1952 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 3 and 11 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Gerardo Salazar Peru	10.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	10.8	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	21.5	Fernando Lapuente Argentina	22.0	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	22.0
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	48.7	Argemiro Roque Brazil	49.1	Mário do Nascimento Brazil	49.7
800 metres	Argemiro Roque Brazil	1:53.3 CR	Waldomiro Monteiro Brazil	1:53.9	Carlos Gajardo Chile	1:55.3
1500 metres	Nilo Riveros Argentina	3:58.5	Guillermo Solà Chile	3:59.6	Luís Rodrigues Brazil	4:00.3
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	14:59.8	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	15:05.5	Juan Miranda Argentina	15:09.0
10,000 metres	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	31:05.7	Raúl Inostroza Chile	31:26.9	Corsino Fernández Argentina	31:32.3
Half marathon	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	1:09:19 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	1:11:28	Corsino Fernández Argentina	1:11:28
3000 metres steeplechase	Guillermo Solà Chile	9:32.0 CR	Edgard Mitt Brazil	9:34.6	Haroldo Gallardo Chile	9:38.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jörn Gevert Chile	14.9	Estanislao Kocourek Argentina	15.0	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	52.7 CR	Jörn Gevert Chile	53.5	Pedro Yoma Chile	54.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Mariano Acosta Enrique Becles Gerardo Bönnhoff Romeo Galán	41.4 CR	Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Zapata	42.0	Brazil Gastão Mesquita Neto Rui Lima Geraldo Murgel Ary de Sá	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Wilson Carneiro Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Maranhão Argemiro Roque	3:17.5	Argentina Máximo Guerra Enrique Kistenmacher Adan Torres Gerardo Bönnhoff	3:18.0	Chile Ramón Sandoval Carlos Gajardo Reinaldo Martín Gustavo Ehlers	3:18.1
High jump	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	1.90	Ernesto Lagos Chile	1.85	Alberto Bacán Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Hélio da Silva Brazil	4.00 =CR	Jaime Piqueras Peru	3.90	Luis Ganoza Peru	3.90
Long jump	Ary de Sá Brazil	7.39 CR	Carlos Vera Chile	7.13	Ahylton da Conceição Brazil	7.08
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.39 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	15.11	Jorgely Figueira Brazil	14.75
Shot put	Reidar Soerlie Argentina	14.44	Augusto Maalstein Chile	13.86	Emilio Stelig Brazil	13.77
Discus throw	Reidar Soerlie Argentina	47.72 CR	Elvio Porta Argentina	45.27	Hernán Haddad Chile	45.15
Hammer throw	Arturo Melcher Chile	50.75	Elvio Porta Argentina	49.73	Emilio Ortiz Argentina	49.25
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	67.68 CR	Gerardo Mielke Chile	63.10	Janis Stendzenieks Chile	60.51
Decathlon	Hernán Figueroa Chile	6698	Hernán Alzamora Peru	5849	Carlos Vera Chile	5844

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julia Sánchez Peru	12.2 CR	Adriana Millard Chile	12.4	Lilián Buglia Argentina	12.4
200 metres	Deyse de Castro Brazil	25.5* CR	Adriana Millard Chile	25.5* CR	Lilián Heinz Argentina	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber Chile	11.7	Adriana Millard Chile	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Lilian Heinz Lilian Buglia Gladys Erbetta Ana María Fontán	48.8 CR	Brazil Lucila Pini Helene Menezes Deyse de Castro Benedita de Oliveira	48.8	Chile	49.1
High jump	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	1.53	Deyse de Castro Brazil	1.53	María Cañas Chile	1.45
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta Argentina	5.52	Adriana Millard Chile	5.39	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.26
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	11.48	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	11.35	Ilse Gerdau Brazil	11.25
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	40.14 CR	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	40.07	Ilse Gerdau Brazil	36.78
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín Chile	39.16 CR	Edith Thomas Chile	38.80	Estrella Puente Uruguay	37.89

* = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	12	10	6	28
2	Brazil (BRA)	10	6	12	28
3	Chile (CHI)	7	12	11	30
4	Peru (PER)	2	3	1	6
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		31	31	31	93

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics
Medallists

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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
Indoor	2020
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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
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 2020
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018
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 2017 2019 2021
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games