1954 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1954 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Paulo de Fonseca
 Brazil		 10.6 José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil		 10.7 Benedito Ferreira
 Brazil		 10.7
200 metres José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil		 21.2 CR Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia		 21.7 Paulo de Fonseca
 Brazil		 21.8
400 metres Mário do Nascimento
 Brazil		 48.3 CR Argemiro Roque
 Brazil		 49.1 Ramón Sandoval
 Chile		 49.5
800 metres Ramón Sandoval
 Chile		 1:50.9 CR Argemiro Roque
 Brazil		 1:53.6 Odilon Netto
 Brazil		 1:54.2
1500 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile		 3:56.5 CR Guillermo Solá
 Chile		 3:57.2 Santiago Novas
 Chile		 3:57.7
5000 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile		 15:00.6 Santiago Novas
 Chile		 15:07.8 Edgard Mitt
 Brazil		 15:14.1
10000 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile		 31:41.0 Geraldo Alves
 Brazil		 32:14.5 Luís Rodrigues
 Brazil		 32:30.5
Half marathon Geraldo Alves
 Brazil		 1:13:02 Joaquín da Silva
 Brazil		 1:13:43 José Pérez
 Chile		 1:15:48
3000 metres steeplechase Edgard Mitt
 Brazil		 9:14.9 CR Guillermo Solá
 Chile		 9:16.0 Santiago Novas
 Chile		 9:26.6
110 metres hurdles Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil		 14.3w Teófilo Davis
 Venezuela		 14.5w Juan Leiva
 Venezuela		 14.8w
400 metres hurdles Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia		 52.2 CR Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil		 53.5 Ulisses dos Santos
 Brazil		 54.9
High jump José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil		 2.00 CR Ernesto Lagos
 Chile		 1.95 Adilton Luz
 Brazil		 1.90
Pole vault Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela		 3.90 Carlos Moschen
 Brazil		 3.90 Fausto de Souza
 Brazil		 3.90
Long jump Fermín Donazar
 Uruguay		 7.51w Mário Gonzales
 Brazil		 7.47w Ary de Sá
 Brazil		 7.19
Triple jump Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil		 16.22 CR Hélio da Silva
 Brazil		 14.86 Renato do Nascimento
 Brazil		 14.70
Shot put Alcides Dambrós
 Brazil		 15.32 CR Nadim Marreis
 Brazil		 13.81 Armín Neverman
 Chile		 13.79
Discus throw Eduardo Julve
 Peru		 47.44 Hernán Haddad
 Chile		 46.52 Alcides Dambrós
 Brazil		 45.09
Hammer throw Walter Kupper
 Brazil		 50.65 Alejandro Díaz
 Chile		 50.04 Arturo Melcher
 Chile		 49.47
Javelin throw Carlos Monge
 Peru		 61.33 Janis Stendzenieks
 Chile		 60.88 Francisco Céspedes
 Chile		 56.81
Decathlon Francisco Moura
 Brazil		 6047 Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela		 6002 Aldo Ribeiro
 Brazil		 5765
4 x 100 metres relay  Brazil 40.8 CR  Peru 41.8  Venezuela 42.2
4 x 400 metres relay  Brazil 3:15.6 CR  Chile 3:16.9  Venezuela 3:21.0

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Benedita de Oliveira
 Brazil		 12.3w Deyse de Castro
 Brazil		 12.3w Elda Selamé
 Chile		 12.3w
200 metres Deyse de Castro
 Brazil		 25.7 Elda Selamé
 Chile		 25.8 Benedita de Oliveira
 Brazil		 26.2
80 metres hurdles Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil		 11.4 CR Eliana Gaete
 Chile		 11.9 Delia Díaz
 Uruguay		 12.2
High jump Delia Díaz
 Uruguay		 1.55 Elizabeth Müller
 Brazil		 1.55 Deyse de Castro
 Brazil		 1.55
Long jump Lisa Peters
 Chile		 5.75 CR Deyse de Castro
 Brazil		 5.47 Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil		 5.42
Shot put Elizabeth Müller
 Brazil		 11.79 Pradelia Delgado
 Chile		 11.70 Vera Trezoitko
 Brazil		 11.60
Discus throw Erika Trömel
 Chile		 39.84 Ilse Gerdau
 Brazil		 39.40 Pradelia Delgado
 Chile		 38.23
Javelin throw Anneliese Schmidt
 Brazil		 42.07 CR Marlene Ahrens
 Chile		 41.68 Carmen Venegas
 Chile		 41.65
4 x 100 metres relay  Chile 48.4 CR  Brazil 48.5

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 18 15 16 49
2  Chile 7 12 10 29
3  Peru 2 1 0 3
4  Uruguay 2 0 1 3
5  Venezuela 1 2 3 6
6  Colombia 1 1 0 2

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