1947 South American Championships in Athletics

1947 South American Championships in Athletics
1947 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	25 April–3 May
Host city	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	← Santiago 1946 (U) La Paz 1948 (U) →

The 1947 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 25 April and 3 May.

Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	11.0	Santiago Ferrando Peru	11.2	Carlos Isaack Argentina	11.3
200 metres	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	22.0	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	22.3	Alberto Labarthe Chile	22.4
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	49.0	Antonio Pocovi Argentina	49.2	Guillermo Avalos Argentina	49.5
800 metres	Adán Torres Argentina	1:53.7 CR	Nilo Riveros Argentina	1:54.3	Alfonso Rozas Chile	1:54.9
1500 metres	Melchor Palmeiro Argentina	3:57.8	Nilo Riveros Argentina	4:00.1	Raúl Inostroza Chile	4:01.7
3000 metres	Ricardo Bralo Argentina	8:44.3	Raúl Inostroza Chile	8:45.0	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	8:46.9
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:07.8	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	15:14.0	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	15:15.2
10,000 metres	João Oitica Brazil	33:01.2	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	33:17.6	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	33:19.0
Road race	Armando Sensini Argentina	1:56:23	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	1:57:17	Joaquín da Silva Brazil	1:59:00
110 metres hurdles	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	14.7 =CR	Hélio Pereira Brazil	15.3	Jorge Undurraga Chile	15.4
400 metres hurdles	Sergio Guzmán Chile	54.8	Hermenelindo Alberti Argentina	54.9	Víctor Henríquez Chile	55.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Carlos Isaack Alberto Triulzi Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Marquez	42.3	Uruguay Mario Fayos López Testa Helio Giordano Walter Pérez	42.9	Brazil Rui Moreira Lima Geraldo da Luz Osmar Bruno Romano Guilherme Puschnik	43.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Rodolfo Carrera Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Antonio Pocovi	3:16.0 CR	Chile Jaime Hitelman Jorge Ehlers Sergio Guzmán Gustavo Ehlers	3:17.0	Brazil Benedito Ferreira Osmar Bruno Romano Rosalvo Ramos Bernardo Blover	3:19.9
Cross country	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	37:28.9	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	38:39.0	Manuel Díaz Chile	38:48.0
High jump	Alfredo Jadresic Chile	1.91	Francisco Moura Brazil	1.91	Carlos Altamirano Chile	1.88
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.90	Federico Horn Chile	3.80	Sinibaldo Gerbasi Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Francisco Moura Brazil	7.10	Guillermo Dyer Peru	7.08	Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina	7.07
Triple jump	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	15.16	Carlos Vera Chile	15.03	Juan Gallo Chile	14.33
Shot put	Emilio Malchiodi Argentina	14.30	Nadim Marreis Brazil	14.05	Julián Llorente Argentina	13.94
Discus throw	Karsten Brödersen Chile	45.24	Eduardo Julve Peru	44.07	Emilio Malchiodi Argentina	43.92
Hammer throw	Edmundo Zúñiga Chile	49.07	Juan Fusé Argentina	47.95	Dário Tavares Brazil	45.97
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	59.59	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	57.37	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	56.59
Decathlon	Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina	7011	Eduardo Julve Peru	6460	Raimundo Rodrigues Brazil	6328

Women's events edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	12.4 =CR	Anegret Weller Chile	12.7	Melania Luz Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Anegret Weller Chile	26.6	Melania Luz Brazil	26.6	Adriana Millard Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	11.5 CR	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	12.1	María Spuhr Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Alicia Gómez María Spuhr Nelida Cajide Noemi Simonetto	49.9	Brazil Stella Ardinghi Melania Luz Lucila Pini Helena de Menezes	50.3	Chile Lucy Lake Norma Díaz Adriana Millard Annegret Weller	50.5
High jump	Ilse Barends Chile	1.60 CR	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	1.55	Alice Willhöft Brazil	1.45
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	5.40	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.16	Eliana Gaete Chile	5.13
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	11.58	Edith Klempau Chile	11.27	Elma Klempau Chile	11.11
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	38.40 CR	Elma Klempau Chile	36.49	Noemia Assunção Brazil	34.02
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín Chile	38.22	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	36.08	Ursula Holle Chile	35.87

Medal table edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	18	11	8	37
2	Chile (CHI)	9	7	14	30
3	Brazil (BRA)	5	9	10	24
4	Peru (PER)	0	4	0	4
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		32	32	32	96

External links edit

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics
Medallists