1922 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)
International athletics championship event
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Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922. They were part of the "Jogos OlÃmpicos Latino-Americanos" held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Brazilian independence under the patronage of the IOC.[1]
| Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 22 |
â 1918 Santiago | |
Medal summary
Medal winners are published.[2]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Augusto de Negri (ARG) | 11.2 |  Luis Miguel (CHI) | 11.4 |  Carlos Bastos (URU) | |
| 200 metres* | ||||||
| 400 metres | Isabelino GradÃn (URU) | 50.6 | Dionysio de Figueirêdo (BRA) | 50.8 | Félix Escobar (ARG) | |
| 800 metres | Luis Suárez (ARG) | 2:05.2 | Carlos Springer (ARG) | 2:06.8 | Rodolfo Etcheverry (ARG) | |
| 1500 metres | Luis Suárez (ARG) | 4:05.6 | Alfredo Gomes (BRA) | 4:06.2 | Raúl Amat (ARG) | |
| 3000 metres | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | 9:08.8 | Oscar Guajardo (CHI) | Pedro Arancibia (CHI) | ||
| 5000 metres | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | 16:06.6 | Alfredo Gomes (BRA) | 16:10.8 | José Ribas (BRA) | |
| 10,000 metres | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | 33:17.0 | Juan Bravo (CHI) | José Ribas (BRA) | ||
| Marathon | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | Luis Celis (CHI) | Matheus Marcondes (BRA) | |||
| 110 metres hurdles | Guillermo Newbery (ARG) | 16.0 | Aldo Travaglia (BRA) | Otto Dietsch (ARG) | ||
| 400 metres hurdles | Enrique Thompson (ARG) | 56.8 | Andrés Mazzali (URU) | AgustÃn Garay (ARG) | ||
| High jump | Valerio VallanÃa (ARG) | 1.815 | Enrico Falcão (BRA) | 1.815 | Carlos Patiño (URU) | 1.75 |
| Pole vault | José Amejeiras (URU) | 3.40 | Ernesto Kausel (CHI) | 3.40 | Ernesto Goycolea (CHI) | 3.30 |
| Long jump | Ramiro GarcÃa (CHI) | 6.695 | Carlos Patiño (URU) | 6.49 | Emmanuel Bianchi (BRA) | 6.455 |
| Shot put | BenjamÃn Acevedo (CHI) | 12.275 | Jorge Llobet Cullen (ARG) | 12.175 | Fernando Capellini (URU) | 11.835 |
| Discus throw | David MartÃn Estévez (URU) | 39.25 | Jorge Llobet Cullen (ARG) | 39.14 | BenjamÃn Acevedo (CHI) | 38.14 |
| Hammer throw | Jorge Llobet Cullen (ARG) | 41.29 | Domingo Spirito (ARG) | 39.24 | Osvaldo Garay (ARG) | 36.35 |
| Javelin throw | Willy Seewald (BRA) | 56.885 | Arturo Medina (CHI) | 50.30 | Hernán Orrego (CHI) | 44.76 |
| Pentathlon | Emmanuel Bianchi (BRA) | Guillermo Newbery (ARG) Enrique Thompson (ARG) | ||||
| 4 Ã 100 metres relay | Argentina | 44.0 | Brazil | 45.2 | Chile | |
| 4 Ã 400 metres relay** | ||||||
| Cross country 10,000 metres | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | 34:56.6 | Florides Castillo (CHI) | Luis Celis (CHI) | ||
* = race void as Chilean athletes refused to re-run after false start by winner whilst two other runners infringed lane; original result 1 Ramiro GarcÃa (CHI) 22.8, 2 Eduardo Albe (ARG), 3 Carlos Bastos (URU)[2]
** = race void as crowd infringed on track; original result 1 Uruguay 3:31.2u, 2 Argentina, 3 Brazil[2]