1919 South American Championships in Athletics

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The 1919 South American Championships in Athletics was the inaugural South American Championships and was contested by Uruguay and Chile were held in Montevideo, Uruguay between 11 and 13 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Uruguay	11.8	Chile	12.0	Chile	12.1
200 metres	Isabelino Gradín  Uruguay	23.2	Uruguay	23.4	Chile	23.8
400 metres	Isabelino Gradín  Uruguay	52.4	Chile	53.0	Chile	54.6
800 metres	Uruguay	2:04.8	Chile	2:06.4	Chile	2:07.0
1500 metres	Chile	4:29.8	Chile	4:30.0	Chile	4:31.4
10,000 metres	Uruguay	33:57.0	Chile	34:41.2	Chile	34:55.6
110 metres hurdles	Chile	17.0	Chile	17.2	Chile	18.0
200 metres hurdles	Chile	27.2	Chile	-	Chile	28.0
400 metres hurdles	Chile	59.2	Chile	61.4	Uruguay	62.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile	3:39.0	Uruguay Isabelino Gradín	3:39.4
High jump	Uruguay	1.72	Chile	1.70	Uruguay	1.68
Standing high jump	Uruguay	1.40	Uruguay	1.38	Uruguay	1.38
Pole vault	Chile	3.20	Uruguay	3.15	Uruguay	3.15
Long jump	Chile	6.68	Chile	6.53	Uruguay	6.47
Standing long jump	Chile	3.07	Uruguay	2.95	Uruguay	2.91
Shot put	Chile	11.47	Uruguay	11.22	Chile	10.95
Discus throw	Chile	35.80	Uruguay	33.68	Uruguay	33.44
Hammer throw	Uruguay	32.57	Chile	31.97	Chile	30.40
Javelin throw	Arturo Medina  Chile	45.95	Uruguay	43.27	Chile	40.50

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	11	11	11	33
2	Uruguay (URU)	8	8	7	23
Totals (2 nations)		19	19	18	56

External links[]

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics