1961 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1961 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, between 20 and 28 May.[1][2][3][4][5] Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for field events.

Men's results

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

21 May[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Ramón Sandoval  Chile 3:51.2
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 3:53.5
Eduardo Balducci  Argentina 3:53.6
4 Ricardo Vidal  Chile 3:55.5
5 Domingo Amaizón  Argentina 3:56.3
6 Belchior Gomes  Brazil 3:56.6
? Álvaro Mejía  Colombia 3:57.6 NR[8]
? Harvey Borrero  Colombia NT

5000 metres

20 May

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 14:54.7
Luis Sandobal  Argentina 14:55.5
Alberto Ríos  Argentina 15:02.6
4 Luis Campusano  Chile 15:18.1
5 Jorge González  Chile 15:24.7
6 João dos Santos Filho  Brazil 15:29.9
7 José Primo  Brazil NT
8 Francisco Allen  Chile NT

10,000 metres

25 May

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 30:18.1
Luis Sandobal  Argentina 31:13.9
Luis Campusano  Chile 31:27.3
4 Gumersindo Gómez  Argentina 31:27.8
5 Jorge González  Chile 32:01.8
6 Ricardo Vidal  Chile 32:21.7
7 Hugo Domínguez  Uruguay NT
8 João dos Santos Filho  Brazil NT
9 Manuel Cabrera  Colombia 33:00.3 NR[8]

Marathon

28 May

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Juan Silva  Chile 2:39:36 CR
Ricardo Vidal  Chile 2:41:16
Armando Pino  Argentina 2:42:21
4 José Marcelo Canelo  Peru 2:45:02
5 Alejandro Montaño  Bolivia 2:46:12
6 Gumersindo Gómez  Argentina NT
7 Luis Navas  Colombia NT
8 Luis Molina  Peru NT
9 Waldir Nascimento  Brazil NT
Robustiano Larrea  Argentina NT
João dos Santos Filho  Brazil NT
Walter Torres  Uruguay NT
Germán Lozano  Colombia NT
Manuel Caberra  Colombia NT
Daniel García  Peru NT
Eugenio Rivera  Chile DNF
José Campos  Brazil DQ [9]

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

27 May

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sebastião Mendes  Brazil 9:14.8
Domingo Amaizón  Argentina 9:20.6
Alberto Ríos  Argentina 9:23.4
4 Luis Sandobal  Argentina 9:28.2
5 Francisco Allen  Chile 9:34.6
6 Belchior Gomes  Brazil 9:41.8
7 José Primo  Brazil NT
8 Luis Campusano  Chile NT
9 José García  Peru NT

4 × 100 metres relay

27 May

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Venezuela Clive Bonas, Arquímedes Herrera, Horacio Esteves, Rafael Romero 41.0
 Brazil Joel Costa, Jorge de Barros, Affonso da Silva, José da Conceição 41.5
 Argentina Guillermo Bahler, Juan Stocker, Roberto Ferrairo, Luis Vienna 42.2
4  Chile Carlos Vera, Alberto Keitel, Iván Moreno, Hugo Krauss 42.5
5  Peru Gerardo Di Tolla, Manuel Monforte, Juan Hasegawa, Eulogio Gómez 43.8
6  Uruguay Fermín Donazar, Jorge Vilaboa, Carlos Pereyra, Juan Francisco Aguilar 43.9

4 × 400 metres relay

28 May

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Venezuela Emilio Romero, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves, Hortensio Fucil 3:16.0
 Argentina Raúl Zabala, Luis Vienna, Juan Stocker, Juan Carlos Dyrzka 3:16.9
 Brazil Cris Ferreira, Ulisses dos Santos, Peter Ostermeier, Anubes da Silva 3:18.1
4  Peru Jorge Canales, Eduardo Scamarone, José Cavero, Gerardo Di Tolla 3:22.7 [2]
5  Chile Moisés Chávez, Armin Oswald, Ramón Sandoval, Alberto Keitel 3:23.8 [2]
6  Uruguay Juan Francisco Aguilar, Jorge Vilaboa, Jacinto Farías, Carlos Pereyra 3:32.4 [2]

High jump

20 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Eugenio Velasco  Chile 1.95
Eleuterio Fassi  Argentina 1.95
Horacio Martínez del Sel  Argentina 1.95
4 Paulo da Silva  Brazil 1.90
5 Alfredo Lopes  Brazil 1.85
6 Ramón Bastardo  Venezuela 1.85

Pole vault

23 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Marcelo de Souza  Brazil 3.90
Tomatsu Nishida  Brazil 3.90
Brígido Iriarte  Venezuela 3.80
4 José Infante  Chile 3.80
5 Cristian Raab  Chile 3.80
6 Luis Meza  Chile 3.80

Long jump

21 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
John Muñoz  Venezuela 7.13
Newton de Castro  Brazil 7.06
Fermín Donazar  Uruguay 6.92
4 Jorge Castillo  Argentina 6.89
5 Carlos Tornquist  Chile 6.89
6 Alfredo Lopes  Brazil 6.86

Triple jump

25 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Asnoldo Devonish  Venezuela 14.68
Sylvio Moreira  Brazil 14.52
Reinaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 14.42
4 Carlos Vera  Chile 14.24
5 Luis Huarcaya  Peru 14.17
6 Jorge Castillo  Argentina 14.15

Shot put

23 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Enrique Helf  Argentina 15.86 CR
Luis Di Cursi  Argentina 15.69
Héctor Thomas  Venezuela 14.58
4 Roque Eguillor  Argentina 14.52
5 Osmar Duque  Brazil 14.18
6 Isolino Taborda  Brazil 13.99
? Dagoberto González  Colombia 13.30 NR[8]

Discus throw

27 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Günther Kruse  Argentina 48.57
Enrique Helf  Argentina 46.98
Héctor Menacho  Peru 46.97
4 Dieter Gevert  Chile 46.82
5 Daniel Cereali  Venezuela 46.71
6 Dagoberto González  Colombia 46.64

Hammer throw

21 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Daniel Cereali  Venezuela 52.55
Roberto Chapchap  Brazil 50.81
Carlos Marzo  Argentina 50.50
4 Walter Rodrigues  Brazil 50.33
5 Alejandro Díaz  Chile 49.80
6 Edmundo Zúñiga  Chile 46.01
7 Julio Valverdo  Peru ?

