1954 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1954 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, between 17 and 25 April.

1954 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	17–25 April
Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
← Santiago 1953 (U) Santiago 1956 →

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	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
10,000 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 (wind: +4.2 m/s)	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
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Francisco Antonio Kadlec Benedito Ferreira Paulo da Fonseca José da Conceição	40.8 CR	Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Guillermo Sebastiani	41.8	Venezuela Teófilo Davis Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Argemiro Roque Ulisses dos Santos Arm. Silva Mário do Nascimento	3:15.6 CR	Chile Segundo Pena Waldo Sandoval Gustavo Ehlers Ramón Sandoval	3:16.9	Venezuela Filemón Camacho Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	3:21.0
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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s)	Benedicta 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	Benedicta 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
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile Aurora Bianchi Elda Selame Eliana Gaete Betty Kretschmer	48.4 CR	Brazil Benedita de Oliveira Elizabeth Müller Melânia Luz Deyse de Castro	48.5
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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	18	15	16	49
2	Chile (CHI)	7	12	10	29
3	Peru (PER)	2	1	0	3
4	Uruguay (URU)	2	0	1	3
5	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	3	6
6	Colombia (COL)	1	1	0	2
Totals (6 entries)		31	31	30	92

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics