1969 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1969 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Quito, Ecuador, between 4 and 12 October.

1969 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	4–12 October
Host city	Quito, Ecuador
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Iván Moreno Chile	10.6A	Fernando Acevedo Peru	10.6A	Andrés Calonge Argentina	10.7A
200 metres	Iván Moreno Chile	20.9A =CR	Fernando Acevedo Peru	21.0A	Andrés Calonge Argentina	21.1A
400 metres	Andrés Calonge Argentina	46.9A	Raúl Dome Venezuela	47.6A	José Rabaça Brazil	47.9A
800 metres	Jorge Grosser Chile	1:54.1A	Darcy Pereira Brazil	1:55.5A	Roberto Salmona Chile	1:55.9A
1500 metres	Jorge Grosser Chile	4:04.7A	Roberto Salmona Chile	4:06.5A	Clelio Jacome Ecuador	4:08.5A
5000 metres	Víctor Mora Colombia	15:36.6A	Clelio Jacome Ecuador	15:41.4A	José Ramírez Chile	15:49.3A
10000 metres	Víctor Mora Colombia	32:27.2A	Mario Cutropia Argentina	32:28.6A	José Ramírez Chile	32:41.0A
Marathon	Pedro Cárdenas Colombia	2:36:36A	José Ramírez Chile	2:43:41A	Mario Cutropia Argentina	2:46:56A
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Grosser Chile	9:51.2A	Víctor Mora Colombia	9:53.2A	Rafael Baracaldo Colombia	9:53.2A
110 metres hurdles	Patricio Saavedra Chile	14.6A	Alfredo Deza Peru	14.6A	Enrique Rendón Venezuela	14.7A
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	52.0A	Jorge Vallecilla Ecuador	52.7A	Santiago Gordon Chile	52.8A
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Pedro Grajales Arquímides Mina Jimmy Sierra Wenceslao Ferrín Sr.	40.2A CR	Peru Fernando Acevedo Jorge Alemán Vela Roberto Lay Su	40.7A	Chile Einar Erlandsen Iván Moreno Patricio Saavedra Juan Santiago Gordón	40.7A
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Andrés Calonge Juan Carlos Dyrzka Carlos Bertotti José Luis Amatti	3:12.3A CR	Brazil José Rabaca Darcy Pereira Napoleão Menezes Juradir Ienne	3:13.2A	Peru Fernando Acevedo Jorge Alemán Rosales Alfredo Deza	3:13.7A
High jump	Luis Arbulú Peru	2.00A =CR	Luis Barrionuevo Argentina José Dalmastro Argentina	1.95A
Pole vault	Daniel Argoitía Argentina	4.40A CR	Ciro Valdés Colombia	4.10A	Augusto León Piqueras Peru	3.70A
Long jump	Admilson Chitarra Brazil	7.60A CR	Iván Moreno Chile	7.54A	Eduardo Labalta Argentina	7.21A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio Brazil	16.34A CR	Joel Dias Brazil	14.80A	Ariel González Argentina	14.65A
Shot put	José Jacques Brazil	16.88A CR	Mario Peretti Argentina	15.65A	Juan Turri Argentina	15.64A
Discus throw	Dagoberto González Colombia	51.66A	José Jacques Brazil	50.88A	Gustavo Gutiérrez Colombia	50.64A
Hammer throw	José Vallejo Argentina	61.58A CR	Celso de Moraes Brazil	56.50A	Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay	56.48A
Javelin throw	Rolf Hoppe Chile	69.76A CR	Paulo de Faría Brazil	63.50A	Jorge Peña Chile	62.98A
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	6720A	Paulo Matschinske Brazil	6124A	Arno Lagies Chile	5948A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvina Pereira Brazil	11.7A CR	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	11.9A	María Luisa Vilca Peru	12.3A
200 metres	Silvina Pereira Brazil	24.0A CR	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	24.6A	Cristina Filgueira Argentina	25.0A
400 metres	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	56.1A CR	Melania Fontanarrosa Argentina	57.4A	Cristina Filgueira Argentina	57.5A
800 metres	Melania Fontanarrosa Argentina	2:17.8A	Nilda Fernández Argentina	2:18.4A	Lourdes Vega Ecuador	2:32.3A
80 metres hurdles	Carlota Ulloa Chile	11.0A CR	Graciela Paviotti Argentina	11.4A	Ana Udini Uruguay	11.4A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Aída dos Santos Silvina Pereira Gloria Ferraz Elisabeth Nunes	46.0A CR	Argentina Liliana Cragno Cristina Filgueira Alicia Kaufmanas Alicia Masuccio	47.0A	Chile Gloria González Silvia Kinzel Aurora Saez Sara Montecinos	48.6A
High jump	Maria da Conceição Brazil	1.70A CR	Aída dos Santos Brazil	1.60A	Patricia Montero Peru Ana Udini Uruguay	1.55A
Long jump	Silvina Pereira Brazil	5.85A	Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina	5.70A	Ana Akiko Omote Brazil	5.61A
Shot put	Rosa Molina Chile	13.30A	Neide Gomes Brazil	13.02A	Maria Boso Brazil	12.68A
Discus throw	Odete Domingos Brazil	42.92A	Gladys Ortega Argentina	41.92A	Isolina Vergara Colombia	40.48A
Javelin throw	Rosa Molina Chile	45.52A	Flor Umaña Colombia	43.74A	Kiyomi Nakagawa Brazil	41.02A
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos Brazil	4422A CR	Elisabeth Nunes Brazil	4234A	Carlota Ulloa Chile	4107A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	10	10	4	24
2	Chile (CHI)	10	3	9	22
3	Argentina (ARG)	6	10	8	24
4	Colombia (COL)	5	3	3	11
5	Peru (PER)	1	4	4	9
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	2	3	6
7	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	1	3
8	Ecuador (ECU)	0	2	2	4
Totals (8 entries)		34	35	34	103

A = affected by altitude

External links

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