1927 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1927 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 14 and 19 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Argentina	10.8 =CR	Rodolfo Wagner  Chile		Chile
200 metres	Argentina	22.0 CR	Rodolfo Wagner  Chile		Chile
400 metres	Argentina	50.0	Roberto Genta  Argentina		José Vicente Salinas  Chile
800 metres	Serafín Dengra  Argentina	1:58.2 CR	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina		Chile
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina	4:10.2 CR	Argentina		Chile
3000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	8:54.2	Fernando Cicarelli  Argentina
5000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	15:36.0	Chile		Chile
10,000 metres	Manuel Plaza  Chile	32:11.2	Chile		Chile
110 metres hurdles	Argentina	15.6 =CR	Alfredo Ugarte  Chile		Chile
400 metres hurdles	Chile	56.4	Roberto Genta  Argentina	56.4	Humberto Lara  Chile
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Alberto Barucco Roberto Genta Juan Bautista Pina	42.8 CR	Chile
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Roberto Genta Félix Escobar Juan Acosta	3:24.2	Chile
3000 metres team race	Chile
Cross country	Manuel Plaza  Chile	49:08.0	Chile		Chile
High jump	Argentina	1.86 CR	Chile	1.80	Chile	1.80
Pole vault	Argentina	3.70 CR	Argentina	3.60	Chile	3.40
Long jump	Oscar Alvarado  Chile	6.69	Chile	6.65	Argentina	6.63
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto  Argentina	14.64	Argentina	14.28	Chile	14.07
Shot put	Chile	12.69	Chile	12.25	Argentina	12.18
Discus throw	Pedro Elsa  Argentina	38.56 CR	Héctor Benapres  Chile	38.43	Uruguay	37.30
Hammer throw	Federico Kleger  Argentina	46.69	Pedro Goic  Chile	45.74	Ricardo Bayer  Chile	45.70
Javelin throw	Argentina	53.98 CR	Chile	52.86	Chile	52.45
Decathlon	Chile	6668.06 CR	Chile	6410.07	Chile	6408.08

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	14	7	2	23
2	Chile (CHI)	9	15	16	40
3	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		23	22	19	64

External links[]

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