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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