1974 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1974 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile, between 16 and 21 April.

1974 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	16–21 April
Host city	Santiago, Chile
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rui da Silva Brazil	10.5	Jesús Rico Venezuela	10.5	José Chacín Venezuela	10.6
200 metres	Rui da Silva Brazil	21.2	Erick Phillips Venezuela	21.5	Víctor Patínez Venezuela	21.7
400 metres	Víctor Patínez Venezuela	46.6	Erick Phillips Venezuela	46.8	Pedro Teixeira Brazil	48.1
800 metres	Héctor López Venezuela	1:50.4	Darcy Pereira Brazil	1:50.6	Reinel Suárez Colombia	1:51.6
1500 metres	José González Venezuela	3:48.8	Darcy Pereira Brazil	3:51.2	Omar Amdematten Argentina	3:52.6
5000 metres	Edmundo Warnke Chile	14:17.6	Jairo Correa Colombia	14:22.4	José Romão Silva Brazil	14:22.8
10000 metres	Jairo Correa Colombia	29:27.3	Edmundo Warnke Chile	29:32.8	Jairo Cubillos Colombia	30:25.6
Marathon	José Ramírez Chile	2:30:42	Gilberto Cerna Colombia	2:32:27	Orides Alves Brazil	2:34:46
3000 metres steeplechase	José González Venezuela	8:59.4 CR	Jorge Grosser Chile	9:00.0	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	9:01.2
110 metres hurdles	Oscar Marín Venezuela	14.6	Márcio Lomónaco Brazil	14.9	Roberto Gonzáles Peru	15.0
400 metres hurdles	Francisco Rojas Paraguay	52.1	Dorival Negrisoli Brazil	53.1	Santiago Gordon Chile	53.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Luiz Gonzaga da Silva Rui da Silva Jorge Mathias João Francisco	40.3	Venezuela Víctor Patíñez Erick Phillips Jesús Rico Jose Chacín	40.7	Argentina Carlos Martínez Carlos Bertotti Gustavo Dubarbier Alfredo Milano	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Héctor López Víctor Patíñez Erick Phillips José Moisés Zambrano	3:10.7 CR	Argentina Ruben Buscaglia José Pérez Carlos Intaschi Carlos Bertotti	3:12.7	Chile Francisco Bozzo German Jorquera Ariel Santolaya Claudio Muñoz	3:12.8
20 kilometres road walk	Adalberto Scorza Argentina	1:46:24 CR	Rito Molina Argentina	1:48:27	Antonio Moraga Colombia	1:49:00
High jump	Luis Arbulú Peru	2.06 CR	Luis Barrionuevo Argentina	2.06	Roberto Abugattás Peru	2.03
Pole vault	Ciro Valdés Colombia	4.40	Luis Cárdenas Peru	4.20	Tulio Moya Chile	4.00
Long jump	Emilio Mazzeo Argentina	7.29	Ronaldo Lobato Brazil	7.21	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	7.17
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	16.34 =CR	Nelson Prudêncio Brazil	16.09	Edgar Moreno Venezuela	15.16
Shot put	Juan Turri Argentina	17.09 CR	Nelson Fernandes Brazil	15.96	José Carreño Venezuela	15.81
Discus throw	Hernán Haddad Chile	47.12	José Jacques Brazil	46.56	Esteban Drapich Argentina	46.52
Hammer throw	Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay	62.99 CR	José Vallejo Argentina	61.55	Celso de Moraes Brazil	59.34
Javelin throw	Mario Sotomayor Colombia	68.86	Paulo de Faría Brazil	66.04	Humberto Vianna Brazil	65.32
Decathlon	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	7000	Tito Steiner Argentina	6964	Alfredo Silva Chile	6772

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Conceição Geremias Brazil	12.1	Elsy Rivas Colombia	12.1	Belkis Fava Argentina	12.1
200 metres	Elsy Rivas Colombia	24.1	Ángela Godoy Argentina	24.7	Conceição Geremias Brazil	24.7
400 metres	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	56.1	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	57.0	Rosângela Verissimo Brazil	57.1
800 metres	Ana María Nielsen Argentina	2:11.9 CR	Rosângela Verissimo Brazil	2:12.6	Carmen Oyé Chile	2:13.9
1500 metres	Carmen Oyé Chile	4:32.1 CR	Ana María Nielsen Argentina	4:33.5	Iris Fernández Argentina	4:41.7
100 metres hurdles	Edith Noeding Peru	13.9 CR	Elisabeth Nunes Brazil	14.4	Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil	15.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Conceição Geremias Elisabeth Nunes Geralda Maria de Souza Ivette Barbosa	47.3	Peru Carmela Bolivár Edith Noeding Magaly Zumaeta Simone Krauthausen	47.5	Venezuela Elsa Antúnez Trinidad Castillo Alix Castillo Doris Rivas	47.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Rosângela Verissimo Ivette Barbosa Valdea Chagas Conceição Geremias	3:47.4 CR	Chile Aurora Saenz Carmen Oye Oriana Salas Victoria Roa	3:54.0	Venezuela Adriana Marchena Elsa Antúnez Julia González Ana Rojas	3:55.0
High jump	Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil	1.75 CR	Edith Noeding Peru	1.65	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.65
Long jump	Elisabeth Nunes Brazil	6.06 CR	Conceição Geremias Brazil	6.03	Edith Noeding Peru	5.91
Shot put	Rosa Molina Chile	14.93 CR	Maria Boso Brazil	13.99	Miriam Yutronic Chile	13.23
Discus throw	Miriam Yutronic Chile	49.36 CR	Odete Domingos Brazil	48.22	Gladys Ortega Argentina	42.90
Javelin throw	Gladys González Venezuela	49.86 CR	Ana María Campillay Argentina	43.18	Verónica Díaz Chile	42.46
Pentathlon	Edith Noeding Peru	4170	Elisabeth Nunes Brazil	3975	Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil	3741

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	9	15	11	35
2	Venezuela	8	5	7	20
3	Chile	6	3	7	16
4	Colombia	5	3	3	11
5	Argentina	4	8	6	18
6	Peru	3	3	3	9
7	Paraguay	1	0	0	1
	Uruguay	1	0	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		37	37	37	111

External links

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