1926 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1926 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay between 15 and 20 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Eduardo Albe  Argentina	11.0	Alberto Barucco  Argentina	11.2	Argentina
200 metres	Eduardo Albe  Argentina	21.8w	Argentina	22.0w	Roberto Genta  Argentina	22.1w
400 metres	Federico Brewster  Argentina	50.0	Argentina	50.4	Chile
800 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina	1:58.4 CR	Chile	2:00.0	Chile
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina	4:11.0 CR	Chile	4:12.0	Chile
3000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	8:51.4 CR	Chile	9:00.4	Fernando Cicarelli  Argentina	9:12.8
5000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	15:12.4 CR	Chile	15:40.2	Fernando Cicarelli  Argentina	15:40.4
10,000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	31:54.0 CR	José Ribas  Argentina	32:48.2	Juan Bravo  Chile
110 metres hurdles	Argentina	15.6 CR	Alfredo Ugarte  Chile	15.8	Uruguay
400 metres hurdles	Federico Brewster  Argentina	55.4 CR	Chile	56.8	Uruguay	56.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Juan Bautista Pina Eduardo Albe Mandia	43.2	Uruguay Arnaboldi Pastori Leidekar	43.6	Chile Alfredo Ugarte Villarroel
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Roberto Genta Federico Brewster	3:25.2	Chile Alfredo Ugarte Jara	3:30.0 CR
3000 metres team race	Chile		Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country	Manuel Plaza  Chile	35:40.2	Chile	36:39.0	José Ribas  Argentina
High jump	Argentina	1.85 CR	Uruguay	1.80	Argentina	1.80
Pole vault	Argentina	3.65 CR	Chile	3.50	Argentina	3.50
Long jump	Argentina	6.75 CR	Chile	6.66	Chile	6.47
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto  Argentina	15.10 CR	Argentina	14.22	Uruguay	13.42
Shot put	Chile	13.07 CR	Chile	13.06	Argentina	12.59
Discus throw	Argentina	38.46 CR	Pedro Elsa  Argentina	38.34	Uruguay	38.26
Hammer throw	Federico Kleger  Argentina	46.46 CR	Argentina	44.84	Ricardo Bayer  Chile	43.77
Javelin throw	Argentina	51.93	Uruguay	48.63	Chile	47.93
Decathlon	Argentina	5937.57 CR	Argentina	5895.47	Chile	5765.42

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	17	9	8	34
2	Chile (CHI)	6	11	9	26
3	Uruguay (URU)	0	3	5	8
Totals (3 nations)		23	23	22	68

External links[]

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