Javelin throw

20 May – old model

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Ricardo Heber  Argentina 64.25
Orlando Garrido  Brazil 63.56
Luis Zárate  Peru 61.40
4 Osmar Duque  Brazil 61.29
5 Antolín Rodríguez  Argentina 61.19
6 Florentino Rodríguez  Colombia 59.81 NR[8]

Decathlon

27–28 May – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Conv. Notes
Bernabé Souza  Brazil 11.4 6.57 11.22 1.78 52.0 15.8 27.77 3.30 41.78 4:31.6 5662 6106*
Tito Bracho  Venezuela 11.1 6.54 10.89 1.78 49.5 16.3 29.36 3.20 43.22 4:57.2 5587 6020*
Cleomenes da Cunha  Brazil 11.8 5.94 10.22 1.76 54.4 15.7 36.64 3.50 65.81 4:53.3 5502 6000*
4 Héctor González  Argentina 11.4 6.41 11.66 1.73 50.9 16.4 33.89 2.80 45.15 4:47.2 5450 5188*
5 Ramón Bastardo  Venezuela 11.4 6.92 9.81 1.85 52.1 16.3 27.11 3.20 44.85 5:46.6 5164 5697*
6 Luís Fernandes  Brazil 11.8 6.14 10.13 1.60 52.0 15.9 30.90 3.10 42.64 4:32.1 5140 5727*
7 Héctor Thomas  Venezuela 11.7 6.17 12.85 1.80 60.1 17.1 42.38 3.00 52.56 5:55.8 4984 5544*
8 Luis Meza  Chile 11.6 5.56 9.71 1.65 51.6 18.4 30.28 3.60 39.49 4:53.1 4723 5363*
9 Andrés Larrain  Chile 11.6 5.62 12.43 1.60 51.8 17.5 34.93 NM 39.98 4:48.0 4580 5197*
Carlos Monge  Peru 11.4 ? – – – – – – – – DNF –
Roberto Vargas  Peru 12.1 ? – – – – – – – – DNF –

Women's results

100 metres

200 metres

80 metres hurdles

4 × 100 metres relay

27 May

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Brazil Wanda dos Santos, Maria Caldeira, Laurette Godoy, Érica da Silva 48.9
 Argentina Alicia Kaufmanas, Marta Buongiorno, Ada Brener, Edith Berg 48.9
 Chile Aurora Bianchi, Marisol Massot, Doris Peter, Nancy Correa 49.2
4  Peru Consuelo Buitrón, Teresa Toyama, Olga Catter, Juana Ghislieri 52.9

High jump

27 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Aída dos Santos  Brazil 1.60 =CR
Nelly Gómez  Chile 1.55
Maria José de Lima  Brazil 1.50
4 Delcy Marques  Brazil 1.50
5 Deonildes Martins  Uruguay 1.50
6 Elvecia Bauer  Chile 1.45
Smiliana Dezulovic  Chile 1.40

Long jump

23 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Wanda dos Santos  Brazil 5.38
Ada Brener  Argentina 5.32
Alicia Kaufmanas  Argentina 5.21
4 Laura das Chagas  Brazil 5.06
5 Graciela Paviotti  Argentina 4.92
6 Maria José de Lima  Brazil 4.72

Shot put

25 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Ingeborg Pfüller  Argentina 12.41
Vera Trezoitko  Brazil 12.16
Pradelia Delgado  Chile 11.81
4 Martha Miraglia  Brazil 11.66
5 Mabel Dematei  Argentina 11.55
6 Smiliana Dezulovic  Chile 11.32

Discus throw

20 May

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Ingeborg Pfüller  Argentina 41.92
Pradelia Delgado  Chile 39.78
Sumiko Yamakawa  Brazil 38.89
4 Miriam Yutronic  Chile 37.84
5 Ingeborg Mello  Argentina 37.22
6 Ludmila Tisinova  Argentina 37.03

Javelin throw

28 May – old model

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Marlene Ahrens  Chile 42.85
Mercedes García  Venezuela 37.45
Vera Trezoitko  Brazil 37.29
4 Maria Ventura  Brazil 36.35
5 Smiliana Dezulovic  Chile 34.63
6 Magdalena García  Argentina 33.65

References

  1. ^ Detailed results (pp 197–204)
  2. ^ a b c d "Argentina, campeón sudamericano en varones" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). United Press International. 29 May 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Ramón Sandoval se impuso en la primera serie de 800 metros" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). United Press International. 24 May 1961. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "Ramón Sandoval ganó los 1.500 metros" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). United Press International. 22 May 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d "Nancy Correra y Marisol Masot ganaron series de 100 metros" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). United Press International. 21 May 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ^ Obstructing another competitor
  7. ^ "El COlombiano Pedroza clasificó en 400 metreos". El Tiempo (Colombia (in Spanish). Agence France-Presse. 21 May 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Los Colombianos mejoraron 5 marcas nacionales en Lima". El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 27 May 1961. p. 10. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  9. ^ Finished second originally but was later disqualified
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