1924 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1924 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 17 and 22 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Miguel Enrico  Argentina	10.9	Argentina		Chile
200 metres	Félix Escobar  Argentina	22.1 CR	Chile		Argentina
400 metres	Félix Escobar  Argentina	49.4 CR	Francisco Dova  Argentina	49.4	Federico Brewster  Argentina
800 metres	Francisco Dova  Argentina	2:02.9 CR	Uruguay
1500 metres	Chile	4:11.9 CR	Chile	4:13.0	Chile
3000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	8:56.3 CR
5000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	15:37.2 CR	Chile		Chile
10,000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	32:19.8 CR	Juan Bravo  Chile	33:04.5	Chile	33:12.8
110 metres hurdles	Argentina	15.8 CR	Argentina		Uruguay
400 metres hurdles	Humberto Lara  Chile	56.2 CR	Enrique Thompson  Argentina		Chile
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Miguel Enrico	42.9 CR	Uruguay Isabelino Gradín		Chile ? ?
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Casanova Félix Escobar Francisco Dova Federico Brewster	3:23.4 CR	Chile		Uruguay ? Isabelino Gradín ?
3000 metres team race	Chile
Cross country	Manuel Plaza  Chile	58:17.3	Chile		Chile
High jump	Argentina	1.80 CR	Chile	1.75	Uruguay	1.70
Pole vault	Argentina	3.60 CR	Chile	3.50	Argentina	3.50
Long jump	Chile	6.63	Luis Brunetto  Argentina	6.63	Uruguay	6.41
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto  Argentina	14.64 CR	Argentina	13.72	Uruguay	13.55
Shot put	Argentina	12.74 CR	Chile	12.49	Argentina	12.46
Discus throw	Uruguay	38.34 CR	Héctor Benapres  Chile	37.81	Argentina	36.83
Hammer throw	Argentina	41.61 CR	Argentina	40.39	Argentina	39.50
Javelin throw	Arturo Medina  Chile	53.70 CR	Argentina	50.18	Argentina	48.45
Decathlon	Enrique Thompson  Argentina	5876.67 CR	Argentina	5851.7	Chile

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	13	9	7	29
2	Chile (CHI)	9	10	8	27
3	Uruguay (URU)	1	2	5	8
Totals (3 nations)		23	21	20	64

References[]

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