chile Cleide Eloy Brazil |
1.50 |
| Long jump | Gladys Erbetta Argentina |
5.88 CR | Ada Brener Argentina |
5.41 | Olga Bianchi Argentina |
5.39 |
| Shot put | Eliana Bahamondes Chile |
11.95 CR | Pradelia Delgado Chile |
11.84 | Elizabeth Müller Brazil |
11.31 |
| Discus throw | Isabel Avellán Argentina |
44.08 CR | Rosa Riveros Chile |
38.22 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina |
38.08 |
| Javelin throw | Marlene Ahrens Chile |
48.73 CR | Carmen Venegas Chile |
40.70 | Adriana Silva Chile |
38.91 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Argentina | 48.6 | Chile | 49.3 | Brazil | 49.4 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Chile | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Brazil | 7 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Peru | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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