1954 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1954 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, between 17 and 25 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +1.9 m/s)
Paulo de Fonseca
 Brazil
10.6 José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
10.7 Benedito Ferreira
 Brazil
10.7
200 metres José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
21.2 CR Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
21.7 Paulo de Fonseca
 Brazil
21.8
400 metres Mário do Nascimento
 Brazil
48.3 CR Argemiro Roque
 Brazil
49.1 Ramón Sandoval
 Chile
49.5
800 metres Ramón Sandoval
 Chile
1:50.9 CR Argemiro Roque
 Brazil
1:53.6 Odilon Netto
 Brazil
1:54.2
1500 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile
3:56.5 CR Guillermo Solá
 Chile
3:57.2 Santiago Novas
 Chile
3:57.7
5000 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile
15:00.6 Santiago Novas
 Chile
15:07.8 Edgard Mitt
 Brazil
15:14.1
10,000 metres Jaime Correa
 Chile
31:41.0 Geraldo Alves
 Brazil
32:14.5 Luís Rodrigues
 Brazil
32:30.5
Half marathon Geraldo Alves
 Brazil
1:13:02 Joaquín da Silva
 Brazil
1:13:43 José Pérez
 Chile
1:15:48
3000 metres steeplechase Edgard Mitt
 Brazil
9:14.9 CR Guillermo Solá
 Chile
9:16.0 Santiago Novas
 Chile
9:26.6
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.2 m/s)
Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil
14.3w Teófilo Davis
 Venezuela
14.5w Juan Leiva
 Venezuela
14.8w
400 metres hurdles Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
52.2 CR Wilson Carneiro
 Brazil
53.5 Ulisses dos Santos
 Brazil
54.9
4 × 100 metres relay  Brazil
Francisco Antonio Kadlec
Benedito Ferreira
Paulo da Fonseca
José da Conceição
40.8 CR  Peru
Gerardo Salazar
Máximo Reyes
Oscar Maldonado
Guillermo Sebastiani
41.8  Venezuela42.2
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil
Argemiro Roque
Ulisses dos Santos
Arm. Silva
Mário do Nascimento
3:15.6 CR  Chile
Pena
Waldo Sandoval
Gustavo Ehlers
Ramón Sandoval
3:16.9  Venezuela3:21.0
High jump José Telles da Conceição
 Brazil
2.00 CR Ernesto Lagos
 Chile
1.95 Adilton Luz
 Brazil
1.90
Pole vault Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela
3.90 Carlos Moschen
 Brazil
3.90 Fausto de Souza
 Brazil
3.90
Long jump Fermín Donazar
 Uruguay
7.51w Mário Gonzales
 Brazil
7.47w Ary de Sá
 Brazil
7.19
Triple jump Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
16.22 CR Hélio da Silva
 Brazil
14.86 Renato do Nascimento
 Brazil
14.70
Shot put Alcides Dambrós
 Brazil
15.32 CR Nadim Marreis
 Brazil
13.81 Armín Neverman
 Chile
13.79
Discus throw Eduardo Julve
 Peru
47.44 Hernán Haddad
 Chile
46.52 Alcides Dambrós
 Brazil
45.09
Hammer throw Walter Kupper
 Brazil
50.65 Alejandro Díaz
 Chile
50.04 Arturo Melcher
 Chile
49.47
Javelin throw Carlos Monge
 Peru
61.33 Janis Stendzenieks
 Chile
60.88 Francisco Céspedes
 Chile
56.81
Decathlon Francisco Moura
 Brazil
6047 Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela
6002 Aldo Ribeiro
 Brazil
5765

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.7 m/s)
Benedicta de Oliveira
 Brazil
12.3w Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
12.3w Elda Selamé
 Chile
12.3w
200 metres Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
25.7 Elda Selamé
 Chile
25.8 Benedicta de Oliveira
 Brazil
26.2
80 metres hurdles Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil
11.4 CR Eliana Gaete
 Chile
11.9 Delia Díaz
 Uruguay
12.2
4 × 100 metres relay  Chile
Aurora Bianchi
Elda Selame
Eliana Gaete
Betty Kretschmer
48.4 CR  Brazil
Benedita de Oliveira
Elizabeth Müller
Melânia Luz
Deyse de Castro
48.5
High jump Delia Díaz
 Uruguay
1.55 Elizabeth Müller
 Brazil
1.55 Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
1.55
Long jump Lisa Peters
 Chile
5.75 CR Deyse de Castro
 Brazil
5.47 Wanda dos Santos
 Brazil
5.42
Shot put Elizabeth Müller
 Brazil
11.79 Pradelia Delgado
 Chile
11.70 Vera Trezoitko
 Brazil
11.60
Discus throw Erika Trömel
 Chile
39.84 Ilse Gerdau
 Brazil
39.40 Pradelia Delgado
 Chile
38.23
Javelin throw Anneliese Schmidt
 Brazil
42.07 CR Marlene Ahrens
 Chile
41.68 Carmen Venegas
 Chile
41.65

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)18151649
2 Chile (CHI)7121029
3 Peru (PER)2103
4 Uruguay (URU)2013
5 Venezuela (VEN)1236
6 Colombia (COL)1102
Totals (6 nations)31313092


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