1937 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1937 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis  Brazil	10.6 =CR	José Ferraz  Brazil	10.8	Roberto Cavanna  Argentina
200 metres	Carlos Hoffmeister  Argentina	21.6 CR	Aloisio Queiroz Telles  Brazil	21.7	Roberto Cavanna  Argentina
400 metres	Antônio Damaso  Brazil	50.0	Roberto González  Argentina	50.1	Ciro de Andrade  Brazil	50.1
800 metres	Inocencio Di Pino  Argentina	1:56.2	Roberto Gregg  Argentina	1:56.4	Floriano de Souza  Brazil
1500 metres	Néstor Gomes  Brazil	4:04.4	Floriano de Souza  Brazil	4:08.6	Luis Elorga  Argentina	4:10.6
3000 metres	Ubaldo Ibarra  Argentina	8:53.6	Carmelo Di Gaeta  Uruguay	8:54.6	Néstor Gomes  Brazil	8:54.6
5000 metres	Roger Ceballos  Argentina	15:41.8	Ubaldo Ibarra  Argentina	15:52.8	Mário de Oliveira  Brazil	16:23.4
10000 metres	Mário de Oliveira  Brazil	33:02.6	Ubaldo Ibarra  Argentina	33:56.8	José dos Santos  Brazil
Road race	Saturnino Cuello  Argentina	2:07:35	José Farías  Peru	2:11:21	Genésio da Silva  Brazil	2:14:30
110 metres hurdles	Juan Lavenás  Argentina	15.2	Darcy Guimarães  Brazil	15.3	Alfredo Mendes  Brazil
400 metres hurdles	Roberto González  Argentina	55.2	Darcy Guimarães  Brazil	56.1	Guillermo Sayán  Peru
High jump	Julio Mera  Peru	1.85	José Castro  Peru	1.85	Alfredo Mendes  Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Walter Rehder  Brazil	3.90	Lúcio de Castro  Brazil	3.90	Luís Taliberti  Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira  Brazil	7.37 CR	João Rehder Netto  Brazil	7.31	Gualberto Castilla  Uruguay	6.94
Triple jump	João Rehder Netto  Brazil	14.59	Néstor Tenorio  Argentina	14.56	Carlos Pinto  Brazil	14.28
Shot put	Carmine Di Giorgio  Brazil	14.14	Héctor Berra  Argentina	14.04	Rodolfo Butori  Argentina	13.78
Discus throw	Antônio Giusfredi  Brazil	44.32 CR	Bento Barros  Brazil	42.10	Argos Fiaccadori  Argentina	41.25
Hammer throw	Assis Naban  Brazil	51.39	Federico Kleger  Argentina	48.85	Juan Fusé  Argentina	48.38
Javelin throw	Luís Pagliari  Brazil	55.47	João Vizzone  Brazil	53.62	Juan Urbán  Argentina	52.40
Decathlon	João Rehder Netto  Brazil	6260	Pedro Furné  Argentina	6139	José de Souza Filho  Brazil	6015
4 x 100 metres relay	Argentina	42.5	Brazil	42.6	Peru
4 x 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:20.6 CR	Argentina	3:20.8	Uruguay
3000 metres team race	Brazil		Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	57:45.2	José Farías  Peru	59:09.8	Eugenio Andrade  Brazil	59:48.0

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	14	10	12	36
2	Argentina	9	10	7	26
3	Peru	1	3	2	6
4	Uruguay	0	1	3	4

External links

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics

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