1954 South American Championships in Athletics

1954 South American Championships in Athletics
1954 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	17–25 April
Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
	← Santiago 1953 (U) Santiago 1956 →

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	Venezuela Teófilo Davis Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Argemiro Roque Ulisses dos Santos Arm. Silva Mário do Nascimento	3:15.6 CR	Chile Segundo Pena Waldo Sandoval Gustavo Ehlers Ramón Sandoval	3:16.9	Venezuela Filemón Camacho Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	3:21.0
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

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	18	15	16	49
2	Chile (CHI)	7	12	10	29
3	Peru (PER)	2	1	0	3
4	Uruguay (URU)	2	0	1	3
5	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	3	6
6	Colombia (COL)	1	1	0	2
Totals (6 entries)		31	31	30	92

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 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
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