1979 South American Championships in Athletics

1979 South American Championships in Athletics
1979 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	31 October–4 November
Host city	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo
Events	37
Participation	240 athletes from ; 10 nations
	← Montevideo 1977 La Paz 1981 →

Dates31 October–4 November

Host cityBucaramanga, Colombia

VenueEstadio Alfonso López Pumarejo

Events37

The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

It was the last edition to feature women's pentathlon before replacing it with the heptathlon.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	10.1 CR	Manuel Ramírez Colombia	10.4	Reinaldo Lizardi Venezuela	10.6
200 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	20.5 CR	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	20.8	Héctor Daley Panama	21.1
400 metres	Geraldo José Pegado Brazil	46.20 CR	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	46.90	Héctor Daley Panama	47.40
800 metres	Cristián Molina Chile	1:47.8 CR	William Wuycke Venezuela	1:47.9	Pedro Cáceres Argentina	1:48.5
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa Chile	3:47.0 CR	José Velásquez Venezuela	3:47.5	Wilson de Santana Brazil	3:47.9
5000 metres	Alejandro Silva Chile	13:57.2 CR	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:03.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	14:16.1
10,000 metres	Silvio Salazar Colombia	28:50.4	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	28:51.2	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	29:37.3
Marathon †	Luis Barbosa Colombia	1:56:12	Alfonso Torres Colombia	1:57:25	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	1:59:30
3000 metres steeplechase	Germán Aranda Colombia	8:52.3	Elói Schleder Brazil	8:57.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	8:58.6 (NR)
110 metres hurdles	Wellington da Nóbrega Brazil	14.4	Carlos dos Santos Brazil	14.6	Andrés Lyon Chile	14.9
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	50.7 CR	Donizete Soares Brazil	51.1	José Davis Venezuela	51.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Reinaldo Lizardi Ely Zabala Esteban Briceño Miguel Condé	40.0 CR	Brazil Milton de Castro Geraldo Pegado Katsuhiko Nakaya Altevir de Araújo	40.2	Argentina Angel Gagliano Gustavo Dubarbier Carlos Gambetta Ricardo Donda	40.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Alexis Herrera Oswaldo Zea William Wuycke	3:09.8	Argentina Gabriel Castellá Carlos Gambetta Pedro Cáceres Angel Gagliano	3:10.5	Brazil Donizete Soares Wilson dos Santos Antônio Ferreira Geraldo Pegado	3:10.5
20 kilometres road walk †	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:29:31	Waldemar da Silva Brazil	1:29:37	Jorge Quiñones Colombia	1:29:51
High jump	Daniel Mamet Argentina	2.12 CR	Geraldo Rodrigues Brazil	2.09	Iraja Cecy Brazil	2.09
Pole vault	Fernando Ruocco Uruguay	4.70 CR	Tito Steiner Argentina	4.60	Henry Gómez Chile	4.45
Long jump	Oswaldo Torres Venezuela	7.67	Carlos Gambetta Argentina	7.58	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	7.57
Triple jump	José Salazar Venezuela	16.23	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	16.15	Celso Pereira Brazil	15.83
Shot put	Gert Weil Chile	16.42	Jesús Ramos Venezuela	16.22	José Jacques Brazil	16.20
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé Brazil	56.10*	Luis Palacios Venezuela	54.42*	José Jacques Brazil	53.10*
Hammer throw	José Vallejo Argentina	63.44	Celso de Moraes Brazil	61.44	Daniel Gómez Argentina	57.60
Javelin throw	Angel Garmendia Argentina	72.32 CR	Orángel Rodríguez Venezuela	70.32	Paulo Hasse Brazil	68.84
Decathlon	Alfredo Silva Chile	6991	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	6964	Claudio Escauriza Paraguay	6791

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	11.7 =CR	Carmela Bolívar Peru	11.8	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	11.8
200 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	23.5	Tânia Miranda Brazil	24.1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	24.1
400 metres	Tânia Miranda Brazil	54.2 CR	Margarita Grün Uruguay	54.8	Miriam Rojas Colombia	54.8
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	2:04.2 AR	Nancy González Chile	2:09.8	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:10.4
1500 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	4:23.2 CR	Teresa Rodríguez Colombia	4:32.6	Monica Regonesi Chile	4:36.1
100 metres hurdles	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	14.2	Olga Verissimo Brazil	14.4	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Marisol Besada Belkis Fava Yvonne Neddermann Beatriz Allocco	46.0	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Olga Verissimo Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Sheila de Oliveira	46.1	Venezuela Glennis Báez Adriana Marchena Elsa Antúnez Yaneris Guerra	46.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Joyce Felipe dos Santos Conceição Geremias Tânia Miranda	3:42.0 AR	Chile María Eugenia Guzmán Carla Herencia Nancy González Alejandra Ramos	3:44.6	Colombia Ángela Mancilla Luz Villa Maŕia Ocoro Miriam Rojas	3:45.1
High jump	Ana Maria Marcon Brazil	1.75	Liliana Arigoni Argentina	1.75	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.70
Long jump	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	6.03	Conceição Geremias Brazil	5.95	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5.92
Shot put	Magdalena Gómez Colombia	13.94	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	13.84	Maria Boso Brazil	13.24
Discus throw	Sandra Peres Brazil	46.11	Maria Boso Brazil	42.54	Selene Saldarriaga Colombia	41.78
Javelin throw	Marli dos Santos Brazil	50.92 CR	Neuza Trolezzi Brazil	45.07	Ana María Campillay Argentina	42.30
Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	4117	Conceição Geremias Brazil	3880	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	3833

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	18	12	43
2	Argentina (ARG)	7	4	7	18
3	Chile (CHI)	7	2	3	12
4	Colombia (COL)	5	5	4	14
5	Venezuela (VEN)	4	6	6	16
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	0	2
7	Peru (PER)	0	1	0	1
8	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	2	2
8	Panama (PAN)	0	0	2	2
10	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		37	37	37	111

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 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

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