1952 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Gerardo Salazar
 Peru
10.7 Gerardo Bönnhoff
 Argentina
10.8 José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
10.8
200 metres Gerardo Bönnhoff
 Argentina
21.5 Fernando Lapuente
 Argentina
22.0 Gustavo Ehlers
 Chile
22.0
400 metres Gustavo Ehlers
 Chile
48.7 Argemiro Roque
 Brazil
49.1 Mário do Nascimento
 Brazil
49.7
800 metres Argemiro Roque
 Brazil
1:53.3 CR Waldomiro Monteiro
 Brazil
1:53.9 Carlos Gajardo
 Chile
1:55.3
1500 metres Nilo Riveros
 Argentina
3:58.5 Guillermo Solá
 Chile
3:59.6 Luís Rodrigues
 Brazil
4:00.3
5000 metres Raúl Inostroza
 Chile
14:59.8 Reinaldo Gorno
 Argentina
15:05.5 Juan Miranda
 Argentina
15:09.0
10000 metres Delfo Cabrera
 Argentina
31:05.7 Raúl Inostroza
 Chile
31:26.9 Corsino Fernández
 Argentina
31:32.3
Half marathon Delfo Cabrera
 Argentina
1:09:19 CR Reinaldo Gorno
 Argentina
1:11:28 Corsino Fernández
 Argentina
1:11:28
3000 metres steeplechase Guillermo Solá
 Chile
9:32.0 CR Edgard Mitt
 Brazil
9:34.6 Haroldo Gallardo
 Chile
9:38.4
110 metres hurdles Jörn Gevert
 Chile
14.9 Estanislao Kocourek
 Argentina
15.0 Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil
15.1
400 metres hurdles Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil
52.7 CR Jörn Gevert
 Chile
53.5 Pedro Yoma
 Chile
54.6
High jump José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
1.90 Ernesto Lagos
 Chile
1.85 Alberto Bacán
 Brazil
1.85
Pole vault Hélio da Silva
 Brazil
4.00 =CR Jaime Piqueras
 Peru
3.90 Luis Ganoza
 Peru
3.90
Long jump Ary de Sá
 Brazil
7.39 CR Carlos Vera
 Chile
7.13 Ahylton da Conceição
 Brazil
7.08
Triple jump Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
15.39 CR Geraldo de Oliveira
 Brazil
15.11 Jorgely Figueira
 Brazil
14.75
Shot put Reidar Soerlie
 Argentina
14.44 Augusto Maalstein
 Chile
13.86 Emilio Stelig
 Brazil
13.77
Discus throw Reidar Soerlie
 Argentina
47.72 CR Elvio Porta
 Argentina
45.27 Hernán Haddad
 Chile
45.15
Hammer throw Arturo Melcher
 Chile
50.75 Elvio Porta
 Argentina
49.73 Emilio Ortiz
 Argentina
49.25
Javelin throw Ricardo Heber
 Argentina
67.68 CR Gerardo Mielke
 Chile
63.10 Janis Stendzenieks
 Chile
60.51
Decathlon Hernán Figueroa
 Chile
6698 Hernán Alzamora
 Peru
5849 Carlos Vera
 Chile
5844
4 x 100 metres relay  Argentina 41.4 CR  Peru 42.0  Brazil 42.2
4 x 400 metres relay  Brazil 3:17.5  Argentina 3:18.0  Chile 3:18.1

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Julia Sánchez
 Peru
12.2 CR Adriana Millard
 Chile
12.4 Lilián Buglia
 Argentina
12.4
200 metres Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
25.5* CR Adriana Millard
 Chile
25.5* CR Lilián Heinz
 Argentina
25.8
80 metres hurdles Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil
11.7 Marion Huber
 Chile
11.7 Adriana Millard
 Chile
12.2
High jump Elizabeth Müller
 Brazil
1.53 Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
1.53 María Cañas
 Chile
1.45
Long jump Gladys Erbetta
 Argentina
5.52 Adriana Millard
 Chile
5.39 Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil
5.26
Shot put Ingeborg Mello
 Argentina
11.48 Ingeborg Pfüller
 Argentina
11.35 Ilse Gerdau
 Brazil
11.25
Discus throw Ingeborg Mello
 Argentina
40.14 CR Ingeborg Pfüller
 Argentina
40.07 Ilse Gerdau
 Brazil
36.78
Javelin throw Gerda Martín
 Chile
39.16 CR Edith Thomas
 Chile
38.80 Estrella Puente
 Uruguay
37.89
4 x 100 metres relay  Argentina 48.8 CR  Brazil 48.8  Chile 49.1

* = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Argentina 12 10 6 28
2  Brazil 10 6 12 28
3  Chile 7 12 11 30
4  Peru 2 3 1 6
5  Uruguay 0 0 1 1

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