1971 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1971 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru, between 9 and 17 October.

1971 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	9–17 October
Host city	Lima, Peru
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Félix Mata Venezuela	10.6	Pedro Bassart Argentina	10.7	Luiz da Silva Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Fernando Acevedo Peru	21.2	Pedro Bassart Argentina	21.8	Alberto Marchán Venezuela	21.9
400 metres	Fernando Acevedo Peru	46.4 =CR	João Francisco Brazil	47.9	José Rabaça Brazil	48.0
800 metres	Carlos Dalurzo Argentina	1:50.9	Roberto Salmona Chile	1:51.6	Fernando Sotomayor Chile	1:51.6
1500 metres	Víctor Ríos Chile	3:48.6	Roberto Salmona Chile	3:48.9	Atílio Alegre Brazil	3:49.5
5000 metres	Edmundo Warnke Chile	14:07.6 CR	Víctor Mora Colombia	14:08.8	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:15.4
10,000 metres	Edmundo Warnke Chile	29:14.6 CR	Víctor Mora Colombia	29:17.6	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	29:24.8
Marathon	Martín Pavón Colombia	2:26:11 CR	Hernán Barreneche Colombia	2:32:20	Edmundo Warnke Chile	2:34:31
3000 metres steeplechase	Víctor Mora Colombia	9:03.8	Francisco Vega Peru	9:17.8	Fernando Sotomayor Chile	9:19.6
110 metres hurdles	Enrique Rendón Venezuela	14.8	Alfredo Deza Peru	14.8	Patricio Saavedra Chile	14.8
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina	52.4	Dorival Negrisoli Brazil	53.0	Eduardo Rodrigues Brazil	53.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Luís da Silva Jorge Mathias Nascimento João Francisco Luiz Cavalcanti	40.7	Venezuela Alberto Marchán Félix Mata Orlando Cubillan Segundo Guerra	40.9	Peru Fernando Acevedo José Luis Pérez Julio Chia Vela	41.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Segundo Guerra Erick Phillips Alberto Marchán Raúl Sanhouse	3:14.8	Argentina Carlos Intaschi Carlos Dalurzo Juan Carlos Dyrzka Alberto Gajate	3:15.8	Brazil Jorge Nascimento José Rabaca Dorival Negrisoli João Francisco	3:16.1
High jump	Luis Barrionuevo Argentina	2.05 CR	Roberto Abugattás Peru	2.05	José Dalmastro Argentina	2.00
Pole vault	Erico Barney Argentina	4.50 CR	Fernando Hoces Chile	4.20	Armando Chiamulera Brazil	4.20
Long jump	Miguel Zapata Chile	7.41	Luiz de Souza Brazil	7.34	Ricardo Labalta Argentina	7.30A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio Brazil	15.58	Manuel Gutiérrez Colombia	14.94	Roberto dos Santos Uruguay	14.75
Shot put	José Jacques Brazil	16.85	Juan Turri Argentina	15.73	Mario Peretti Argentina	15.63
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé Brazil	53.82	José Jacques Brazil	53.14	Gustavo Gutiérrez Colombia	47.78
Hammer throw	José Vallejo Argentina	62.82 CR	Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay	61.36	Celso de Moraes Brazil	57.74
Javelin throw	Paulo de Faría Brazil	69.68	Gustavo Gutiérrez Colombia	65.90	Jorge Peña Chile	64.72
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	6880	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	6662	Emilio Mazzeo Argentina	6656

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	María Luisa Vilca Peru	12.0	Irene Fitzner Argentina	12.3	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	12.3
200 metres	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	24.4	Elsy Rivas Colombia	24.5	Ángela Godoy Argentina	24.6
400 metres	Josefa Vicent Uruguay	54.9 CR	Elsy Rivas Colombia	56.9	Cristina Filgueira Argentina	57.1
800 metres	Gloria González Chile	2:12.1 CR	Carmen Oyé Chile	2:13.3	Iris Fernández Argentina	2:13.5
100 metres hurdles	Emilia Dyrzka Argentina	14.3 CR	Liliana Cragno Argentina	14.6	Valdea Chagas Brazil	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Liliana Cragno Angela Godoy Beatriz Allocco Irene Fitzner	46.7	Peru Carmela Bolivár Edith Noeding María Luisa Vilca María Morante	47.6	Uruguay Ana María Desevici Josefa Vicent Alicia Gogluska Mirtha Fleitas	48.2
High jump	Jurema da Silva Brazil	1.65	Maria da Conceição Brazil	1.65	Ana María Estrada Argentina	1.60
Long jump	Silvia Kinzel Chile	5.83	Ana Desevici Uruguay	5.72	Edith Noeding Peru	5.58
Shot put	Rosa Molina Chile	14.66 CR	Maria Boso Brazil	13.64	Delia Vera Peru	12.83
Discus throw	Odete Domingos Brazil	46.72 CR	Isolina Vergara Colombia	45.67	Maria Boso Brazil	42.19
Javelin throw	Ana María Campillay Argentina	43.92	Kiyomi Nakagawa Brazil	42.42	Rosa Molina Chile	42.32
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos Brazil	3716	Edith Noeding Peru	3635	María Luisa Vilca Peru	3581

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	7	9	24
2	Argentina	8	6	8	22
3	Chile	7	4	6	17
4	Venezuela	4	2	1	7
5	Peru	3	5	4	12
6	Colombia	2	8	3	13
7	Uruguay	2	2	3	7
Totals (7 entries)		34	34	34	102

External links

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