1958 South American Championships in Athletics

1958 South American Championships in Athletics
1958 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	19–27 April
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
Venue	Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez
	← Santiago 1957 (U) Lima 1961 →

The 1958 South American Championships in Athletics were held between 19 and 27 April at the Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.5 =CR	Luis Vienna Argentina	10.6	João Pires Sobrinho Brazil	10.8
200 metres	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	21.6	Jorge de Barros Brazil	22.3	Guillermo Sebastiani Peru	22.4
400 metres	Argemiro Roque Brazil	48.6	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	49.1	Geraldo Costa Brazil	49.5
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:49.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:51.3	Argemiro Roque Brazil	1:52.6
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:47.5 CR	Gilberto Miori Argentina	3:51.3	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:51.3
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:26.1 CR	Walter Lemos Argentina	14:40.6	Luis Sandoval Argentina	14:49.2
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:37.2	Walter Lemos Argentina	30:37.4	Armando Pino Argentina	31:23.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	1:12:38	Armando Pino Argentina	1:13:29	Juan Silva Chile	1:13:45
3000 metres steeplechase	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:20.0	Santiago Novas Chile	9:20.4	Alberto Ríos Argentina	9:29.8
110 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	14.9	Francisco Bergonzoni Brazil	15.1	Ijoel da Silva Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	52.5	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	52.6	Erwino Stobaus Brazil	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Affonso da Silva Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	41.3	Argentina Pedro Marcel Juan Carlos Salom Vicente Giorgio Luis Vienna	41.8	Chile Eduardo Bezanilla Teodoro Blaschke Hugo de la Fuente Gert Wagner	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Ulisses dos Santos Mário do Nascimento Geraldo Costa Argemiro Roque	3:16.3	Peru Ramón Sánchez José Laca Guillermo Sebastiani Eulogio Gomes	3:17.4	Argentina Roberto Batistelo Víctor Lozano Eduardo Balducci Francisco Paganesi	3:18.5
High jump	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	1.90	Alfredo Lopes Brazil	1.90	Oscar Bártoli Argentina Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil Ernesto Lagos Chile Horacio Martínez Argentina Juan Ruiz Chile	1.80
Pole vault	José Infante Chile	4.00 =CR	Fausto de Souza Brazil	3.90	Carlos Kreuz Argentina	3.80
Long jump	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	7.24	Ary de Sá Brazil	7.18	Eduardo Krumm Chile	7.11
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.70	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil	14.78	Itiro Nakaie Brazil	14.60
Shot put	Enrique Helf Argentina	15.41 CR	Isolino Taborda Brazil	15.00	Rubén Scaraffia Argentina	14.67
Discus throw	Hernán Haddad Chile	49.10 CR	Günther Kruse Argentina	47.43	Pedro Ucke Argentina	46.49
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz Chile	54.45 CR	Walter Kupper Brazil	51.77	Walter Rodrigues Brazil	51.69
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	65.78	Walter de Almeida Brazil	65.14	Janis Laipenieks Chile	60.14
Decathlon	Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile	5645	Yelton Bagnasco Uruguay	5634	Mario Cachile Argentina	5547

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Martha Huby Peru	12.4	Marlene Porto Brazil	12.5	Nancy Correa Chile	12.5
200 metres	Martha Huby Peru	25.5 =CR	Érica da Silva Brazil	25.6	Teresa Venegas Chile	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brazil	12.1	Lucía Fantino Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Wanda dos Santos Érica da Silva Melânia Luz Marlene Porto	48.7	Chile Katte Harzenett Nancy Correa Teresa Venegas Marta Gatica	50.2	Argentina Dolores Bonacassi Miriam Cabanillas Lucía Fantino Marta González	50.6
High jump	Renata Friedrichs Chile	1.55	Deyse de Castro Brazil	1.50	Cleide Eloy Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Iris dos Santos Brazil	5.54	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.48	Marta González Argentina	5.32
Shot put	Isabel Avellán Argentina	12.69 CR	Eliana Bahamondes Chile	12.16	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	12.06
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán Argentina	44.57 CR	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.68	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	39.05
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	43.85	Adriana Silva Chile	39.75	Magdalena García Argentina	39.10

Medal table

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics
Medallists

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Indoor	2020 2022 2024 2025
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024 2025
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2024
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	15	10	38
2	Chile (CHI)	8	5	8	21
3	Argentina (ARG)	7	8	16	31
4	Peru (PER)	2	1	1	4
5	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	0	2
6	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		31	31	35	97