1947 South American Championships in Athletics

1947 South American Championships in Athletics
1947 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	25 April–3 May
Host city	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	← Santiago 1946 (U) La Paz 1948 (U) →

Dates25 April–3 May

Host cityRio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 1947 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 25 April and 3 May.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	11.0	Santiago Ferrando Peru	11.2	Carlos Isaack Argentina	11.3
200 metres	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	22.0	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	22.3	Alberto Labarthe Chile	22.4
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	49.0	Antonio Pocovi Argentina	49.2	Guillermo Avalos Argentina	49.5
800 metres	Adán Torres Argentina	1:53.7 CR	Nilo Riveros Argentina	1:54.3	Alfonso Rozas Chile	1:54.9
1500 metres	Melchor Palmeiro Argentina	3:57.8	Nilo Riveros Argentina	4:00.1	Raúl Inostroza Chile	4:01.7
3000 metres	Ricardo Bralo Argentina	8:44.3	Raúl Inostroza Chile	8:45.0	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	8:46.9
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:07.8	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	15:14.0	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	15:15.2
10,000 metres	João Oitica Brazil	33:01.2	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	33:17.6	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	33:19.0
Road race	Armando Sensini Argentina	1:56:23	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	1:57:17	Joaquín da Silva Brazil	1:59:00
110 metres hurdles	Alberto Triulzi Argentina	14.7 =CR	Hélio Pereira Brazil	15.3	Jorge Undurraga Chile	15.4
400 metres hurdles	Sergio Guzmán Chile	54.8	Hermenelindo Alberti Argentina	54.9	Víctor Henríquez Chile	55.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Carlos Isaack Alberto Triulzi Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Marquez	42.3	Uruguay Mario Fayos López Testa Helio Giordano Walter Pérez	42.9	Brazil Rui Moreira Lima Geraldo da Luz Osmar Bruno Romano Guilherme Puschnik	43.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Rodolfo Carrera Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Antonio Pocovi	3:16.0 CR	Chile Jaime Hitelman Jorge Ehlers Sergio Guzmán Gustavo Ehlers	3:17.0	Brazil Benedito Ferreira Osmar Bruno Romano Rosalvo Ramos Bernardo Blover	3:19.9
Cross country	Sebastião Monteiro Brazil	37:28.9	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	38:39.0	Manuel Díaz Chile	38:48.0
High jump	Alfredo Jadresic Chile	1.91	Francisco Moura Brazil	1.91	Carlos Altamirano Chile	1.88
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.90	Federico Horn Chile	3.80	Sinibaldo Gerbasi Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Francisco Moura Brazil	7.10	Guillermo Dyer Peru	7.08	Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina	7.07
Triple jump	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	15.16	Carlos Vera Chile	15.03	Juan Gallo Chile	14.33
Shot put	Emilio Malchiodi Argentina	14.30	Nadim Marreis Brazil	14.05	Julián Llorente Argentina	13.94
Discus throw	Karsten Brödersen Chile	45.24	Eduardo Julve Peru	44.07	Emilio Malchiodi Argentina	43.92
Hammer throw	Edmundo Zúñiga Chile	49.07	Juan Fusé Argentina	47.95	Dário Tavares Brazil	45.97
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	59.59	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	57.37	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	56.59
Decathlon	Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina	7011	Eduardo Julve Peru	6460	Raimundo Rodrigues Brazil	6328

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	12.4 =CR	Anegret Weller Chile	12.7	Melania Luz Brazil	12.8
200 metres	Anegret Weller Chile	26.6	Melania Luz Brazil	26.6	Adriana Millard Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	11.5 CR	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	12.1	María Spuhr Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Alicia Gómez María Spuhr Nelida Cajide Noemi Simonetto	49.9	Brazil Stella Ardinghi Melania Luz Lucila Pini Helena de Menezes	50.3	Chile Lucy Lake Norma Díaz Adriana Millard Annegret Weller	50.5
High jump	Ilse Barends Chile	1.60 CR	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	1.55	Alice Willhöft Brazil	1.45
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	5.40	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.16	Eliana Gaete Chile	5.13
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	11.58	Edith Klempau Chile	11.27	Elma Klempau Chile	11.11
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	38.40 CR	Elma Klempau Chile	36.49	Noemia Assunção Brazil	34.02
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín Chile	38.22	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	36.08	Ursula Holle Chile	35.87

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	18	11	8	37
2	Chile (CHI)	9	7	14	30
3	Brazil (BRA)	5	9	10	24
4	Peru (PER)	0	4	0	4
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		32	32	32	96

v t e 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
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

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