1961 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1961 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru, between 20 and 28 May.

1961 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	20–28 May
Host city	Lima, Peru
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	10.6	Horacio Esteves Venezuela	10.6	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.7
200 metres	Horacio Esteves Venezuela	21.3	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	21.6	Luis Vienna Argentina	21.8
400 metres	Anubes da Silva Brazil	48.8	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	49.3	Eulogio Gomes Peru	50.0
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:51.2	José Neira Colombia	1:52.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:53.3
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:51.2	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	3:53.5	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:54.6
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:54.7	Luis Sandoval Argentina	14:55.5	Alberto Ríos Argentina	15:02.6
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:18.1	Luis Sandoval Argentina	31:13.9	Luis Campusano Chile	31:27.3
Marathon	Juan Silva Chile	2:39:36 CR	Ricardo Vidal Chile	2:41:16	Armando Pino Argentina	2:42:21
3000 metres steeplechase	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:14.8	Domingo Amaisón Argentina	9:20.6	Alberto Ríos Argentina	9:23.4
110 metres hurdles	Carlos Mossa Brazil	14.5 =CR	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	14.7	Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela	15.0
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	52.3	Anubes da Silva Brazil	52.8	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	54.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Clive Bonas Horacio Esteves Arquímedes Herrera Emilio Romero	41.0	Brazil Affonso da Silva Jorge de Barros Anubes da Silva José da Conceição	41.5	Argentina Luis Vienna Juan Stocker Roberto Ferrairo Guillermo Bahler	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Rafael Romero Emilio Romero Horacio Esteves Hortensio Fucil	3:16.0	Argentina Raúl Zabala Luis Vienna Juan Stocker Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:16.9	Brazil Ulisses dos Santos Anubes da Silva Peter Ostermaier Carlos Alberto Ferreira	3:18.1
High jump	Eugenio Velasco Chile	1.95	Eleuterio Fassi Argentina	1.95	Horacio Martínez Argentina	1.95
Pole vault	Marcelo de Souza Brazil	3.90	Tomatsu Nishida Brazil	3.90	Brígido Iriarte Venezuela	3.80
Long jump	Juan Muñoz Venezuela	7.13	Newton de Castro Brazil	7.06	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	6.92
Triple jump	Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela	14.68	Sylvio Moreira Brazil	14.52	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil	14.42
Shot put	Enrique Helf Argentina	15.86 CR	Luis Di Cursi Argentina	15.69	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	14.58
Discus throw	Günther Kruse Argentina	48.57	Enrique Helf Argentina	46.98	Héctor Menacho Peru	46.97
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	52.55	Roberto Chapchap Brazil	50.81	Carlos Marzo Argentina	50.50
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	64.25	Orlando Garrido Brazil	63.56	Luis Zárate Peru	61.40
Decathlon	Bernabé Souza Brazil	5662	Tito Bracho Venezuela	5587	Cleomenes da Cunha Brazil	5502

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Edith Berg Argentina	12.4	Nancy Correa Chile	12.4	Marisol Massot Chile	12.5
200 metres	Edith Berg Argentina	25.7	Ada Brener Argentina	25.8	Marta Buongiorno Argentina	26.0
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brazil	11.9	Maria Teixeira Brazil	12.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Wanda dos Santos Maria Caldeira Laurette Godoy Erica da Silva	48.9	Argentina Edith Berg Marta Buongiorno Alicia Kaufmanas Ada Brener	48.9	Chile Aurora Bianchi Marisol Massot Doris Peter Nancy Correa	49.2
High jump	Aída dos Santos Brazil	1.60 =CR	Nelly Gómez Chile	1.55	Maria José de Lima Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.38	Ada Brener Argentina	5.32	Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina	5.21
Shot put	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	12.41	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	12.16	Pradelia Delgado Chile	11.81
Discus throw	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	41.92	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.78	Sumiko Yamakawa Brazil	38.89
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	42.85	Mercedes García Venezuela	37.45	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	37.29

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	10	12	11	33
2	Brazil (BRA)	9	10	9	28
3	Venezuela (VEN)	7	4	3	14
4	Chile (CHI)	5	4	4	13
5	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
6	Peru (PER)	0	0	3	3
7	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		31	31	31	93

External links

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